diff --git a/include/notifier.php b/include/notifier.php
index d7e8a9ccec..28d437f4ce 100644
--- a/include/notifier.php
+++ b/include/notifier.php
@@ -55,19 +55,6 @@ function notifier_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 		return;
 	}
 
-	// Inherit the priority
-	$queue = dba::select('workerqueue', array('priority', 'created'), array('pid' => getmypid()), array('limit' => 1));
-	if (dbm::is_result($queue)) {
-		$priority = (int)$queue['priority'];
-		$process_created = $queue['created'];
-		logger('inherited priority: '.$priority);
-	} else {
-		// Normally this shouldn't happen.
-		$priority = PRIORITY_HIGH;
-		$process_created = datetime_convert();
-		logger('no inherited priority! Something is wrong.');
-	}
-
 	logger('notifier: invoked: ' . print_r($argv,true), LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
 	$cmd = $argv[1];
@@ -361,7 +348,7 @@ function notifier_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 			// a delivery fork. private groups (forum_mode == 2) do not uplink
 
 			if ((intval($parent['forum_mode']) == 1) && (! $top_level) && ($cmd !== 'uplink')) {
-				proc_run($priority, 'include/notifier.php', 'uplink', $item_id);
+				proc_run($a->queue['priority'], 'include/notifier.php', 'uplink', $item_id);
 			}
 
 			$conversants = array();
@@ -500,7 +487,7 @@ function notifier_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 			}
 			logger("Deliver ".$target_item["guid"]." to ".$contact['url']." via network ".$contact['network'], LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
-			proc_run(array('priority' => $priority, 'created' => $process_created, 'dont_fork' => true),
+			proc_run(array('priority' => $a->queue['priority'], 'created' => $a->queue['created'], 'dont_fork' => true),
 					'include/delivery.php', $cmd, $item_id, $contact['id']);
 		}
 	}
@@ -566,7 +553,7 @@ function notifier_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 
 				if ((! $mail) && (! $fsuggest) && (! $followup)) {
 					logger('notifier: delivery agent: '.$rr['name'].' '.$rr['id'].' '.$rr['network'].' '.$target_item["guid"]);
-					proc_run(array('priority' => $priority, 'created' => $process_created, 'dont_fork' => true),
+					proc_run(array('priority' => $a->queue['priority'], 'created' => $a->queue['created'], 'dont_fork' => true),
 							'include/delivery.php', $cmd, $item_id, $rr['id']);
 				}
 			}
@@ -607,7 +594,7 @@ function notifier_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 		}
 
 		// Handling the pubsubhubbub requests
-		proc_run(array('priority' => PRIORITY_HIGH, 'created' => $process_created, 'dont_fork' => true),
+		proc_run(array('priority' => PRIORITY_HIGH, 'created' => $a->queue['created'], 'dont_fork' => true),
 				'include/pubsubpublish.php');
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/poller.php b/include/poller.php
index 8784931d3c..89b0a24dbc 100644
--- a/include/poller.php
+++ b/include/poller.php
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ function poller_run($argv, $argc){
 	// We fetch the next queue entry that is about to be executed
 	while ($r = poller_worker_process()) {
 
+		// Assure that the priority is an integer value
+		$r[0]['priority'] = (int)$r[0]['priority'];
+
 		// If we got that queue entry we claim it for us
 		if (!poller_claim_process($r[0])) {
 			dba::unlock();
@@ -255,10 +258,12 @@ function poller_exec_function($queue, $funcname, $argv) {
 	// But preserve the old one for the worker
 	$old_process_id = $a->process_id;
 	$a->process_id = uniqid("wrk", true);
+	$a->queue = $queue;
 
 	$funcname($argv, $argc);
 
 	$a->process_id = $old_process_id;
+	unset($a->queue);
 
 	$duration = number_format(microtime(true) - $stamp, 3);
 
diff --git a/include/pubsubpublish.php b/include/pubsubpublish.php
index 7c70059f90..3265fd1e16 100644
--- a/include/pubsubpublish.php
+++ b/include/pubsubpublish.php
@@ -7,27 +7,18 @@ require_once('include/items.php');
 require_once('include/ostatus.php');
 
 function pubsubpublish_run(&$argv, &$argc){
+	global $a;
 
 	if ($argc > 1) {
 		$pubsubpublish_id = intval($argv[1]);
 	} else {
-		// Inherit the creation time
-		$queue = dba::select('workerqueue', array('created'), array('pid' => getmypid()), array('limit' => 1));
-		if (dbm::is_result($queue)) {
-			$process_created = $queue['created'];
-		} else {
-			// Normally this shouldn't happen.
-			$process_created = datetime_convert();
-			logger('no inherited priority! Something is wrong.');
-		}
-
 		// We'll push to each subscriber that has push > 0,
 		// i.e. there has been an update (set in notifier.php).
 		$r = q("SELECT `id`, `callback_url` FROM `push_subscriber` WHERE `push` > 0");
 
 		foreach ($r as $rr) {
 			logger("Publish feed to ".$rr["callback_url"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
-			proc_run(array('priority' => PRIORITY_HIGH, 'created' => $process_created, 'dont_fork' => true),
+			proc_run(array('priority' => PRIORITY_HIGH, 'created' => $a->queue['created'], 'dont_fork' => true),
 					'include/pubsubpublish.php', $rr["id"]);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/App.php b/src/App.php
index f6b568ae8a..94ca007511 100644
--- a/src/App.php
+++ b/src/App.php
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ class App {
 	 */
 	public $template_engine_instance = array();
 	public $process_id;
+	public $queue;
 	private $ldelim = array(
 		'internal' => '',
 		'smarty3' => '{{'