diff --git a/bin/resque b/bin/resque
index 2b605ce..fbae329 100644
--- a/bin/resque
+++ b/bin/resque
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env php
 <?php
 
 // Find and initialize Composer
diff --git a/demo/job.php b/demo/job.php
index 5b72c5c..ec3d143 100644
--- a/demo/job.php
+++ b/demo/job.php
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ class PHP_Job
 {
 	public function perform()
 	{
-		sleep(120);
-		fwrite(STDOUT, 'Hello!');
+        fwrite(STDOUT, 'Start job! -> ');
+		sleep(1);
+		fwrite(STDOUT, 'Job ended!' . PHP_EOL);
 	}
 }
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/demo/queue.php b/demo/queue.php
index 95ff5b0..393df87 100644
--- a/demo/queue.php
+++ b/demo/queue.php
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ $args = array(
 	),
 );
 
-$jobId = Resque::enqueue('default', $argv[1], $args, true);
+$jobId = Resque::enqueue($argv[1], $argv[2], $args, true);
 echo "Queued job ".$jobId."\n\n";
 ?>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/Resque.php b/lib/Resque.php
index 928ef5e..c7ddf4c 100644
--- a/lib/Resque.php
+++ b/lib/Resque.php
@@ -114,21 +114,40 @@ class Resque
 	 * @param string $queue The name of the queue to fetch an item from.
 	 * @return array Decoded item from the queue.
 	 */
-	public static function pop($queue, $interval = null)
+	public static function pop($queue)
 	{
-        if($interval == null) {
-            $item = self::redis()->lpop('queue:' . $queue);
-        } else {
-            $item = self::redis()->blpop('queue:' . $queue, $interval ? $interval : Resque::DEFAULT_INTERVAL);
-        }
+        $item = self::redis()->lpop('queue:' . $queue);
 
 		if(!$item) {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		return json_decode($interval == 0 ? $item : $item[1], true);
+		return json_decode($item, true);
 	}
 
+    /**
+     * Pop an item off the end of the specified queue, decode it and
+     * return it.
+     *
+     * @param string $queue The name of the queue to fetch an item from.
+     * @return array Decoded item from the queue.
+     */
+    public static function blpop($queues, $interval = null)
+    {
+        $list = array();
+        foreach($queues AS $queue) {
+            $list[] = 'queue:' . $queue;
+        }
+
+        $item = self::redis()->blpop($list, $interval ? (int)$interval : Resque::DEFAULT_INTERVAL);
+
+        if(!$item) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        return json_decode($item[1], true);
+    }
+
 	/**
 	 * Return the size (number of pending jobs) of the specified queue.
 	 *
diff --git a/lib/Resque/Job.php b/lib/Resque/Job.php
index 618b118..e2fb60e 100755
--- a/lib/Resque/Job.php
+++ b/lib/Resque/Job.php
@@ -73,22 +73,41 @@ class Resque_Job
 		return $id;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Find the next available job from the specified queue and return an
-	 * instance of Resque_Job for it.
-	 *
-	 * @param string $queue The name of the queue to check for a job in.
-	 * @return null|object Null when there aren't any waiting jobs, instance of Resque_Job when a job was found.
-	 */
-	public static function reserve($queue, $interval = null)
-	{
-		$payload = Resque::pop($queue, $interval);
-		if(!is_array($payload)) {
-			return false;
-		}
+    /**
+     * Find the next available job from the specified queue and return an
+     * instance of Resque_Job for it.
+     *
+     * @param string $queue The name of the queue to check for a job in.
+     * @return null|object Null when there aren't any waiting jobs, instance of Resque_Job when a job was found.
+     */
+    public static function reserve($queue)
+    {
+        $payload = Resque::pop($queue);
+        if(!is_array($payload)) {
+            return false;
+        }
 
-		return new Resque_Job($queue, $payload);
-	}
+        return new Resque_Job($queue, $payload);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Find the next available job from the specified queue and return an
+     * instance of Resque_Job for it.
+     *
+     * @param string $queue The name of the queue to check for a job in.
+     * @return null|object Null when there aren't any waiting jobs, instance of Resque_Job when a job was found.
+     */
+    public static function reserveBlocking($queues, $interval = null)
+    {
+        $payload = Resque::blpop($queues, $interval);
+        if(!is_array($payload)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        var_dump($payload);
+
+        return new Resque_Job($payload->queue, $payload);
+    }
 
 	/**
 	 * Update the status of the current job.
diff --git a/lib/Resque/Redis.php b/lib/Resque/Redis.php
index 4447146..6cef3d2 100644
--- a/lib/Resque/Redis.php
+++ b/lib/Resque/Redis.php
@@ -143,7 +143,13 @@ class Resque_Redis
 	 */
 	public function __call($name, $args) {
 		if(in_array($name, $this->keyCommands)) {
-		    $args[0] = self::$defaultNamespace . $args[0];
+            if(is_array($args[0])) {
+                foreach($args[0] AS $i => $v) {
+                    $args[0][$i] = self::$defaultNamespace . $v;
+                }
+            } else {
+                $args[0] = self::$defaultNamespace . $args[0];
+            }
 		}
 		try {
 			return $this->driver->__call($name, $args);
diff --git a/lib/Resque/Worker.php b/lib/Resque/Worker.php
index 204aae6..03487f5 100644
--- a/lib/Resque/Worker.php
+++ b/lib/Resque/Worker.php
@@ -152,70 +152,53 @@ class Resque_Worker
 		$this->updateProcLine('Starting');
 		$this->startup();
 
