diff --git a/pkg/monitors/pingdomtransaction/pingdom-transaction-monitor.go b/pkg/monitors/pingdomtransaction/pingdom-transaction-monitor.go
index 508ccc95..ea1b6ca2 100644
--- a/pkg/monitors/pingdomtransaction/pingdom-transaction-monitor.go
+++ b/pkg/monitors/pingdomtransaction/pingdom-transaction-monitor.go
@@ -220,9 +220,7 @@ func (service *PingdomTransactionMonitorService) addConfigToTransactionCheck(tra
 	if providerConfig.SendNotificationWhenDown > 0 {
 		transactionCheck.SendNotificationWhenDown = ptr.Int64(providerConfig.SendNotificationWhenDown)
 	}
-	if providerConfig.Paused {
-		transactionCheck.Active = ptr.Bool(!providerConfig.Paused)
-	}
+	transactionCheck.Active = ptr.Bool(!providerConfig.Paused)
 	if len(providerConfig.Tags) > 0 {
 		transactionCheck.Tags = providerConfig.Tags
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/monitors/pingdomtransaction/pingdom-transaction-monitor_test.go b/pkg/monitors/pingdomtransaction/pingdom-transaction-monitor_test.go
index 423edf94..cf46ddf1 100644
--- a/pkg/monitors/pingdomtransaction/pingdom-transaction-monitor_test.go
+++ b/pkg/monitors/pingdomtransaction/pingdom-transaction-monitor_test.go
@@ -107,6 +107,36 @@ func TestGetSecretFromTemplate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestAddConfigPausedActive(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name           string
+		paused         bool
+		expectedActive bool
+	}{
+		{name: "paused true -> inactive", paused: true, expectedActive: false},
+		{name: "paused false -> active", paused: false, expectedActive: true},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range tests {
+		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			service := PingdomTransactionMonitorService{}
+			transactionCheck := &pingdomNew.CheckWithoutID{}
+			monitor := models.Monitor{
+				Name: "test",
+				URL:  "https://google.com",
+				Config: &endpointmonitorv1alpha1.PingdomTransactionConfig{
+					Paused: tc.paused,
+				},
+			}
+
+			service.addConfigToTransactionCheck(transactionCheck, monitor)
+
+			assert.Assert(t, transactionCheck.Active != nil, "Active must always be set")
+			assert.Equal(t, *transactionCheck.Active, tc.expectedActive)
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestReplaceSecrets(t *testing.T) {
 	// Create a fake clientset
 	clientset := fake.NewSimpleClientset()