diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 86922a14..fb4c0089 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "browsertrix-crawler",
-  "version": "1.6.0",
+  "version": "1.6.1",
   "main": "browsertrix-crawler",
   "type": "module",
   "repository": "https://github.com/webrecorder/browsertrix-crawler",
diff --git a/src/crawler.ts b/src/crawler.ts
index 61c7516f..2b46b6b9 100644
--- a/src/crawler.ts
+++ b/src/crawler.ts
@@ -1497,6 +1497,10 @@ self.__bx_behaviors.selectMainBehavior();
       }
     }
 
+    if (await this.crawlState.isCrawlPaused()) {
+      interrupt = InterruptReason.CrawlPaused;
+    }
+
     if (interrupt) {
       this.uploadAndDeleteLocal = true;
       this.gracefulFinishOnInterrupt(interrupt);
@@ -1859,12 +1863,9 @@ self.__bx_behaviors.selectMainBehavior();
       if (isFinished || (await this.crawlState.isCrawlCanceled())) {
         return;
       }
-      // if stopped, won't get anymore data
-      if (await this.crawlState.isCrawlStopped()) {
-        // possibly restarted after committing, so assume done here!
-        if ((await this.crawlState.numDone()) > 0) {
-          return;
-        }
+      // possibly restarted after committing, so assume done here!
+      if ((await this.crawlState.numDone()) > 0) {
+        return;
       }
       // fail crawl otherwise
       logger.fatal("No WARC Files, assuming crawl failed");
diff --git a/src/util/constants.ts b/src/util/constants.ts
index 0f75df73..d6185d4e 100644
--- a/src/util/constants.ts
+++ b/src/util/constants.ts
@@ -88,4 +88,5 @@ export enum InterruptReason {
   DiskUtilization = 4,
   BrowserCrashed = 5,
   SignalInterrupted = 6,
+  CrawlPaused = 7,
 }
diff --git a/src/util/state.ts b/src/util/state.ts
index b1922b44..30e280ff 100644
--- a/src/util/state.ts
+++ b/src/util/state.ts
@@ -521,6 +521,14 @@ return inx;
     return false;
   }
 
+  async isCrawlPaused() {
+    if ((await this.redis.get(`${this.key}:paused`)) === "1") {
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    return false;
+  }
+
   async isCrawlCanceled() {
     return (await this.redis.get(`${this.key}:canceled`)) === "1";
   }