diff --git a/src/Model/PushSubscriber.php b/src/Model/PushSubscriber.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2794a0b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Model/PushSubscriber.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @file src/Model/PushSubscriber.php
+ */
+namespace Friendica\Model;
+
+use Friendica\Core\Worker;
+use dba;
+
+require_once 'include/dba.php';
+
+class PushSubscriber
+{
+	/**
+	 * @param string $priority Priority for push workers
+	 */
+	public static function publishFeed($priority = PRIORITY_HIGH)
+	{
+		// We'll push to each subscriber that has push > 0,
+		// i.e. there has been an update (set in notifier.php).
+		$subscribers = dba::select('push_subscriber', ['id', 'callback_url'], ["`push` > 0 AND `next_try` < UTC_TIMESTAMP()"]);
+
+		while ($subscriber = dba::fetch($subscribers)) {
+			logger("Publish feed to " . $subscriber["callback_url"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
+			Worker::add($priority, 'PubSubPublish', (int)$subscriber["id"]);
+		}
+
+		dba::close($subscribers);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/Worker/Notifier.php b/src/Worker/Notifier.php
index f8b37c2f9..f7b7aeae1 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Notifier.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Notifier.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ use Friendica\Database\DBM;
 use Friendica\Model\Contact;
 use Friendica\Model\Group;
 use Friendica\Model\User;
+use Friendica\Model\PushSubscriber;
 use Friendica\Network\Probe;
 use Friendica\Protocol\Diaspora;
 use Friendica\Protocol\OStatus;
@@ -506,8 +507,7 @@ class Notifier {
 			logger('Activating internal PuSH for item '.$item_id, LOGGER_DEBUG);
 
 			// Handling the pubsubhubbub requests
-			Worker::add(['priority' => $a->queue['priority'], 'created' => $a->queue['created'], 'dont_fork' => true],
-					'PubSubPublish');
+			PushSubscriber::publishFeed($a->queue['priority']);
 		}
 
 		logger('notifier: calling hooks for ' . $cmd . ' ' . $item_id, LOGGER_DEBUG);
diff --git a/src/Worker/PubSubPublish.php b/src/Worker/PubSubPublish.php
index 1b2dbbef9..27b6f3d9a 100644
--- a/src/Worker/PubSubPublish.php
+++ b/src/Worker/PubSubPublish.php
@@ -20,24 +20,11 @@ require_once 'include/items.php';
 class PubSubPublish {
 	public static function execute($pubsubpublish_id = 0)
 	{
-		global $a;
-
-		if ($pubsubpublish_id != 0) {
-			self::publish($pubsubpublish_id);
+		if ($pubsubpublish_id == 0) {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		// We'll push to each subscriber that has push > 0,
-		// i.e. there has been an update (set in notifier.php).
-		$subscribers = dba::select('push_subscriber', ['id', 'callback_url'], ["`push` > 0 AND `next_try` < UTC_TIMESTAMP()"]);
-
-		while ($subscriber = dba::fetch($subscribers)) {
-			logger("Publish feed to " . $subscriber["callback_url"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
-			Worker::add(['priority' => $a->queue['priority'], 'created' => $a->queue['created'], 'dont_fork' => true],
-					'PubSubPublish', (int)$subscriber["id"]);
-		}
-
-		dba::close($subscribers);
+		self::publish($pubsubpublish_id);
 	}
 
 	private static function publish($id) {
diff --git a/src/Worker/Queue.php b/src/Worker/Queue.php
index 20ade6dfa..50a9a5c91 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Queue.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Queue.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ use Friendica\Core\Config;
 use Friendica\Core\Worker;
 use Friendica\Database\DBM;
 use Friendica\Model\Queue as QueueModel;
+use Friendica\Model\PushSubscriber;
 use Friendica\Protocol\DFRN;
 use Friendica\Protocol\Diaspora;
 use Friendica\Protocol\PortableContact;
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ class Queue
 			logger('filling queue jobs - start');
 
 			// Handling the pubsubhubbub requests
-			Worker::add(['priority' => PRIORITY_LOW, 'dont_fork' => true], 'PubSubPublish');
+			PushSubscriber::publishFeed(PRIORITY_LOW);
 
 			$r = dba::inArray(dba::p("SELECT `id` FROM `queue` WHERE `next` < UTC_TIMESTAMP() ORDER BY `batch`, `cid`"));