diff --git a/lib/Queue/Daemon.php b/lib/Queue/Daemon.php
index 185a36594c..a5d7143ecb 100644
--- a/lib/Queue/Daemon.php
+++ b/lib/Queue/Daemon.php
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ class Daemon {
       $queueData = array(
         'status' => 'started',
         'token' => $this->refreshedToken,
-        'executionCounter' => ($queueData['status'] === 'paused') ?
-          $queueData['executionCounter']
+        'counter' => ($queueData['status'] === 'paused') ?
+          $queueData['counter']
           : 0
       );
       $_SESSION['queue'] = array('result' => true);
@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ class Daemon {
      */
     sleep(30);
     
-    // after each execution, read queue in case its status was modified
+    // after each execution, read queue in case it's status was modified
     list($queue, $queueData) = $this->getQueue();
-    $queueData['executionCounter']++;
+    $queueData['counter']++;
     $queueData['token'] = $this->refreshedToken;
     $queue->value = serialize($queueData);
     $queue->save();
@@ -108,14 +108,9 @@ class Daemon {
   
   function callSelf() {
     $payload = json_encode(array('token' => $this->refreshedToken));
-    $args = array(
-      'timeout' => 1,
-      'user-agent' => 'MailPoet (www.mailpoet.com)'
-    );
-    wp_remote_get(
-      Supervisor::getSiteUrl() .
-      '/?mailpoet-api&section=queue&action=run&payload=' . urlencode($payload),
-      $args
+    Supervisor::getRemoteUrl(
+      '/?mailpoet-api&section=queue&action=run&payload=' . urlencode($payload)
+
     );
     exit;
   }
diff --git a/lib/Queue/Supervisor.php b/lib/Queue/Supervisor.php
index fb7ba8ef07..d663f03fe7 100644
--- a/lib/Queue/Supervisor.php
+++ b/lib/Queue/Supervisor.php
@@ -44,20 +44,10 @@ class Supervisor {
     if(!session_id()) session_start();
     $sessionId = session_id();
     session_write_close();
-    $args = array(
-      'timeout' => 1,
-      'user-agent' => 'MailPoet (www.mailpoet.com)'
-    );
-    $payload = json_encode(
-      array(
-        'session' => $sessionId
-      )
-    );
-    wp_remote_get(
-      self::getSiteUrl() .
-      '/?mailpoet-api&section=queue&action=start&payload=' .
-      urlencode($payload),
-      $args
+    $_SESSION['queue'] = null;
+    $payload = json_encode(array('session' => $sessionId));
+    self::getRemoteUrl(
+      '/?mailpoet-api&section=queue&action=start&payload=' . urlencode($payload)
     );
     session_start();
     $queueStatus = $_SESSION['queue'];
@@ -76,6 +66,17 @@ class Supervisor {
     );
   }
 
+  static function getRemoteUrl($url) {
+    $args = array(
+      'timeout' => 1,
+      'user-agent' => 'MailPoet (www.mailpoet.com)'
+    );
+    wp_remote_get(
+      self::getSiteUrl() . $url,
+      $args
+    );
+  }
+
   static function getSiteUrl() {
     if(preg_match('!:\d+/!', site_url())) return site_url();
     preg_match('!http://(?P<host>.*?):(?P<port>\d+)!', site_url(), $server);