diff --git a/lib/Resque/Worker.php b/lib/Resque/Worker.php
index cd960620..94e0e280 100644
--- a/lib/Resque/Worker.php
+++ b/lib/Resque/Worker.php
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <?php
+declare(ticks = 1);
+
 /**
  * Resque worker that handles checking queues for jobs, fetching them
  * off the queues, running them and handling the result.
@@ -311,8 +313,6 @@ public function queues($fetch = true)
 	 */
 	private function startup()
 	{
-		declare(ticks = 1);
-		
 		$this->registerSigHandlers();
 		$this->pruneDeadWorkers();
 		Resque_Event::trigger('beforeFirstFork', $this);