diff --git a/lib/Resque.php b/lib/Resque.php
index b715767..3ec80f7 100644
--- a/lib/Resque.php
+++ b/lib/Resque.php
@@ -146,7 +146,17 @@ class Resque
             return;
         }
 
-        return json_decode($item[1], true);
+        /**
+         * Normally the Resque_Redis class returns queue names without the prefix
+         * But the blpop is a bit different. It returns the name as prefix:queue:name
+         * So we need to strip off the prefix:queue: part
+         */
+        $queue = substr($item[0], strlen(self::redis()->getPrefix() . 'queue:'));
+
+        return array(
+            'queue'   => $queue,
+            'payload' => json_decode($item[1], true)
+        );
     }
 
 	/**
diff --git a/lib/Resque/Job.php b/lib/Resque/Job.php
index 7d90d0a..63cb203 100755
--- a/lib/Resque/Job.php
+++ b/lib/Resque/Job.php
@@ -100,12 +100,13 @@ class Resque_Job
      */
     public static function reserveBlocking(array $queues, $timeout = null)
     {
-        $payload = Resque::blpop($queues, $timeout);
-        if(!is_array($payload)) {
+        $item = Resque::blpop($queues, $timeout);
+
+        if(!is_array($item)) {
             return false;
         }
 
-        return new Resque_Job($payload->queue, $payload);
+        return new Resque_Job($item['queue'], $item['payload']);
     }
 
 	/**