diff --git a/CHANGELOG.markdown b/CHANGELOG.markdown
index 38e57da..84ae07c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.markdown
+++ b/CHANGELOG.markdown
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-## 1.1 (2011-02-26) ##
+## 1.2 (Unreleased) ##
+
+* Allow alternate redis database to be selected when calling setBackend by supplying a second argument (patrickbajao)
+* Use `require_once` when including php-resque after the app has been included in the sample resque.php to prevent include conflicts (andrewjshults)
+* Wrap job arguments in an array to improve compatibility with ruby resque (warezthebeef)
+* Fix a bug where the worker would spin out of control taking the server with it, if the redis connection was interrupted even briefly. Use SIGPIPE to trap this scenario cleanly. (d11wtq)
+
+## 1.1 (2011-03-27) ##
 
 * Update Redisent library for Redis 2.2 compatibility. Redis 2.2 is now required. (thedotedge)
 * Trim output of `ps` to remove any prepended whitespace (KevBurnsJr)
diff --git a/README.markdown b/README.markdown
index ab490bd..7066213 100644
--- a/README.markdown
+++ b/README.markdown
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ Jobs are queued as follows:
     require_once 'lib/Resque.php';
 
 	// Required if redis is located elsewhere
-	Resque::setBackend('localhost', 6379);
+	Resque::setBackend('localhost:6379');
 
 	$args = array(
 		'name' => 'Chris'
diff --git a/lib/Redisent/Redisent.php b/lib/Redisent/Redisent.php
index ac70c81..19f5cdf 100644
--- a/lib/Redisent/Redisent.php
+++ b/lib/Redisent/Redisent.php
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ class Redisent {
     function __construct($host, $port = 6379) {
         $this->host = $host;
         $this->port = $port;
+				$this->establishConnection();
+    }
+
+    function establishConnection() {
         $this->__sock = fsockopen($this->host, $this->port, $errno, $errstr);
         if (!$this->__sock) {
             throw new Exception("{$errno} - {$errstr}");
diff --git a/lib/Resque.php b/lib/Resque.php
index 168d849..d429ae5 100644
--- a/lib/Resque.php
+++ b/lib/Resque.php
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class Resque
 	 * @param mixed $server Host/port combination separated by a colon, or
 	 * a nested array of servers with host/port pairs.
 	 */
-	public static function setBackend($server)
+	public static function setBackend($server, $database = 0)
 	{
 		if(is_array($server)) {
 			require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/Resque/RedisCluster.php';
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ class Resque
 			require_once dirname(__FILE__) . '/Resque/Redis.php';
 			self::$redis = new Resque_Redis($host, $port);
 		}
+
+        self::redis()->select($database);
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/lib/Resque/Job.php b/lib/Resque/Job.php
index 5df0fb6..4667b40 100644
--- a/lib/Resque/Job.php
+++ b/lib/Resque/Job.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Resque_Job
 		$id = md5(uniqid('', true));
 		Resque::push($queue, array(
 			'class'	=> $class,
-			'args'	=> $args,
+			'args'	=> array($args),
 			'id'	=> $id,
 		));
 
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ class Resque_Job
 			return array();
 		}
 		
-		return $this->payload['args'];
+		return $this->payload['args'][0];
 	}
 	
 	/**
@@ -248,4 +248,4 @@ class Resque_Job
 		return '(' . implode(' | ', $name) . ')';
 	}
 }
-?>
\ No newline at end of file
+?>
diff --git a/lib/Resque/Worker.php b/lib/Resque/Worker.php
index a5c70b9..a180d27 100644
--- a/lib/Resque/Worker.php
+++ b/lib/Resque/Worker.php
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ class Resque_Worker
 		pcntl_signal(SIGUSR1, array($this, 'killChild'));
 		pcntl_signal(SIGUSR2, array($this, 'pauseProcessing'));
 		pcntl_signal(SIGCONT, array($this, 'unPauseProcessing'));
+		pcntl_signal(SIGPIPE, array($this, 'reestablishRedisConnection'));
 		$this->log('Registered signals', self::LOG_VERBOSE);
 	}
 
@@ -380,6 +381,16 @@ class Resque_Worker
 		$this->paused = false;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Signal handler for SIGPIPE, in the event the redis connection has gone away.
+	 * Attempts to reconnect to redis, or raises an Exception.
+	 */
+	public function reestablishRedisConnection()
+	{
+		$this->log('SIGPIPE received; attempting to reconnect');
+		Resque::redis()->establishConnection();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Schedule a worker for shutdown. Will finish processing the current job
 	 * and when the timeout interval is reached, the worker will shut down.
diff --git a/resque.php b/resque.php
index d020622..d85a70e 100644
--- a/resque.php
+++ b/resque.php
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ if($APP_INCLUDE) {
 	require_once $APP_INCLUDE;
 }
 
-require 'lib/Resque.php';
-require 'lib/Resque/Worker.php';
+require_once 'lib/Resque.php';
+require_once 'lib/Resque/Worker.php';
 
 $REDIS_BACKEND = getenv('REDIS_BACKEND');
 if(!empty($REDIS_BACKEND)) {
diff --git a/test/Resque/Tests/JobTest.php b/test/Resque/Tests/JobTest.php
index df6187b..1f33fee 100644
--- a/test/Resque/Tests/JobTest.php
+++ b/test/Resque/Tests/JobTest.php
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class Resque_Tests_JobTest extends Resque_Tests_TestCase
 		Resque::enqueue('jobs', 'Test_Job', $args);
 		$job = Resque_Job::reserve('jobs');
 
-		$this->assertEquals($args, $job->payload['args']);
+		$this->assertEquals($args, $job->getArguments());
 	}
 
 	public function testAfterJobIsReservedItIsRemoved()
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class Resque_Tests_JobTest extends Resque_Tests_TestCase
 
 		$newJob = Resque_Job::reserve('jobs');
 		$this->assertEquals($job->payload['class'], $newJob->payload['class']);
-		$this->assertEquals($job->payload['args'], $newJob->payload['args']);
+		$this->assertEquals($job->payload['args'], $newJob->getArguments());
 	}
 
 	public function testFailedJobExceptionsAreCaught()