diff --git a/resources/views/invoices/edit.blade.php b/resources/views/invoices/edit.blade.php
index 51cee3a4a7ce..e77ce4b56add 100644
--- a/resources/views/invoices/edit.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/invoices/edit.blade.php
@@ -1305,6 +1305,9 @@
 		// if the client's language is different then we can't use the browser version of the PDF
 		} else if (clientLanguageId && clientLanguageId != accountLanguageId) {
 			submitAction('email');
+		// if queues are enabled we need to use PhantomJS
+		} else if ({{ config('queue.default') != 'sync' ? 'true' : 'false' }}) {
+			submitAction('email');
 		} else {
 			preparePdfData('email');
 		}