diff --git a/mod/worker.php b/mod/worker.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ebd463a7..000000000
--- a/mod/worker.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * @file mod/worker.php
- * Module for running the worker as frontend process
- */
-
-use Friendica\Core\Logger;
-use Friendica\Core\Worker;
-use Friendica\Database\DBA;
-use Friendica\DI;
-use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
-
-function worker_init()
-{
-
-	if (!DI::config()->get("system", "frontend_worker")) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	// Ensure that all "strtotime" operations do run timezone independent
-	date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
-
-	// We don't need the following lines if we can execute background jobs.
-	// So we just wake up the worker if it sleeps.
-	if (function_exists("proc_open")) {
-		Worker::executeIfIdle();
-		return;
-	}
-
-	Worker::clearProcesses();
-
-	$workers = q("SELECT COUNT(*) AS `processes` FROM `process` WHERE `command` = 'worker.php'");
-
-	if ($workers[0]["processes"] > DI::config()->get("system", "worker_queues", 4)) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	Worker::startProcess();
-
-	Logger::log("Front end worker started: ".getmypid());
-
-	Worker::callWorker();
-
-	if ($r = Worker::workerProcess()) {
-		// On most configurations this parameter wouldn't have any effect.
-		// But since it doesn't destroy anything, we just try to get more execution time in any way.
-		set_time_limit(0);
-
-		$fields = ['executed' => DateTimeFormat::utcNow(), 'pid' => getmypid(), 'done' => false];
-		$condition =  ['id' => $r[0]["id"], 'pid' => 0];
-		if (DBA::update('workerqueue', $fields, $condition)) {
-			Worker::execute($r[0]);
-		}
-	}
-
-	Worker::callWorker();
-
-	Worker::unclaimProcess();
-
-	Worker::endProcess();
-
-	Logger::log("Front end worker ended: ".getmypid());
-
-	exit();
-}
diff --git a/src/Module/Worker.php b/src/Module/Worker.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..390e25980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Module/Worker.php
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Friendica\Module;
+
+use Friendica\BaseModule;
+use Friendica\Core\System;
+use Friendica\Core\Worker as WorkerCore;
+use Friendica\Database\DBA;
+use Friendica\DI;
+use Friendica\Util\DateTimeFormat;
+
+/**
+ * Module for starting the backend worker through a frontend call
+ */
+class Worker extends BaseModule
+{
+	public static function rawContent(array $parameters = [])
+	{
+		if (!DI::config()->get("system", "frontend_worker")) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		// Ensure that all "strtotime" operations do run timezone independent
+		date_default_timezone_set('UTC');
+
+		// We don't need the following lines if we can execute background jobs.
+		// So we just wake up the worker if it sleeps.
+		if (function_exists("proc_open")) {
+			WorkerCore::executeIfIdle();
+			return;
+		}
+
+		WorkerCore::clearProcesses();
+
+		$workers = DBA::count('process', ['command' => 'worker.php']);
+
+		if ($workers > DI::config()->get("system", "worker_queues", 4)) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		WorkerCore::startProcess();
+
+		DI::logger()->notice('Front end worker started.', ['pid' => getmypid()]);
+
+		WorkerCore::callWorker();
+
+		if ($r = WorkerCore::workerProcess()) {
+			// On most configurations this parameter wouldn't have any effect.
+			// But since it doesn't destroy anything, we just try to get more execution time in any way.
+			set_time_limit(0);
+
+			$fields = ['executed' => DateTimeFormat::utcNow(), 'pid' => getmypid(), 'done' => false];
+			$condition =  ['id' => $r[0]["id"], 'pid' => 0];
+			if (DBA::update('workerqueue', $fields, $condition)) {
+				WorkerCore::execute($r[0]);
+			}
+		}
+
+		WorkerCore::callWorker();
+
+		WorkerCore::unclaimProcess();
+
+		WorkerCore::endProcess();
+
+		System::httpExit(200, 'Frontend worker stopped.');
+	}
+}
diff --git a/static/routes.config.php b/static/routes.config.php
index 4aad69d8c..2eca8e1a6 100644
--- a/static/routes.config.php
+++ b/static/routes.config.php
@@ -268,4 +268,5 @@ return [
 	'/viewsrc/{item:\d+}'            => [Module\Debug\ItemBody::class,        [R::GET]],
 	'/webfinger'                     => [Module\Debug\WebFinger::class,       [R::GET]],
 	'/xrd'                           => [Module\Xrd::class,                   [R::GET]],
+	'/worker'                        => [Module\Worker::class,                [R::GET]],
 ];