diff --git a/src/starlite_saqlalchemy/worker.py b/src/starlite_saqlalchemy/worker.py
index a0d37997..4ca68089 100644
--- a/src/starlite_saqlalchemy/worker.py
+++ b/src/starlite_saqlalchemy/worker.py
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import asyncio
+from functools import partial
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
 
 import msgspec
 import saq
+from starlite.utils.serialization import default_serializer
 
-from starlite_saqlalchemy import redis, settings
+from starlite_saqlalchemy import redis, settings, type_encoders
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Awaitable, Callable, Collection
@@ -20,6 +22,10 @@
     "queue",
 ]
 
+encoder = msgspec.json.Encoder(
+    enc_hook=partial(default_serializer, type_encoders=type_encoders.type_encoders_map)
+)
+
 
 class Queue(saq.Queue):
     """Async task queue."""
@@ -36,7 +42,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
             **kwargs: Passed through to `saq.Queue.__init__()`
         """
         kwargs.setdefault("name", settings.app.slug)
-        kwargs.setdefault("dump", msgspec.json.encode)
+        kwargs.setdefault("dump", encoder.encode)
         kwargs.setdefault("load", msgspec.json.decode)
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 67398654..fa2db5ed 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from uuid import uuid4
 
 import pytest
+from asyncpg.pgproto import pgproto
 from starlite import Starlite
 from structlog.contextvars import clear_contextvars
 from structlog.testing import CapturingLogger
@@ -82,7 +83,11 @@ def fx_raw_authors() -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
 @pytest.fixture(name="authors")
 def fx_authors(raw_authors: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> list[authors.Author]:
     """Collection of parsed Author models."""
-    return [authors.ReadDTO(**raw).to_mapped() for raw in raw_authors]
+    mapped_authors = [authors.ReadDTO(**raw).to_mapped() for raw in raw_authors]
+    # convert these to pgproto UUIDs as that is what we get back from sqlalchemy
+    for author in mapped_authors:
+        author.id = pgproto.UUID(str(author.id))
+    return mapped_authors
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(name="raw_books")
@@ -103,7 +108,11 @@ def fx_raw_books(raw_authors: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
 @pytest.fixture(name="books")
 def fx_books(raw_books: list[dict[str, Any]]) -> list[books.Book]:
     """Collection of parsed Book models."""
-    return [books.ReadDTO(**raw).to_mapped() for raw in raw_books]
+    mapped_books = [books.ReadDTO(**raw).to_mapped() for raw in raw_books]
+    # convert these to pgproto UUIDs as that is what we get back from sqlalchemy
+    for book in mapped_books:
+        book.id = pgproto.UUID(str(book.id))
+    return mapped_books
 
 
 @pytest.fixture(name="create_module")
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_worker.py b/tests/unit/test_worker.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..304e9251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/test_worker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+"""Tests for the SAQ async worker functionality."""
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+from asyncpg.pgproto import pgproto
+
+from starlite_saqlalchemy import worker
+from tests.utils.domain.authors import Author, ReadDTO
+
+
+def test_worker_decoder_handles_pgproto_uuid() -> None:
+    """Test that the decoder can handle pgproto.UUID instances."""
+    pg_uuid = pgproto.UUID("0448bde2-7c69-4e6b-9c03-7b217e3b563d")
+    encoded = worker.encoder.encode(pg_uuid)
+    assert encoded == b'"0448bde2-7c69-4e6b-9c03-7b217e3b563d"'
+
+
+def test_worker_decoder_handles_pydantic_models(authors: list[Author]) -> None:
+    """Test that the decoder we use for SAQ will encode a pydantic model."""
+    pydantic_model = ReadDTO.from_orm(authors[0])
+    encoded = worker.encoder.encode(pydantic_model)
+    assert (
+        encoded
+        == b'{"id":"97108ac1-ffcb-411d-8b1e-d9183399f63b","created":"0001-01-01T00:00:00","updated":"0001-01-01T00:00:00","name":"Agatha Christie","dob":"1890-09-15"}'
+    )