diff --git a/script/scheduler.rb b/script/scheduler.rb
index aa95c9267..d35a44ccc 100755
--- a/script/scheduler.rb
+++ b/script/scheduler.rb
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ daemon_options = {
   :backtrace  => true
 }
 
-worker_count = 2
+runner_count = 2
 
-(1..worker_count).each {|count|
+(1..runner_count).each {|count|
   name = 'scheduler_runner' + count.to_s
   Daemons.run_proc(name, daemon_options) do
     if ARGV.include?('--')
@@ -33,6 +33,27 @@ worker_count = 2
     require File.join(dir, "config", "environment")
     require 'scheduler'
 
-    Scheduler.run(count, worker_count)
+    Scheduler.run(count, runner_count)
   end
 }
+
+name = 'scheduler_worker'
+Daemons.run_proc(name, daemon_options) do
+  if ARGV.include?('--')
+    ARGV.slice! 0..ARGV.index('--')
+  else
+    ARGV.clear
+  end
+
+  Dir.chdir dir
+  RAILS_ENV = ARGV.first || ENV['RAILS_ENV'] || 'development'
+
+  $stdout.reopen( dir + "/log/" + name + "_out.log", "w")
+  $stderr.reopen( dir + "/log/" + name + "_err.log", "w")
+  require File.join(dir, "config", "environment")
+  require 'scheduler'
+
+  Scheduler.worker
+end
+
+