diff --git a/config/catmandu.local.yml-example b/config/catmandu.local.yml-example
index 88c2bc181..09fb3950c 100644
--- a/config/catmandu.local.yml-example
+++ b/config/catmandu.local.yml-example
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ default_lang: en
 
 host: "http://localhost:5001"
 
-# Specity the ipranges which can download (local) files
+## Uncomment when audit messages need to be displayed
+# audit: 1
+ 
+## Specity the ipranges which can download (local) files
 ip_range:
     - 157.193.0.0/16
     - 127.0.0.1
diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
index ad19f7b8e..f2c085adf 100644
--- a/cpanfile
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ requires 'Catmandu::DBI', '>=0.0510';
 requires 'Catmandu::BibTeX';
 requires 'Catmandu::XML';
 requires 'Catmandu::ArXiv';
+requires 'Catmandu::LDAP';
 requires 'Catmandu::Importer::getJSON';
 requires 'Catmandu::Identifier', '>=0.05';
 requires 'Catmandu::RIS', '>=0.04';
diff --git a/etc/librecat-audit.initd b/etc/librecat-audit.initd
index 004ff4887..36964a760 100644
--- a/etc/librecat-audit.initd
+++ b/etc/librecat-audit.initd
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ SERVER_USER="biblio"
 SERVER_GROUP="biblio"
 WORKERS=1
 LIBRECAT_DIR="/opt/librecat"
+# If a config.yml is in a layers directory, use this line:
+# LIBRECAT_LAYERS="/opt/librecat-ugent"
 
 lock_file=/var/lock/subsys/audit.librecat
 
@@ -24,7 +26,7 @@ do_start()
         if [ ! -f "$lock_file" ] ; then
                 cd $LIBRECAT_DIR
                 echo -n $"Starting ${SCRIPT}: "
-                sudo -u ${SERVER_USER} -g ${SERVER_GROUP} $CARTON exec "bin/librecat worker audit start --workers ${WORKERS} --supervise" > /dev/null 2>&1
+                sudo -u ${SERVER_USER} -g ${SERVER_GROUP} $CARTON exec "LIBRECAT_LAYERS=${LIBRECAT_LAYERS} bin/librecat worker audit start --workers ${WORKERS} --supervise" > /dev/null 2>&1
                 RETVAL=$?
                 if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
                     touch $lock_file
@@ -43,7 +45,7 @@ do_stop()
 {
         cd $LIBRECAT_DIR
         echo -n $"Stopping $SCRIPT: "
-        sudo -u ${SERVER_USER} -g ${SERVER_GROUP} $CARTON exec "bin/librecat worker audit stop --workers ${WORKERS} --supervise" > /dev/null 2>&1
+        sudo -u ${SERVER_USER} -g ${SERVER_GROUP} $CARTON exec "LIBRECAT_LAYERS=${LIBRECAT_LAYERS} bin/librecat worker audit stop --workers ${WORKERS} --supervise" > /dev/null 2>&1
         RETVAL=$?
         if [ $RETVAL -eq 0 ]; then
            touch $lock_file
@@ -58,7 +60,7 @@ do_stop()
 do_status()
 {
         cd $LIBRECAT_DIR
-        sudo -u ${SERVER_USER} -g ${SERVER_GROUP} $CARTON exec "bin/librecat queue"
+        sudo -u ${SERVER_USER} -g ${SERVER_GROUP} $CARTON exec "LIBRECAT_LAYERS=${LIBRECAT_LAYERS} bin/librecat queue status"
 }
 
 case "$1" in
diff --git a/lib/LibreCat/Cmd/queue.pm b/lib/LibreCat/Cmd/queue.pm
index b59bf750f..bb44c8dfe 100644
--- a/lib/LibreCat/Cmd/queue.pm
+++ b/lib/LibreCat/Cmd/queue.pm
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package LibreCat::Cmd::queue;
 
 use Catmandu::Sane;
 use Catmandu;
+use LibreCat::App::Helper;
+use Carp;
 use Net::Telnet::Gearman;
 
 use parent 'LibreCat::Cmd';
@@ -10,7 +12,8 @@ sub description {
     return <<EOF;
 Usage:
 
