diff --git a/bugwarrior/services/logseq.py b/bugwarrior/services/logseq.py
index 7229d727..6927f646 100644
--- a/bugwarrior/services/logseq.py
+++ b/bugwarrior/services/logseq.py
@@ -168,10 +168,11 @@ def _compress_tag_format(self, tag):
 
     # get an optimized and formatted title
     def get_formatted_title(self):
-        # use first line only and remove priority
+        # use first line only and remove state and priority
         first_line = (
             self.record["content"]
             .split("\n")[0]  # only use first line
+            .split(self.get_logseq_state() + " ")[1]  # remove state marker
             .replace("[#A] ", "")  # remove priority markers
             .replace("[#B] ", "")
             .replace("[#C] ", "")
diff --git a/tests/test_logseq.py b/tests/test_logseq.py
index dc10b6e3..c3b2059f 100644
--- a/tests/test_logseq.py
+++ b/tests/test_logseq.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ def test_to_taskwarrior(self):
             issue.ID: int(self.test_record["id"]),
             issue.UUID: self.test_record["uuid"],
             issue.STATE: self.test_record["marker"],
-            issue.TITLE: "DOING Do something",
+            issue.TITLE: "Do something",
             issue.URI: "logseq://graph/Test?block-id=66699a83-3ee0-4edc-81c6-a24c9b80bec6",
         }
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ def test_issues(self):
         expected = {
             "annotations": [],
             "description": f"(bw)Is#{self.test_record['id']}"
-            + " - DOING Do something"
+            + " - Do something"
             + " .. logseq://graph/Test?block-id=66699a83-3ee0-4edc-81c6-a24c9b80bec6",
             "due": None,
             "scheduled": None,
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def test_issues(self):
             issue.ID: int(self.test_record["id"]),
             issue.UUID: self.test_record["uuid"],
             issue.STATE: self.test_record["marker"],
-            issue.TITLE: "DOING Do something",
+            issue.TITLE: "Do something",
             issue.URI: "logseq://graph/Test?block-id=66699a83-3ee0-4edc-81c6-a24c9b80bec6",
         }