diff --git a/app/jobs/periodic_job.rb b/app/jobs/periodic_job.rb
index 8d9453a3..2f60a2b3 100644
--- a/app/jobs/periodic_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/periodic_job.rb
@@ -52,4 +52,12 @@ class PeriodicJob < ApplicationJob
   def beginning_of_interval
     @beginning_of_interval ||= last_stat.created_at.try(:"beginning_of_#{starting_interval}")
   end
+
+  def stop_file
+    @stop_file ||= Rails.root.join('tmp', self.class.to_s.tableize)
+  end
+
+  def stop?
+    File.exist? stop_file
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/jobs/uri_collection_job.rb b/app/jobs/uri_collection_job.rb
index 9ec333cd..b66a804d 100644
--- a/app/jobs/uri_collection_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/uri_collection_job.rb
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class UriCollectionJob < PeriodicJob
 
     hostnames.each do |hostname|
       uris.each do |uri|
-        return if File.exist? Rails.root.join('tmp', 'uri_collection_job_stop')
+        return if stop?
 
         AccessLog.where(host: hostname, uri: uri)
                  .where('created_at >= ?', beginning_of_interval)