diff --git a/lib/queue_classic.rb b/lib/queue_classic.rb
index 04f8931d..80c4b056 100644
--- a/lib/queue_classic.rb
+++ b/lib/queue_classic.rb
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-require "pg"
-require "uri"
-require "json"
-
-require "queue_classic/conn"
-require "queue_classic/queue"
-require "queue_classic/worker"
-require "queue_classic/setup"
-
 module QC
   Root = File.expand_path("..", File.dirname(__FILE__))
   SqlFunctions = File.join(QC::Root, "/sql/ddl.sql")
@@ -93,3 +84,7 @@ def self.log(data)
     return result
   end
 end
+
+require "queue_classic/queue"
+require "queue_classic/worker"
+require "queue_classic/setup"
diff --git a/lib/queue_classic/conn.rb b/lib/queue_classic/conn.rb
index 72883407..8120dd2a 100644
--- a/lib/queue_classic/conn.rb
+++ b/lib/queue_classic/conn.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 require 'thread'
+require 'uri'
+require 'pg'
 
 module QC
   module Conn
diff --git a/lib/queue_classic/queue.rb b/lib/queue_classic/queue.rb
index e3a00d2f..e3490c4e 100644
--- a/lib/queue_classic/queue.rb
+++ b/lib/queue_classic/queue.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+require 'queue_classic'
+require 'queue_classic/conn'
+require 'json'
+
 module QC
   class Queue
 
diff --git a/lib/queue_classic/worker.rb b/lib/queue_classic/worker.rb
index 8cdab02a..32d84fea 100644
--- a/lib/queue_classic/worker.rb
+++ b/lib/queue_classic/worker.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+require 'queue_classic'
+require 'queue_classic/queue'
+require 'queue_classic/conn'
+
 module QC
   class Worker
 
@@ -6,7 +10,7 @@ class Worker
     # the defaults are pulled from the environment variables.
     def initialize(args={})
       @fork_worker = args[:fork_worker] || QC::FORK_WORKER
-      @queue = Queue.new((args[:q_name] || QC::QUEUE), args[:top_bound])
+      @queue = QC::Queue.new((args[:q_name] || QC::QUEUE), args[:top_bound])
       log(args.merge(:at => "worker_initialized"))
       @running = true
     end