diff --git a/py_experimenter/database_connector.py b/py_experimenter/database_connector.py
index 83ccf6ba..c9df6d82 100644
--- a/py_experimenter/database_connector.py
+++ b/py_experimenter/database_connector.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import logging
 from functools import reduce
 from operator import concat
-from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union, Any
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import pandas as pd
 
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
     DatabaseConnectionError,
     EmptyFillDatabaseCallError,
     NoExperimentsLeftException,
+    NoPausedExperimentsException,
     TableHasWrongStructureError,
-    NoPausedExperimentsException
 )
 from py_experimenter.experiment_status import ExperimentStatus
 
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def _select_open_experiments_from_db(self, connection, cursor, random_order: boo
 
         time = utils.get_timestamp_representation()
 
-        self.execute(cursor, f"SELECT id FROM {self.database_configuration.table_name} WHERE status = 'created' ORDER BY {order_by} LIMIT 1;")
+        self.execute(cursor, self._get_pull_experiment_query(order_by))
         experiment_id = self.fetchall(cursor)[0][0]
         self.execute(
             cursor,
diff --git a/test/test_run_experiments/test_run_mysql_experiment.py b/test/test_run_experiments/test_run_mysql_experiment.py
index 5cb4f517..8cb472b4 100644
--- a/test/test_run_experiments/test_run_mysql_experiment.py
+++ b/test/test_run_experiments/test_run_mysql_experiment.py
@@ -102,6 +102,26 @@ def test_mysql_shh():
     experimenter.db_connector.close_connection(connection)
     experimenter.close_ssh()
 
+def test_no_experiment_double_execution():
+    experiment_configuration_file_path = os.path.join("test", "test_run_experiments", "test_run_mysql_experiment_config.yml")
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+    experimenter = PyExperimenter(experiment_configuration_file_path=experiment_configuration_file_path, use_codecarbon=False, use_ssh_tunnel=False)
+    try:
+        experimenter.delete_table()
+    except ProgrammingError as e:
+        logging.warning(e)
+    experimenter.fill_table_from_config()
+    
+    # At most 30 experiments should be executed. If the experiment is executed twice, there should be less then 30 entries
+    experimenter.execute(own_function, max_experiments=30, n_jobs=5)
+
+    connection = experimenter.db_connector.connect()
+    cursor = experimenter.db_connector.cursor(connection)
+    cursor.execute(f"SELECT * FROM {experimenter.db_connector.database_configuration.table_name} WHERE status = 'done'")
+    entries = cursor.fetchall()
+
+    # If the experiment is executed twice, there should be less then 30 entries
+    assert len(entries) == 30
 
 def error_function(keyfields: dict, result_processor: ResultProcessor, custom_fields: dict):
     raise Exception("Error with weird symbos '@#$%&/\()=")
@@ -141,7 +161,6 @@ def test_run_error_experiment():
     ]:
         assert message in entries[0][11]
 
-
 def own_function_raising_errors(keyfields: dict, result_processor: ResultProcessor, custom_fields: dict):
     error_code = keyfields["error_code"]
 
@@ -206,4 +225,4 @@ def test_boolean_in_table():
     assert table["value"].dtype == int
     assert (table["value"] == [1, 0]).all()
     assert (table["given_bool"] == [1, 0]).all()
-    assert (table["status"] == ["done", "done"]).all()
+    assert (table["status"] == ["done", "done"]).all()
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