-		while(true) {
-			if($this->shutdown) {
-				break;
-			}
-
-			// Attempt to find and reserve a job
-			$job = false;
-			if(!$this->paused) {
-				$job = $this->reserve($interval);
-			}
-
+        while($job = $this->reserveBlocking($interval)) {
             $this->updateProcLine('Waiting for ' . implode(',', $this->queues) . ' with interval ' . $interval);
 
-            if(!$job) {
-                // For an interval of 0, break now - helps with unit testing etc
-                if($interval == 0) {
-                    break;
-                }
+            $this->log('got ' . $job);
+            Resque_Event::trigger('beforeFork', $job);
+            $this->workingOn($job);
 
-                // If no job was found, we sleep for $interval before continuing and checking again
-                if($this->paused) {
-                    $this->updateProcLine('Paused');
-                    usleep($interval * 1000000); //it's paused, so don't hog redis with requests.
-                }
+            $this->child = Resque::fork();
 
-                continue;
+            // Forked and we're the child. Run the job.
+            if ($this->child === 0 || $this->child === false) {
+                $status = 'Processing ' . $job->queue . ' since ' . strftime('%F %T');
+                $this->updateProcLine($status);
+                $this->log($status, self::LOG_VERBOSE);
+                $this->perform($job);
+                if ($this->child === 0) {
+                    exit(0);
+                }
             }
 
-			$this->log('got ' . $job);
-			Resque_Event::trigger('beforeFork', $job);
-			$this->workingOn($job);
+            if($this->child > 0) {
+                // Parent process, sit and wait
+                $status = 'Forked ' . $this->child . ' at ' . strftime('%F %T');
+                $this->updateProcLine($status);
+                $this->log($status, self::LOG_VERBOSE);
 
-			$this->child = Resque::fork();
+                // Wait until the child process finishes before continuing
+                pcntl_wait($status);
+                $exitStatus = pcntl_wexitstatus($status);
+                if($exitStatus !== 0) {
+                    $job->fail(new Resque_Job_DirtyExitException(
+                        'Job exited with exit code ' . $exitStatus
+                    ));
+                }
+            }
 
-			// Forked and we're the child. Run the job.
-			if ($this->child === 0 || $this->child === false) {
-				$status = 'Processing ' . $job->queue . ' since ' . strftime('%F %T');
-				$this->updateProcLine($status);
-				$this->log($status, self::LOG_VERBOSE);
-				$this->perform($job);
-				if ($this->child === 0) {
-					exit(0);
-				}
-			}
+            $this->child = null;
+            $this->doneWorking();
 
-			if($this->child > 0) {
-				// Parent process, sit and wait
-				$status = 'Forked ' . $this->child . ' at ' . strftime('%F %T');
-				$this->updateProcLine($status);
-				$this->log($status, self::LOG_VERBOSE);
+            if($this->shutdown) {
+                break;
+            }
 
-				// Wait until the child process finishes before continuing
-				pcntl_wait($status);
-				$exitStatus = pcntl_wexitstatus($status);
-				if($exitStatus !== 0) {
-					$job->fail(new Resque_Job_DirtyExitException(
-						'Job exited with exit code ' . $exitStatus
-					));
-				}
-			}
-
-			$this->child = null;
-			$this->doneWorking();
-		}
+            if($this->paused) {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
 
 		$this->unregisterWorker();
 	}
@@ -241,28 +224,49 @@ class Resque_Worker
 		$this->log('done ' . $job);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Attempt to find a job from the top of one of the queues for this worker.
-	 *
-	 * @return object|boolean Instance of Resque_Job if a job is found, false if not.
-	 */
-	public function reserve($interval = null)
-	{
-		$queues = $this->queues();
-		if(!is_array($queues)) {
-			return;
-		}
-		foreach($queues as $queue) {
-			$this->log('Checking ' . $queue . ' with interval ' . $interval, self::LOG_VERBOSE);
-			$job = Resque_Job::reserve($queue, $interval);
-			if($job) {
-				$this->log('Found job on ' . $queue, self::LOG_VERBOSE);
-				return $job;
-			}
-		}
+    /**
+     * Attempt to find a job from the top of one of the queues for this worker.
+     *
+     * @return object|boolean Instance of Resque_Job if a job is found, false if not.
+     */
+    public function reserve()
+    {
+        $queues = $this->queues();
+        if(!is_array($queues)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        foreach($queues as $queue) {
+            $this->log('Checking ' . $queue, self::LOG_VERBOSE);
+            $job = Resque_Job::reserve($queue);
+            if($job) {
+                $this->log('Found job on ' . $queue, self::LOG_VERBOSE);
+                return $job;
+            }
+        }
 
-		return false;
-	}
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Attempt to find a job from the top of one of the queues for this worker.
+     *
+     * @return object|boolean Instance of Resque_Job if a job is found, false if not.
+     */
+    public function reserveBlocking($interval = null)
+    {
+        $queues = $this->queues();
+        if(!is_array($queues)) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $job = Resque_Job::reserveBlocking($queues, $interval);
+        if($job) {
+            $this->log('Found job on ' . $job->queue, self::LOG_VERBOSE);
+            return $job;
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
 
 	/**
 	 * Return an array containing all of the queues that this worker should use