diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Messaging/Commands/CommandQueueManagerFixture.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Messaging/Commands/CommandQueueManagerFixture.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16178a9cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/Messaging/Commands/CommandQueueManagerFixture.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using FluentAssertions;
+using Moq;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Download;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Messaging.Commands;
+using NzbDrone.Core.Test.Framework;
+
+namespace NzbDrone.Core.Test.Messaging.Commands
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class CommandQueueManagerFixture : CoreTest<CommandQueueManager>
+    {
+        [SetUp]
+        public void Setup()
+        {
+            var id = 0;
+            var commands = new List<CommandModel>();
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<ICommandRepository>()
+                  .Setup(s => s.Insert(It.IsAny<CommandModel>()))
+                  .Returns<CommandModel>(c =>
+                  {
+                      c.Id = id + 1;
+                      commands.Add(c);
+                      id++;
+
+                      return c;
+                  });
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<ICommandRepository>()
+                  .Setup(s => s.Get(It.IsAny<int>()))
+                  .Returns<int>(c =>
+                  {
+                      return commands.SingleOrDefault(e => e.Id == c);
+                  });
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void should_not_remove_commands_for_five_minutes_after_they_end()
+        {
+            var command = Subject.Push<CheckForFinishedDownloadCommand>(new CheckForFinishedDownloadCommand());
+
+            Subject.Start(command);
+            Subject.Complete(command, "All done");
+            Subject.CleanCommands();
+
+            Subject.Get(command.Id).Should().NotBeNull();
+
+            Mocker.GetMock<ICommandRepository>()
+                  .Verify(v => v.Get(It.IsAny<int>()), Times.Never());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj
index cff9fe01d..89a369972 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core.Test/NzbDrone.Core.Test.csproj
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@
     <Compile Include="MediaFiles\EpisodeImport\Specifications\UpgradeSpecificationFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MediaFiles\ImportApprovedEpisodesFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MediaFiles\MediaFileRepositoryFixture.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Messaging\Commands\CommandQueueManagerFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MetadataSource\SkyHook\SkyHookProxySearchFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MetadataSource\SearchSeriesComparerFixture.cs" />
     <Compile Include="MetadataSource\SkyHook\SkyHookProxyFixture.cs" />
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Messaging/Commands/CommandQueueManager.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Messaging/Commands/CommandQueueManager.cs
index 41ab6bf91..23b0cf53d 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Messaging/Commands/CommandQueueManager.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Messaging/Commands/CommandQueueManager.cs
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Messaging.Commands
         {
             _logger.Trace("Cleaning up old commands");
             
-            var old = _commandCache.Values.Where(c => c.EndedAt < DateTime.UtcNow.AddMinutes(5));
+            var old = _commandCache.Values.Where(c => c.EndedAt < DateTime.UtcNow.AddMinutes(-5));
 
             foreach (var command in old)
             {