-librecat queue
+librecat queue status
+librecat queue add_job WORKER FILE
 
 EOF
 }
@@ -18,6 +21,51 @@ EOF
 sub command {
     my ($self, $opts, $args) = @_;
 
+    my $commands = qr/status|add_job/;
+
+    unless (@$args) {
+        $args = ['status'];
+    }
+
+    my $cmd = shift @$args;
+
+    unless ($cmd =~ /^$commands$/) {
+        $self->usage_error("should be one of $commands");
+    }
+
+    if ($cmd eq 'status') {
+        $self->_status;
+    }
+    elsif ($cmd eq 'add_job') {
+        $self->_add_job(@$args);
+    }
+}
+
+sub _add_job {
+    my ($self,$worker,$file) = @_;
+
+    croak "usage: $0 add_job <worker> <file>" unless defined($worker) && -r $file;
+
+    my $importer = Catmandu->importer('YAML', file => $file);
+    my $exporter = Catmandu->exporter('YAML');
+    my $queue    = LibreCat::App::Helper::Helpers->new->queue;
+
+    $importer->each(sub {
+        my $job = $_[0];
+
+        my $response = $queue->add_job("audit",$job);
+
+        print "Adding job\n";
+
+        $job->{'_response'} = $response;
+
+        $exporter->add($job);
+    });
+
+    $exporter->commit;
+}
+
+sub _status {
     my $gm = Net::Telnet::Gearman->new(Host => '127.0.0.1', Port => 4730,);
     my $version = $gm->version;
     $version =~ s/^OK //;
@@ -68,4 +116,12 @@ __END__
 
 LibreCat::Cmd::queue - show job queue status
 
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+    # Show the status of all worker
+    librecat queue status
+
+    # Submit a YAML file job to the WORKER
+    librecat queue add_job WORKER FILE
+
 =cut
diff --git a/lib/LibreCat/Hook/audit_message.pm b/lib/LibreCat/Hook/audit_message.pm
index 194180c45..b67023e04 100644
--- a/lib/LibreCat/Hook/audit_message.pm
+++ b/lib/LibreCat/Hook/audit_message.pm
@@ -43,14 +43,17 @@ sub fix {
         $action = 'batch';
     }
 
+    my $job = {
+        id      => $id ,
+        bag     => 'publication' ,
+        process => "hook($name)" ,
+        action  => "$action" ,
+        message => "activated by $login ($user_id)" ,
+    };
+
+    h->log->debug("adding job: " . to_yaml($job));
     try {
-        h->queue->add_job('audit',{
-            id      => $id ,
-            bag     => 'publication' ,
-            process => "hook($name)" ,
-            action  => "$action" ,
-            message => "activated by $login ($user_id)" ,
-        });
+        h->queue->add_job('audit', $job);
     } catch {
         h->log->trace("caught a : $_");
     };
diff --git a/views/backend/audit.tt b/views/backend/audit.tt
index d13866089..94807f017 100644
--- a/views/backend/audit.tt
+++ b/views/backend/audit.tt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
         <h1>[% h.loc("audit.title") %]</h1>
     </div>
 
-    <table border="1">
+    <table border="1" width="800">
         <tr>
          <th>[% h.loc("audit.id") %]</th>
          <th>[% h.loc("audit.bag") %]</th>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
         </tr>
         [% FOREACH au in audit %]
         <tr>
-         <td>[% au.id  %]</td>
+         <td nowrap="nowrap">[% au.id  %]</td>
          <td>[% au.bag %]</td>
          <td nowrap="nowrap">[% au.process %]</td>
          <td>[% au.action %]</td>