diff --git a/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php b/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php
index 27ad9c79e3..4668c14ac9 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 namespace MailPoet\Cron;
 
 use MailPoet\Models\Setting;
-use MailPoet\Router\Endpoints\Queue as QueueEndpoint;
+use MailPoet\Router\Endpoints\CronDaemon as CronDaemonEndpoint;
 use MailPoet\Router\Router;
 use MailPoet\Util\Security;
 
@@ -46,11 +46,27 @@ class CronHelper {
     return Security::generateRandomString();
   }
 
+  static function pingDaemon() {
+    $url = Router::buildRequest(
+      CronDaemonEndpoint::ENDPOINT,
+      CronDaemonEndpoint::ACTION_PING_RESPONSE
+    );
+    $url = str_replace(home_url(), self::getSiteUrl(), $url);
+    $args = array(
+      'blocking' => true,
+      'sslverify' => false,
+      'timeout' => self::DAEMON_REQUEST_TIMEOUT,
+      'user-agent' => 'MailPoet (www.mailpoet.com) Cron'
+    );
+    $result = wp_remote_get($url, $args);
+    return wp_remote_retrieve_body($result) === 'pong';
+  }
+
   static function accessDaemon($token, $timeout = self::DAEMON_REQUEST_TIMEOUT) {
     $data = array('token' => $token);
     $url = Router::buildRequest(
-      QueueEndpoint::ENDPOINT,
-      QueueEndpoint::ACTION_RUN,
+      CronDaemonEndpoint::ENDPOINT,
+      CronDaemonEndpoint::ACTION_RUN,
       $data
     );
     $url = str_replace(home_url(), self::getSiteUrl(), $url);
diff --git a/lib/Cron/Daemon.php b/lib/Cron/Daemon.php
index 6b11d2ddff..dfaf58075c 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Daemon.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Daemon.php
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ class Daemon {
     $this->timer = microtime(true);
   }
 
+  function ping() {
+    $this->terminateRequest('pong');
+  }
+
   function run() {
     ignore_user_abort(true);
     if(!$this->request_data) {
@@ -91,7 +95,7 @@ class Daemon {
     exit;
   }
 
-  function terminateRequest() {
-    exit;
+  function terminateRequest($message = false) {
+    die($message);
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/Router/Endpoints/CronDaemon.php b/lib/Router/Endpoints/CronDaemon.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..89f4d07096
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Router/Endpoints/CronDaemon.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+namespace MailPoet\Router\Endpoints;
+
+use MailPoet\Cron\CronHelper;
+use MailPoet\Cron\Daemon;
+
+if(!defined('ABSPATH')) exit;
+
+class CronDaemon {
+  const ENDPOINT = 'cron_daemon';
+  const ACTION_RUN = 'run';
+  const ACTION_PING = 'ping';
+  const ACTION_PING_RESPONSE = 'pingResponse';
+  public $allowed_actions = array(
+    self::ACTION_RUN,
+    self::ACTION_PING,
+    self::ACTION_PING_RESPONSE
+  );
+  public $data;
+
+  function __construct($data) {
+    $this->data = $data;
+  }
+
+  function run() {
+    $queue = new Daemon($this->data);
+    $queue->run();
+  }
+
+  function ping() {
+     die(CronHelper::pingDaemon());
+  }
+
+  function pingResponse() {
+    $queue = new Daemon();
+    $queue->ping();
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/lib/Router/Endpoints/Queue.php b/lib/Router/Endpoints/Queue.php
deleted file mode 100644
index e0ee93ea30..0000000000
--- a/lib/Router/Endpoints/Queue.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-namespace MailPoet\Router\Endpoints;
-
-use MailPoet\Cron\Daemon;
-
-if(!defined('ABSPATH')) exit;
-
-class Queue {
-  const ENDPOINT = 'queue';
-  const ACTION_RUN = 'run';
-  public $allowed_actions = array(self::ACTION_RUN);
-  public $data;
-
-  function __construct($data) {
-    $this->data = $data;
-  }
-
-  function run() {
-    $queue = new Daemon($this->data);
-    $queue->run();
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/Router/Router.php b/lib/Router/Router.php
index 8ec31c4b23..8b6e9c931e 100644
--- a/lib/Router/Router.php
+++ b/lib/Router/Router.php
@@ -57,14 +57,15 @@ class Router {
     return rtrim(base64_encode(json_encode($data)), '=');
   }
 
