diff --git a/netbox/core/tables/tasks.py b/netbox/core/tables/tasks.py
index de792d134..90f04a926 100644
--- a/netbox/core/tables/tasks.py
+++ b/netbox/core/tables/tasks.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class BackgroundTaskTable(BaseTable):
     def render_id(self, value, record):
         return mark_safe('<a href=' + reverse(
             "core:background_task",
-            args=[self.queue_index, value]) + '>' + value + '</a>'
+            args=[value]) + '>' + value + '</a>'
         )
 
     def render_status(self, value, record):
diff --git a/netbox/core/urls.py b/netbox/core/urls.py
index c9616a2fd..0c74e1f46 100644
--- a/netbox/core/urls.py
+++ b/netbox/core/urls.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ urlpatterns = (
     # Background Tasks
     path('background-queues/', views.BackgroundQueueListView.as_view(), name='background_queue_list'),
     path('background-queues/<int:queue_index>/', views.BackgroundTaskListView.as_view(), name='background_task_list'),
-    path('background-tasks/<int:queue_index>/<str:job_id>/', views.BackgroundTaskDetailView.as_view(), name='background_task'),
+    path('background-tasks/<str:job_id>/', views.BackgroundTaskDetailView.as_view(), name='background_task'),
 
     # Config revisions
     path('config-revisions/', views.ConfigRevisionListView.as_view(), name='configrevision_list'),
diff --git a/netbox/core/views.py b/netbox/core/views.py
index ee0d0a873..5a5344f67 100644
--- a/netbox/core/views.py
+++ b/netbox/core/views.py
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ from django.contrib.auth.mixins import UserPassesTestMixin
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.http import HttpResponseForbidden, Http404
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
-from django_rq.queues import get_queue_by_index
+from django_rq.queues import get_queue_by_index, get_redis_connection
+from django_rq.settings import QUEUES_MAP, QUEUES_LIST
 from django_rq.utils import get_scheduler_statistics, get_statistics
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect, render
 from django.views.generic import View
@@ -285,14 +286,17 @@ class BackgroundTaskDetailView(UserPassesTestMixin, View):
     def test_func(self):
         return self.request.user.is_staff
 
-    def get(self, request, queue_index, job_id):
-        queue = get_queue_by_index(queue_index)
-
+    def get(self, request, job_id):
+        # all the RQ queues should use the same connection
+        config = QUEUES_LIST[0]
         try:
-            job = RQ_Job.fetch(job_id, connection=queue.connection, serializer=queue.serializer)
+            job = RQ_Job.fetch(job_id, connection=get_redis_connection(config['connection_config']),)
         except NoSuchJobError:
             raise Http404(_("Job {job_id} not found").format(job_id=job_id))
 
+        queue_index = QUEUES_MAP[job.origin]
+        queue = get_queue_by_index(queue_index)
+
         try:
             job.func_name
             data_is_valid = True