diff --git a/lib/Resque/Worker.php b/lib/Resque/Worker.php
index 973d7fd..94e0e28 100644
--- a/lib/Resque/Worker.php
+++ b/lib/Resque/Worker.php
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <?php
+declare(ticks = 1);
+
 /**
  * Resque worker that handles checking queues for jobs, fetching them
  * off the queues, running them and handling the result.
@@ -349,7 +351,6 @@ class Resque_Worker
 			return;
 		}
 
-		declare(ticks = 1);
 		pcntl_signal(SIGTERM, array($this, 'shutDownNow'));
 		pcntl_signal(SIGINT, array($this, 'shutDownNow'));
 		pcntl_signal(SIGQUIT, array($this, 'shutdown'));