diff --git a/changelog.d/email_digest.fix b/changelog.d/email_digest.fix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd15874a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/email_digest.fix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix the daily email digest job which was not executing
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/workers/cron/digest_emails_worker.ex b/lib/pleroma/workers/cron/digest_emails_worker.ex
index b50b52a7b..5cb13f5f9 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/workers/cron/digest_emails_worker.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/workers/cron/digest_emails_worker.ex
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Workers.Cron.DigestEmailsWorker do
   The worker to send digest emails.
   """
 
-  use Oban.Worker, queue: "mailer"
+  use Oban.Worker, queue: :background
 
   alias Pleroma.Config
   alias Pleroma.Emails
diff --git a/priv/repo/migrations/20260401185429_cleanup_stale_digest_email_jobs.exs b/priv/repo/migrations/20260401185429_cleanup_stale_digest_email_jobs.exs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..882c7ec66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/priv/repo/migrations/20260401185429_cleanup_stale_digest_email_jobs.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+defmodule Pleroma.Repo.Migrations.CleanupStaleDigestEmailJobs do
+  use Ecto.Migration
+
+  def up do
+    execute(
+      "DELETE from oban_jobs WHERE queue = 'mailer' AND worker = 'Pleroma.Workers.Cron.DigestEmailsWorker'"
+    )
+  end
+end