diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2f28fc15e..394d43c63 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- `MultiBackendJobManager`: Fix issue with duplicate job starting across multiple backends ([#654](https://github.com/Open-EO/openeo-python-client/pull/654))
+
 
 ## [0.34.0] - 2024-10-31
 
diff --git a/openeo/extra/job_management.py b/openeo/extra/job_management.py
index 65a4c0309..18ac8fe80 100644
--- a/openeo/extra/job_management.py
+++ b/openeo/extra/job_management.py
@@ -499,16 +499,18 @@ def _job_update_loop(
             stats["job_db get_by_status"] += 1
             per_backend = running.groupby("backend_name").size().to_dict()
             _log.info(f"Running per backend: {per_backend}")
+            total_added = 0
             for backend_name in self.backends:
                 backend_load = per_backend.get(backend_name, 0)
                 if backend_load < self.backends[backend_name].parallel_jobs:
                     to_add = self.backends[backend_name].parallel_jobs - backend_load
-                    for i in not_started.index[0:to_add]:
+                    for i in not_started.index[total_added : total_added + to_add]:
                         self._launch_job(start_job, df=not_started, i=i, backend_name=backend_name, stats=stats)
                         stats["job launch"] += 1
 
                         job_db.persist(not_started.loc[i : i + 1])
                         stats["job_db persist"] += 1
+                        total_added += 1
 
     def _launch_job(self, start_job, df, i, backend_name, stats: Optional[dict] = None):
         """Helper method for launching jobs
diff --git a/tests/extra/test_job_management.py b/tests/extra/test_job_management.py
index 31412b63e..49d131d5f 100644
--- a/tests/extra/test_job_management.py
+++ b/tests/extra/test_job_management.py
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ def start_job(row, connection, **kwargs):
         assert run_stats == dirty_equals.IsPartialDict(
             {
                 "sleep": dirty_equals.IsInt(gt=10),
-                "start_job call": 7,  # TODO?
+                "start_job call": 5,
                 "job started running": 5,
                 "job finished": 5,
                 "job_db persist": dirty_equals.IsInt(gt=5),
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ def start_job(row, connection, **kwargs):
         assert run_stats == dirty_equals.IsPartialDict(
             {
                 "sleep": dirty_equals.IsInt(gt=10),
-                "start_job call": 7,  # TODO?
+                "start_job call": 5,
                 "job started running": 5,
                 "job finished": 5,
                 "job_db persist": dirty_equals.IsInt(gt=5),
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def start_job(row, connection, **kwargs):
         run_stats = manager.run_jobs(job_db=job_db, start_job=start_job)
         assert run_stats == dirty_equals.IsPartialDict(
             {
-                "start_job call": 7,  # TODO?
+                "start_job call": 5,
                 "job finished": 5,
                 "job_db persist": dirty_equals.IsInt(gt=5),
             }
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ def start_job(row, connection, **kwargs):
         run_stats = manager.run_jobs(job_db=job_db, start_job=start_job)
         assert run_stats == dirty_equals.IsPartialDict(
             {
-                "start_job call": 7,  # TODO?
+                "start_job call": 5,
                 "job finished": 5,
                 "job_db persist": dirty_equals.IsInt(gt=5),
             }