diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index 0f128c60d..2e92a2060 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ require './lib/recipes/unicorn'
 #require './lib/recipes/bluepill'
 require './lib/recipes/delayed_job'
 
+set :workers_count, 2
+
 require './lib/recipes/resque'
 
 namespace :deploy do
diff --git a/lib/recipes/resque.rb b/lib/recipes/resque.rb
index 3ccc47414..d12bfffd5 100644
--- a/lib/recipes/resque.rb
+++ b/lib/recipes/resque.rb
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ Capistrano::Configuration.instance(:must_exist).load do
     end
 
     def stop_workers
-      run "kill -QUIT `cat #{ fetch(:current_path) }/tmp/pids/resque.pid`"
+      run "kill -QUIT `ps aux | grep resque | grep -v grep | awk '{ print $2 }'`"
     end
 
     def start_workers
-      run "cd #{fetch :current_path} && COUNT=2 QUEUE=fork_and_import #{ rails_env } BACKGROUND=yes PIDFILE=#{ fetch(:current_path) }/tmp/pids/resque.pid bundle exec rake resque:workers"
+      run "cd #{fetch :current_path} && COUNT=#{ workers_count } QUEUE=fork_and_import #{ rails_env } BACKGROUND=yes bundle exec rake resque:workers"
     end
   end
 end