-  static function buildRequest($endpoint, $action, $data) {
-    $data = self::encodeRequestData($data);
+  static function buildRequest($endpoint, $action, $data = false) {
     $params = array(
       self::NAME => '',
       'endpoint' => $endpoint,
       'action' => $action,
-      'data' => $data
     );
+    if($data) {
+      $params['data'] = self::encodeRequestData($data);
+    }
     return add_query_arg($params, home_url());
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/unit/Cron/CronHelperTest.php b/tests/unit/Cron/CronHelperTest.php
index 610946ffcc..ae0db54925 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Cron/CronHelperTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Cron/CronHelperTest.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class CronHelperTest extends MailPoetTest {
     expect(CronHelper::DAEMON_SETTING)->equals('cron_daemon');
   }
 
-  function testItCanCreateDaemon() {
+  function testItCreatesDaemon() {
     $token = 'create_token';
     $time = time();
     CronHelper::createDaemon($token);
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class CronHelperTest extends MailPoetTest {
     );
   }
 
-  function testItCanRestartDaemon() {
+  function testItRestartsDaemon() {
     $token = 'restart_token';
     $time = time();
     CronHelper::restartDaemon($token);
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class CronHelperTest extends MailPoetTest {
     );
   }
 
-  function testItLoadDaemon() {
+  function testItLoadsDaemon() {
     $daemon = array(
       'token' => 'some_token',
       'updated_at' => '12345678'
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class CronHelperTest extends MailPoetTest {
     expect(CronHelper::getDaemon())->equals($daemon);
   }
 
-  function testItCanSaveDaemon() {
+  function testItSavesDaemon() {
     // when saving daemon, 'updated_at' value should change
     $daemon = array(
       'token' => 'some_token',
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class CronHelperTest extends MailPoetTest {
     expect(CronHelper::getDaemon())->equals($daemon);
   }
 
-  function testItCanCreateRandomToken() {
+  function testItCreatesRandomToken() {
     // random token is a string of 5 characters
     $token1 =  CronHelper::createToken();
     $token2 =  CronHelper::createToken();
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ class CronHelperTest extends MailPoetTest {
     expect(strlen($token1))->equals(5);
   }
 
-  function testItCanGetSiteUrl() {
+  function testItGetsSiteUrl() {
     // 1. do nothing when the url does not contain port
     $site_url = 'http://example.com';
     expect(CronHelper::getSiteUrl($site_url))->equals($site_url);
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class CronHelperTest extends MailPoetTest {
     }
   }
 
-  function testItCanEnforceExecutionLimit() {
+  function testItEnforcesExecutionLimit() {
     $time = microtime(true);
     expect(CronHelper::enforceExecutionLimit($time))->null();
     try {
@@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ class CronHelperTest extends MailPoetTest {
     }
   }
 
+  function testItPingsDaemon() {
+    if(getenv('WP_TEST_ENABLE_NETWORK_TESTS') !== 'true') return;
+    expect(CronHelper::pingDaemon())->true();
+  }
+
   function _after() {
     ORM::raw_execute('TRUNCATE ' . Setting::$_table);
   }
diff --git a/tests/unit/Cron/DaemonTest.php b/tests/unit/Cron/DaemonTest.php
index 62e998e309..0a6b1568e6 100644
--- a/tests/unit/Cron/DaemonTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/Cron/DaemonTest.php
@@ -195,6 +195,15 @@ class DaemonTest extends MailPoetTest {
     expect(ignore_user_abort())->equals(1);
   }
 
+  function testItRespondsToPingRequest() {
+    $daemon = Stub::make(new Daemon(true), array(
+      'terminateRequest' => Stub::exactly(1, function($message) {
+        expect($message)->equals('pong');
+      })
+    ), $this);
+    $daemon->ping();
+  }
+
   function _after() {
     ORM::raw_execute('TRUNCATE ' . Setting::$_table);
   }