diff --git a/apps/ocr/models.py b/apps/ocr/models.py
index c92251970e..1b8276bdb4 100644
--- a/apps/ocr/models.py
+++ b/apps/ocr/models.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class DocumentQueueManager(models.Manager):
         if QueueDocument.objects.filter(document_queue=document_queue, document=document).count():
             raise AlreadyQueued
 
-        queue_document = QueueDocument(document_queue=document_queue, document=document)
+        queue_document = QueueDocument(document_queue=document_queue, document=document, delay=True)
         queue_document.save()    
 
         return document_queue
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class QueueDocument(models.Model):
     document_queue = models.ForeignKey(DocumentQueue, verbose_name=_(u'document queue'))
     document = models.ForeignKey(Document, verbose_name=_(u'document'))
     datetime_submitted = models.DateTimeField(verbose_name=_(u'date time submitted'), auto_now_add=True, db_index=True)
+    delay = models.BooleanField(verbose_name=_(u'delay ocr'), default=False)
     state = models.CharField(max_length=4,
         choices=QUEUEDOCUMENT_STATE_CHOICES,
         default=QUEUEDOCUMENT_STATE_PENDING,
diff --git a/apps/ocr/tasks.py b/apps/ocr/tasks.py
index c351164042..1da083c154 100644
--- a/apps/ocr/tasks.py
+++ b/apps/ocr/tasks.py
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-from datetime import date, timedelta
+from datetime import date, timedelta, datetime
+
+from django.db.models import Q
+
 from celery.task import Task, PeriodicTask
 from celery.decorators import task
 
@@ -34,16 +37,20 @@ class DocumentQueueWatcher(PeriodicTask):
         logger = self.get_logger(**kwargs)
         logger.info('Running queue watcher.')
         logger.debug('Active queues: %s' % DocumentQueue.objects.filter(state=DOCUMENTQUEUE_STATE_ACTIVE))
+        q_pending = Q(state=QUEUEDOCUMENT_STATE_PENDING)
+        q_delayed = Q(delay=True)
+        q_delay_interval = Q(datetime_submitted__lt=datetime.now()-timedelta(seconds=REPLICATION_DELAY))        
         for document_queue in DocumentQueue.objects.filter(state=DOCUMENTQUEUE_STATE_ACTIVE):
             logger.debug('Analysing queue: %s' % document_queue)
             current_running_queues = QueueDocument.objects.filter(state=QUEUEDOCUMENT_STATE_PROCESSING).count()
             if current_running_queues < MAX_CONCURRENT_EXECUTION:
                 try:
-                    oldest_queued_document = document_queue.queuedocument_set.filter(
-                            state=QUEUEDOCUMENT_STATE_PENDING).filter(datetime_submitted__lt=datetime.datetime.now()-datetime.timedelta(seconds=REPLICATION_DELAY)).order_by('datetime_submitted')[0]
-
-                    task_process_queue_document(oldest_queued_document.id).delay()
-                except:
-                    #No Documents in queue
-                    pass
+                    oldest_queued_document_qs = document_queue.queuedocument_set.filter(
+                        (q_pending & ~q_delayed) | (q_pending & q_delayed & q_delay_interval))
+                        
+                    if oldest_queued_document_qs:
+                        oldest_queued_document = oldest_queued_document_qs.order_by('datetime_submitted')[0]
+                        task_process_queue_document.delay(oldest_queued_document.id)
+                except Exception, e:
+                    print 'DocumentQueueWatcher exception: %s' % e
         return True
diff --git a/apps/ocr/views.py b/apps/ocr/views.py
index 3dc776213a..da8690a53c 100644
--- a/apps/ocr/views.py
+++ b/apps/ocr/views.py
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ def queue_document_list(request, queue_name='default'):
                 {'name':'document', 'attribute': lambda x: '<a href="%s">%s</a>' % (x.document.get_absolute_url(), x.document) if hasattr(x, 'document') else _(u'Missing document.')},
                 {'name':_(u'thumbnail'), 'attribute': lambda x: _display_thumbnail(x) },                
                 {'name':'submitted', 'attribute': lambda x: unicode(x.datetime_submitted).split('.')[0], 'keep_together':True},
+                {'name':'delay', 'attribute':'delay'},
                 {'name':'state', 'attribute': lambda x: x.get_state_display()},
                 {'name':'result', 'attribute':'result'},
             ],
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ def re_queue_document(request, queue_document_id=None, queue_document_id_list=[]
                 if queue_document.state == QUEUEDOCUMENT_STATE_ERROR:
                     queue_document.datetime_submitted = datetime.datetime.now()
                     queue_document.state = QUEUEDOCUMENT_STATE_PENDING
+                    queue_document.delay = False
                     queue_document.save()
                     messages.success(request, _(u'Document: %(document)s was re-queued to the OCR queue: %(queue)s') % {
                         'document':queue_document.document, 'queue':queue_document.document_queue.label})