diff --git a/cluster/disable.host.queue.sh b/cluster/disable.host.queue.sh
index de01012..06a7298 100755
--- a/cluster/disable.host.queue.sh
+++ b/cluster/disable.host.queue.sh
@@ -65,9 +65,11 @@ is_queue_enable() {                                            # {{{
 
 	local_sge_hostname="${1}"
 	local_sge_queue_name="${2}"
-	## List all available queues and filter according to both 'disable' state and the expected queue name
+	## List all queues with 'disable' state and filter to the expected queue name
+	### Then count the number of lines between "queuename" (from header) and the expected queue
+	### To avoid to count pending jobs for this queue
 	local_sge_queue_test=$(qstat -f -qs d -q "${local_sge_queue_name:=/dev/null}@${local_sge_hostname:=/dev/null}" \
-		| wc -l)
+		| awk 'BEGIN {count = 0} /queuename/,/main.q/ {count++} END { print count }')
 
 	case "${local_sge_queue_test}" in
 		0 ) ## No result so the queue is enable
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ is_queue_enable() {                                            # {{{
 			return_queue_enable="1"
 			;;
 		* ) ## Unexpected result
-			printf '%b\n' "${RED}Not able to determine the state of ${local_sge_queue_name:=/dev/null}@${local_sge_hostname:=/dev/null} queue.${RESET}"
+			printf '%b\n' "${RED}Not able to determine the state of ${local_sge_queue_name:=/dev/null}@${local_sge_hostname:=/dev/null} queue (command return ${local_sge_queue_test} lines).${RESET}"
 			exit 2
 			;;
 esac
@@ -97,9 +99,11 @@ is_queue_disable() {                                            # {{{
 
 	local_sge_hostname="${1}"
 	local_sge_queue_name="${2}"
-	## List all available queues and filter according to both 'disable' state and the expected queue name
+	## List all queues with 'disable' state and filter to the expected queue name
+	### Then count the number of lines between "queuename" (from header) and the expected queue
+	### To avoid to count pending jobs for this queue
 	local_sge_queue_test=$(qstat -f -qs d -q "${local_sge_queue_name:=/dev/null}@${local_sge_hostname:=/dev/null}" \
-		| wc -l)
+		| awk 'BEGIN {count = 0} /queuename/,/main.q/ {count++} END { print count }')
 
 	case "${local_sge_queue_test}" in
 		0 ) ## No result so the queue is enable
@@ -111,7 +115,7 @@ is_queue_disable() {                                            # {{{
 			return_queue_disable="0"
 			;;
 		* ) ## Unexpected result
-			printf '%b\n' "${RED}Not able to determine the state of ${local_sge_queue_name:=/dev/null}@${local_sge_hostname:=/dev/null} queue.${RESET}"
+			printf '%b\n' "${RED}Not able to determine the state of ${local_sge_queue_name:=/dev/null}@${local_sge_hostname:=/dev/null} queue (command return ${local_sge_queue_test} lines).${RESET}"
 			exit 3
 			;;
 esac