diff --git a/django_q/tests/test_brokers.py b/django_q/tests/test_brokers.py
index bf8e518..b6e651c 100644
--- a/django_q/tests/test_brokers.py
+++ b/django_q/tests/test_brokers.py
@@ -192,11 +192,12 @@ def test_sqs(monkeypatch):
     sleep(2)
     # Sometimes SQS is not linear
     task = broker.dequeue()
-    if task:
-        task = task[0]
-        assert len(task) > 0
-        broker.acknowledge(task[0])
-        sleep(2)
+    if not task:
+        pytest.skip('SQS being weird')
+    task = task[0]
+    assert len(task) > 0
+    broker.acknowledge(task[0])
+    sleep(2)
     # delete job
     broker.enqueue('test')
     task_id = broker.dequeue()[0][0]