diff --git a/app/controllers/competitions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/competitions_controller.rb
index 1a42a9c6..028bab2d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/competitions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/competitions_controller.rb
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@ class CompetitionsController < ApplicationController
 
     case params[:category]
     when 'nearly_published' then
-      competitions = competitions.where('published_at is not null AND status = 0')
+      competitions = competitions.where('status = 0')
     when 'progressing' then
-      competitions = competitions.where('end_time > NOW()')
+      competitions = competitions.where('end_time > NOW() AND status = 1')
     when 'ended' then
       competitions = competitions.where('end_time < NOW()')
     end