diff --git a/openmapflow/inference_utils.py b/openmapflow/inference_utils.py
index 3c4b4788..5630cd92 100644
--- a/openmapflow/inference_utils.py
+++ b/openmapflow/inference_utils.py
@@ -73,11 +73,16 @@ def get_ee_task_amount(prefix: Optional[str] = None):
     Returns:
         Amount of active tasks.
     """
+    ee_prefix = None
+    if prefix is not None:
+        ee_prefix = prefix.replace("/", "-").replace("=", "-")
     amount = 0
     task_list = ee.data.getTaskList()
     for t in tqdm(task_list):
         valid_state = t["state"] in ["READY", "RUNNING"]
-        if valid_state and (prefix is None or prefix in t["description"]):
+        if valid_state and (
+            ee_prefix is None or t["description"].startswith(ee_prefix)
+        ):
             amount += 1
     return amount
 
@@ -123,7 +128,7 @@ def get_status(prefix: str) -> Tuple[int, int, int]:
         amount of predictions made.
     """
     print_between_lines(prefix)
-    ee_task_amount = get_ee_task_amount(prefix=prefix.replace("/", "-"))
+    ee_task_amount = get_ee_task_amount(prefix=prefix)
     tifs_amount = get_gcs_file_amount(bn.INFERENCE_TIFS, prefix=prefix)
     predictions_amount = get_gcs_file_amount(bn.PREDS, prefix=prefix)
     print(f"1) Obtaining input data: {ee_task_amount}")
diff --git a/tests/test_inference_utils.py b/tests/test_inference_utils.py
index 8d9a5ed8..469cbdae 100644
--- a/tests/test_inference_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_inference_utils.py
@@ -200,6 +200,26 @@ def test_get_status(self, mock_storage, mock_ee):
         ] * 10
         self.assertEqual(get_status("fake_prefix"), (10, 100, 100))
 
+    @patch("openmapflow.inference_utils.ee")
+    @patch("openmapflow.inference_utils.storage")
+    def test_get_status_special_chars(self, mock_storage, mock_ee):
+        mock_storage_client = mock_storage.Client()
+        mock_storage_client.list_blobs.return_value = [MockBlob("file")] * 100
+        mock_ee.data.getTaskList.return_value = [
+            {"state": "READY", "description": "fake_prefix_lon-10"}
+        ] * 10
+        self.assertEqual(get_status("fake_prefix_lon=10"), (10, 100, 100))
+
+    @patch("openmapflow.inference_utils.ee")
+    @patch("openmapflow.inference_utils.storage")
+    def test_get_status_prefix(self, mock_storage, mock_ee):
+        mock_storage_client = mock_storage.Client()
+        mock_storage_client.list_blobs.return_value = [MockBlob("file")] * 100
+        mock_ee.data.getTaskList.return_value = [
+            {"state": "READY", "description": "fake_prefix_lon_10"}
+        ] * 10
+        self.assertEqual(get_status("fake_prefix"), (10, 100, 100))
+
     @patch("openmapflow.inference_utils.storage")
     def test_find_missing_predictions(self, mock_storage):
         mock_storage_client = mock_storage.Client()