diff --git a/bin/src/command/requests.rs b/bin/src/command/requests.rs
index 10ec7bfd9..ee3ad175a 100644
--- a/bin/src/command/requests.rs
+++ b/bin/src/command/requests.rs
@@ -897,7 +897,7 @@ impl CommandServer {
                 self.in_flight
                     .insert(worker_request_id.clone(), (status_tx.clone(), 1));
             }
-            worker_info_map.insert(worker_request_id, worker.info());
+            worker_info_map.insert(worker_request_id, worker.querying_info());
         }
 
         let command_tx = self.command_tx.clone();
diff --git a/bin/src/worker.rs b/bin/src/worker.rs
index 55a5e6496..a6004286b 100644
--- a/bin/src/worker.rs
+++ b/bin/src/worker.rs
@@ -99,11 +99,18 @@ impl Worker {
         kill(Pid::from_raw(self.pid), None).is_ok()
     }
 
-    pub fn info(&self) -> WorkerInfo {
+    /// get info about a worker, with a NotAnswering run state by default,
+    /// to be updated when the worker responds
+    pub fn querying_info(&self) -> WorkerInfo {
+        let run_state = match self.run_state {
+            RunState::Stopping => RunState::Stopping,
+            RunState::Stopped => RunState::Stopped,
+            RunState::Running | RunState::NotAnswering => RunState::NotAnswering,
+        };
         WorkerInfo {
             id: self.id,
             pid: self.pid,
-            run_state: self.run_state as i32,
+            run_state: run_state as i32,
         }
     }