diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+.idea/
+vendor/
+composer.lock
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
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+{
+    "name": "hlgrrnhrdt/laravel-resque",
+    "authors": [
+        {
+            "name": "Holger Reinhardt",
+            "email": "hlgrrnhrdt@gmail.com"
+        }
+    ],
+    "require": {
+        "illuminate/console": "^5.2",
+        "chrisboulton/php-resque": "^1.2",
+        "illuminate/config": "^5.2"
+    },
+    "require-dev": {
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^5.4"
+    },
+    "autoload": {
+        "psr-4": {
+            "Hlgrrnhrdt\\Resque\\": "src/"
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Console/WorkCommand.php b/src/Console/WorkCommand.php
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+<?php
+namespace Hlgrrnhrdt\Resque\Console;
+
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+
+/**
+ * WorkCommand
+ *
+ * @author Holger Reinhardt <hlgrrnhrdt@gmail.com>
+ */
+class WorkCommand extends Command
+{
+    protected $name = 'resque:work';
+
+    public function fire()
+    {
+        //
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Job.php b/src/Job.php
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+<?php
+namespace Hlgrrnhrdt\Resque;
+
+/**
+ * Job
+ *
+ * @author Holger Reinhardt <hlgrrnhrdt@gmail.com>
+ */
+abstract class Job
+{
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $queue = 'default';
+
+    /**
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $arguments = [];
+
+    /**
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function queue()
+    {
+        return $this->queue;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function arguments()
+    {
+        return $this->arguments;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string $queue
+     *
+     * @return Job
+     */
+    public function onQueue($queue)
+    {
+        $this->queue = $queue;
+        return $this;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Queue.php b/src/Queue.php
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+<?php
+namespace Hlgrrnhrdt\Resque;
+
+/**
+ * Queue
+ *
+ * @author Holger Reinhardt <hlgrrnhrdt@gmail.com>
+ */
+class Queue
+{
+    protected $name;
+
+    public function __construct($name)
+    {
+        $this->name = $name;
+    }
+
+    public function jobs()
+    {
+        \Resque::redis()->lrange('queue:' . $this->name, 0, -1);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ResqueManager.php b/src/ResqueManager.php
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+<?php
+namespace Hlgrrnhrdt\Resque;
+
+use Resque as PhpResque;
+
+/**
+ * Resque
+ *
+ * @author Holger Reinhardt <hlgrrnhrdt@gmail.com>
+ */
+class ResqueManager
+{
+    /**
+     * @var PhpResque
+     */
+    private $resque;
+
+    public function __construct(PhpResque $resque)
+    {
+        $this->resque = $resque;
+    }
+
+    public function enqueue(Job $job)
+    {
+        $this->resque->enqueue($job->queue(), get_class($job), $job->arguments());
+    }
+
+    public function enqueueOnce(Job $job)
+    {
+        $queue = new Queue($job->queue());
+        
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/ResqueServiceProvider.php b/src/ResqueServiceProvider.php
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+++ b/src/ResqueServiceProvider.php
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+<?php
+namespace Hlgrrnhrdt\Resque;
+
+use Config;
+use Hlgrrnhrdt\Resque\Console\WorkCommand;
+use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+use Resque;
+
+/**
+ * ResqueServiceProvider
+ *
+ * @author Holger Reinhardt <hlgrrnhrdt@gmail.com>
+ */
+class ResqueServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
+{
+    /**
+     * Register the service provider.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function register()
+    {
+        $this->registerManager();
+        $this->registerWorkCommand();
+    }
+
+    protected function registerManager()
+    {
+        $this->app->singleton(ResqueManager::class, function ($app) {
+            $config = $app['config']['resque.connection'];
+            $resque = new Resque();
+            $resque->setBackend(implode(':', [$config['host'], $config['port']]), $config['db']);
+            return new ResqueManager($resque);
+        });
+    }
+
+    protected function registerWorkCommand()
+    {
+        $this->app->singleton('command.resque.work', function () {
+            return new WorkCommand();
+        });
+    }
+}