diff --git a/config/resque.php b/config/resque.php
index 342269d..a1cfa11 100644
--- a/config/resque.php
+++ b/config/resque.php
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ return [
     */
 
     'connection' => [
-        'host' => env('RESQUE_REDIS_HOST', 'localhost'),
-        'port' => env('RESQUE_REDIS_PORT', 6379),
+        'server' => env('RESQUE_REDIS_SERVER', 'localhost:6379'),
         'db'   => env('RESQUE_REDIS_DB', 0),
     ],
 
diff --git a/src/Console/WorkCommand.php b/src/Console/WorkCommand.php
index 464d221..e7769bc 100644
--- a/src/Console/WorkCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/WorkCommand.php
@@ -76,8 +76,11 @@ class WorkCommand extends IlluminateCommand
      */
     private function startWorker(array $queues, $interval = 5, $logLevel = Resque_Worker::LOG_NONE)
     {
-        $worker = $this->manager->startWorker($queues, $interval, $logLevel);
+        $worker = new Resque_Worker($queues);
+        $worker->logLevel = $logLevel;
+
         $this->info(sprintf('Starting worker %s', $worker));
+        $worker->work($interval);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/ResqueManager.php b/src/ResqueManager.php
index fc5f20b..3d9fe03 100644
--- a/src/ResqueManager.php
+++ b/src/ResqueManager.php
@@ -62,10 +62,8 @@ class ResqueManager
         $queue = new Queue($job->queue());
 
         foreach ($queue->jobs() as $queuedJob) {
-            if ($job->payload['class'] === get_class($queuedJob) && count(array_intersect($queuedJob->getArguments(),
-                    $job->arguments())) === $job->arguments()
-            ) {
-                return ($trackStatus) ? new \Resque_Job_Status($job->payload['id']) : null;
+            if (true === $this->isDuplicateJob($job, $queuedJob)) {
+                return ($trackStatus) ? new \Resque_Job_Status($queuedJob->payload['id']) : null;
             }
         }
 
@@ -100,18 +98,14 @@ class ResqueManager
     }
 
     /**
-     * @param array $queues
-     * @param int   $interval
-     * @param int   $logLevel
+     * @param \Hlgrrnhrdt\Resque\Job $job
+     * @param                        $queuedJob
      *
-     * @return \Resque_Worker
+     * @return bool
      */
-    public function startWorker(array $queues, $interval = 5, $logLevel = Resque_Worker::LOG_NONE)
+    private function isDuplicateJob(Job $job, \Resque_Job $queuedJob)
     {
-        $worker = new Resque_Worker($queues);
-        $worker->logLevel = $logLevel;
-        $worker->work($interval);
-
-        return $worker;
+        return $queuedJob->payload['class'] === get_class($queuedJob)
+            && count(array_intersect($queuedJob->getArguments(), $job->arguments())) === count($job->arguments());
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ResqueServiceProvider.php b/src/ResqueServiceProvider.php
index 9d7a81f..ec68fc3 100644
--- a/src/ResqueServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/ResqueServiceProvider.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class ResqueServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
             $config = $this->app['config']['resque.connection'];
 
             $resque = new Resque();
-            $resque->setBackend(implode(':', [$config['host'], $config['port']]), $config['db']);
+            $resque->setBackend($config['server'], $config['db']);
 
             return new ResqueManager($resque, $this->app['config']['resque.trackStatus']);
         });