diff --git a/csaxs_bec/bec_ipython_client/plugins/OMNY_shared/tomo_queue_mixin.py b/csaxs_bec/bec_ipython_client/plugins/OMNY_shared/tomo_queue_mixin.py
index e3b7cb1..15cac04 100644
--- a/csaxs_bec/bec_ipython_client/plugins/OMNY_shared/tomo_queue_mixin.py
+++ b/csaxs_bec/bec_ipython_client/plugins/OMNY_shared/tomo_queue_mixin.py
@@ -868,7 +868,10 @@ class TomoQueueMixin:
                     if resume_job:
                         self.tomo_scan_resume()
                     else:
-                        self.tomo_scan()
+                        # interactive=False: an unattended queued run must
+                        # never block on input() -- see LamNI.tomo_scan()'s
+                        # fine-alignment check.
+                        self.tomo_scan(interactive=False)
             except Exception as exc:
                 self._tomo_queue_proxy.update_by_id(job_id, status="incomplete")
                 print(f"Tomo queue job '{label}' did not complete: {exc}")