diff --git a/bin/delayed_job b/bin/delayed_job
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..edf19598
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/delayed_job
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+require File.expand_path(File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'config', 'environment'))
+require 'delayed/command'
+Delayed::Command.new(ARGV).daemonize
diff --git a/db/migrate/20171028230258_create_delayed_jobs.rb b/db/migrate/20171028230258_create_delayed_jobs.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..27fdcf6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20171028230258_create_delayed_jobs.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+class CreateDelayedJobs < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    create_table :delayed_jobs, force: true do |table|
+      table.integer :priority, default: 0, null: false # Allows some jobs to jump to the front of the queue
+      table.integer :attempts, default: 0, null: false # Provides for retries, but still fail eventually.
+      table.text :handler,                 null: false # YAML-encoded string of the object that will do work
+      table.text :last_error                           # reason for last failure (See Note below)
+      table.datetime :run_at                           # When to run. Could be Time.zone.now for immediately, or sometime in the future.
+      table.datetime :locked_at                        # Set when a client is working on this object
+      table.datetime :failed_at                        # Set when all retries have failed (actually, by default, the record is deleted instead)
+      table.string :locked_by                          # Who is working on this object (if locked)
+      table.string :queue                              # The name of the queue this job is in
+      table.timestamps null: true
+    end
+
+    add_index :delayed_jobs, [:priority, :run_at], name: "delayed_jobs_priority"
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    drop_table :delayed_jobs
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 8edb63f1..cdf24744 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20171028221518) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20171028230258) do
 
   create_table "archenemyships", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.integer  "user_id"
@@ -234,6 +234,22 @@ ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 20171028221518) do
     t.integer "user_id"
   end
 
+  create_table "delayed_jobs", force: :cascade do |t|
+    t.integer  "priority",   default: 0, null: false
+    t.integer  "attempts",   default: 0, null: false
+    t.text     "handler",                null: false
+    t.text     "last_error"
+    t.datetime "run_at"
+    t.datetime "locked_at"
+    t.datetime "failed_at"
+    t.string   "locked_by"
+    t.string   "queue"
+    t.datetime "created_at"
+    t.datetime "updated_at"
+  end
+
+  add_index "delayed_jobs", ["priority", "run_at"], name: "delayed_jobs_priority"
+
   create_table "documents", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.integer  "user_id"
     t.text     "body"