diff --git a/app/routers/take.py b/app/routers/take.py
index 9ec0ff6..d8fe38d 100644
--- a/app/routers/take.py
+++ b/app/routers/take.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import asyncio
+import collections
 import fastapi
 import pydantic
 import typing
@@ -5,6 +7,7 @@ import typing
 from app.storage.mongo import tasks
 
 
+locks = collections.defaultdict(asyncio.Lock)
 router = fastapi.APIRouter()
 
 
@@ -20,7 +23,8 @@ class Response(pydantic.BaseModel):
 
 @router.get('/api/v1/take', responses={404: {'description': 'Not found'}})
 async def execute(queue: typing.Annotated[str, fastapi.Header()]) -> Response:
-    task = await tasks.take_task(queue)
+    async with locks[queue]:
+        task = await tasks.take_task(queue)
     if not task:
         return Response(task=None)
     return Response(task=Task(id=str(task._id), attempt=task.attempts, payload=task.payload))