diff --git a/lib/Config/Hooks.php b/lib/Config/Hooks.php
index 4bf324d620..b073153408 100644
--- a/lib/Config/Hooks.php
+++ b/lib/Config/Hooks.php
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 namespace MailPoet\Config;
+use MailPoet\Cron\Workers\Scheduler;
+use MailPoet\Cron\Workers\SendingQueue;
 use \MailPoet\Models\Setting;
 
 class Hooks {
@@ -11,6 +13,7 @@ class Hooks {
     $this->setupWPUsers();
     $this->setupImageSize();
     $this->setupListing();
+    $this->setupCronWorkers();
   }
 
   function setupSubscribe() {
@@ -144,4 +147,15 @@ class Hooks {
       return $status;
     }
   }
-}
+
+  function setupCronWorkers() {
+    add_action('mailpoet_cron_worker', function($timer) {
+      $scheduler = new Scheduler($timer);
+      $scheduler->process();
+    }, 10, 1);
+    add_action('mailpoet_cron_worker', function($timer) {
+      $sending_queue = new SendingQueue($timer);
+      $sending_queue->process();
+    }, 10, 1);
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/lib/Config/Initializer.php b/lib/Config/Initializer.php
index 78b0865374..091312ca40 100644
--- a/lib/Config/Initializer.php
+++ b/lib/Config/Initializer.php
@@ -34,12 +34,13 @@ class Initializer {
       $this->setupLocalizer();
       $this->setupMenu();
       $this->setupPermissions();
-      $this->setupPublicAPI();
       $this->setupAnalytics();
       $this->setupChangelog();
       $this->setupShortcodes();
       $this->setupHooks();
       $this->setupImages();
+      $this->setupPublicAPI();
+      $this->runQueueSupervisor();
     } catch(\Exception $e) {
       // if anything goes wrong during init
       // automatically deactivate the plugin
diff --git a/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php b/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php
index f2286a84ec..f2a27181d0 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/CronHelper.php
@@ -68,4 +68,11 @@ class CronHelper {
     // throw an error if all connection attempts failed
     throw new \Exception(__('Site URL is unreachable.'));
   }
+
+  static function checkExecutionTimer($timer) {
+    $elapsed_time = microtime(true) - $timer;
+    if($elapsed_time >= self::daemon_execution_limit) {
+      throw new \Exception(__('Maximum execution time reached.'));
+    }
+  }
 }
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diff --git a/lib/Cron/Daemon.php b/lib/Cron/Daemon.php
index 7e64a6b662..50519cc48c 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Daemon.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Daemon.php
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 namespace MailPoet\Cron;
 
+use MailPoet\Cron\Workers\Scheduler;
 use MailPoet\Cron\Workers\SendingQueue;
+use MailPoet\Models\Newsletter;
 
 require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-includes/pluggable.php');
 
@@ -35,8 +37,7 @@ class Daemon {
     }
     $this->abortIfStopped($daemon);
     try {
-      $sending_queue = new SendingQueue($this->timer);
-      $sending_queue->process();
+      do_action('mailpoet_cron_worker', $this->timer);
     } catch(\Exception $e) {
     }
     $elapsed_time = microtime(true) - $this->timer;
diff --git a/lib/Cron/Workers/Scheduler.php b/lib/Cron/Workers/Scheduler.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..235331fd4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/Cron/Workers/Scheduler.php
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?php
+namespace MailPoet\Cron\Workers;
+
+use MailPoet\Cron\CronHelper;
+use MailPoet\Models\Setting;
+use MailPoet\Util\Security;
+
+if(!defined('ABSPATH')) exit;
+
+class Scheduler {
+  public $timer;
+
+  function __construct($timer = false) {
+    $this->timer = ($timer) ? $timer : microtime(true);
+    CronHelper::checkExecutionTimer($this->timer);
+  }
+
+  function process() {
+  }
+
+  function checkExecutionTimer() {
+    $elapsed_time = microtime(true) - $this->timer;
+    if($elapsed_time >= CronHelper::daemon_execution_limit) {
+      throw new \Exception(__('Maximum execution time reached.'));
+    }
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue.php b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue.php
index 9e19db3da5..a81fc0c8ca 100644
--- a/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue.php
+++ b/lib/Cron/Workers/SendingQueue.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use MailPoet\Models\Subscriber;
 use MailPoet\Newsletter\Renderer\Renderer;
 use MailPoet\Newsletter\Shortcodes\Shortcodes;
 use MailPoet\Util\Helpers;
+use MailPoet\Util\Security;
 
 if(!defined('ABSPATH')) exit;
 
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ class SendingQueue {
       'processBulkSubscribers' :
       'processIndividualSubscriber';
     $this->timer = ($timer) ? $timer : microtime(true);
+    CronHelper::checkExecutionTimer($this->timer);
   }
 
   function process() {
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ class SendingQueue {
     }
     $this->updateQueue($queue);
     $this->checkSendingLimit();
-    $this->checkExecutionTimer();
+    CronHelper::checkExecutionTimer($this->timer);
     return $queue->subscribers;
   }
 
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ class SendingQueue {
         $this->updateNewsletterStatistics($newsletter_statistics);
       }
       $this->updateQueue($queue);
-      $this->checkExecutionTimer();
+      CronHelper::checkExecutionTimer($this->timer);
     }
     return $queue->subscribers;
   }
@@ -259,11 +261,4 @@ class SendingQueue {
     }
     return;
   }
-
-  function checkExecutionTimer() {
-    $elapsed_time = microtime(true) - $this->timer;
-    if($elapsed_time >= CronHelper::daemon_execution_limit) {
-      throw new \Exception(__('Maximum execution time reached.'));
-    }
-  }
 }
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