diff --git a/src/AsyncQueue.php b/src/AsyncQueue.php
index cffc5bd..59d2f6b 100644
--- a/src/AsyncQueue.php
+++ b/src/AsyncQueue.php
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <?php
 namespace Barryvdh\Queue;
 
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use DateTime;
 use Illuminate\Database\Connection;
 use Illuminate\Queue\DatabaseQueue;
 use Illuminate\Queue\Jobs\DatabaseJob;
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ public function __construct(Connection $database, $table, $default = 'default',
     public function push($job, $data = '', $queue = null)
     {
         $id = parent::push($job, $data, $queue);
-        $this->startProcess($queue, $id);
+        $this->startProcess($id);
 
         return $id;
     }
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ public function push($job, $data = '', $queue = null)
 	public function pushRaw($payload, $queue = null, array $options = array())
 	{
 		$id = parent::push($job, $data, $queue);
-        $this->startProcess($queue, $id);
+        $this->startProcess($id);
 
         return $id;
 	}
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ public function pushRaw($payload, $queue = null, array $options = array())
     public function later($delay, $job, $data = '', $queue = null)
     {
         $id = parent::later($delay, $job, $data, $queue);
-        $this->startProcess($queue, $id);
+        $this->startProcess($id);
 
         return $id;
     }
@@ -95,36 +97,46 @@ public function later($delay, $job, $data = '', $queue = null)
 	public function release($queue, $job, $delay)
 	{
 		$id = parent::release($queue, $job, $delay);
-        $this->startProcess($queue, $id);
+        $this->startProcess($id);
 
         return $id;
 	}
     
+    protected function pushToDatabase($delay, $queue, $payload, $attempts = 0)
+	{
+		$availableAt = $delay instanceof DateTime ? $delay : Carbon::now()->addSeconds($delay);
+
+		return $this->database->table($this->table)->insertGetId([
+			'queue' => $this->getQueue($queue),
+			'payload' => $payload,
+			'attempts' => $attempts,
+			'reserved' => 1,
+			'reserved_at' => $this->getTime(),
+			'available_at' => $availableAt->getTimestamp(),
+			'created_at' => $this->getTime(),
+		]);
+	}
+    
     /**
 	 * Get the next available job for the queue.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string|null  $queue
 	 * @return \StdClass|null
 	 */
-	public function getJobFromId($queue, $id)
+	public function getJobFromId($id)
 	{
-		$this->database->beginTransaction();
 		$job = $this->database->table($this->table)
-					->lockForUpdate()
-					->where('queue', $this->getQueue($queue))
-					->where('reserved', 0)
 					->where('id', $id)
 					->first();
                     
         if($job) {
-            $this->markJobAsReserved($job->id);
             
 			return new DatabaseJob(
-				$this->container, $this, $job, $queue
+				$this->container, $this, $job, $job->queue
 			);
         }
 	}
-
+    
     /**
      * Make a Process for the Artisan command for the job id.
      *
@@ -133,9 +145,9 @@ public function getJobFromId($queue, $id)
      *
      * @return void
      */
-    public function startProcess($queue, $id)
+    public function startProcess($id)
     {
-        $command = $this->getCommand($queue, $id);
+        $command = $this->getCommand($id);
         $cwd = base_path();
 
         $process = new Process($command, $cwd);
@@ -150,16 +162,15 @@ public function startProcess($queue, $id)
      *
      * @return string
      */
-    protected function getCommand($queue, $id)
+    protected function getCommand($id)
     {
         $connection = $this->connectionName;
-        $cmd = '%s artisan queue:async %d %s --env=%s --queue=%s';
+        $cmd = '%s artisan queue:async %d %s';
         $cmd = $this->getBackgroundCommand($cmd);
 
         $binary = $this->getPhpBinary();
-        $environment = $this->container->environment();
 
-        return sprintf($cmd, $binary, $id, $connection, $environment, $this->getQueue($queue));
+        return sprintf($cmd, $binary, $id, $connection);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Console/AsyncCommand.php b/src/Console/AsyncCommand.php
index 46e82b7..c6f1ef4 100644
--- a/src/Console/AsyncCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/AsyncCommand.php
@@ -49,16 +49,11 @@ public function __construct(Worker $worker)
      */
     public function fire()
     {
-        $queue = $this->option('queue');
-        
-        
         $id = $this->argument('id');
         $connection = $this->argument('connection');
-        $delay = $this->option('delay');
-        $tries = $this->option('tries');
         
         $this->processJob(
-			$connection, $queue, $id, $delay, $tries
+			$connection, $id
 		);
     }
     
@@ -67,20 +62,22 @@ public function fire()
      *  Process the job
      * 
      */
-    protected function processJob($connectionName, $queue, $id, $delay, $maxTries)
+    protected function processJob($connectionName, $id)
     {
         $manager = $this->worker->getManager();
         $connection = $manager->connection($connectionName);
         
-		$job = $connection->getJobFromId($queue, $id);
+		$job = $connection->getJobFromId($id);
 
 		// If we're able to pull a job off of the stack, we will process it and
 		// then immediately return back out. If there is no job on the queue
 		// we will "sleep" the worker for the specified number of seconds.
 		if ( ! is_null($job))
 		{
+            $sleep = max($job->getDatabaseJob()->available_at - time(), 0);
+            sleep($sleep);
 			return $this->worker->process(
-				$manager->getName($connectionName), $job, $maxTries, $delay
+				$manager->getName($connectionName), $job
 			);
 		}
 
@@ -110,11 +107,7 @@ protected function getArguments()
     protected function getOptions()
     {
         return array(
-            array('queue', null, InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'The queue name', null),
-            
-            array('delay', null, InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'Amount of time to delay failed jobs', 0),
-            
-            array('tries', null, InputOption::VALUE_OPTIONAL, 'Number of times to attempt a job before logging it failed', 0),
+
         );
     }
 }