diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/limit_fetch.rb b/lib/sidekiq/limit_fetch.rb
index 5c7c69c..fbb1b5a 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/limit_fetch.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/limit_fetch.rb
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class Sidekiq::LimitFetch
   require_relative 'limit_fetch/local/selector'
   require_relative 'limit_fetch/global/semaphore'
   require_relative 'limit_fetch/global/selector'
+  require_relative 'limit_fetch/global/monitor'
   require_relative 'extensions/queue'
 
   Sidekiq.options[:fetch] = self
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ class Sidekiq::LimitFetch
   end
 
   def initialize(options)
+    Global::Monitor.start! if options[:global]
     @queues = Queues.new options
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/limit_fetch/global/monitor.rb b/lib/sidekiq/limit_fetch/global/monitor.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cbc4c7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/limit_fetch/global/monitor.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+module Sidekiq::LimitFetch::Global
+  module Monitor
+    extend self
+
+    HEARTBEAT_NAMESPACE = 'heartbeat:'
+    PROCESSOR_NAMESPACE = 'processor:'
+
+    HEARTBEAT_TTL = 400
+    REFRESH_TIMEOUT = 180
+
+    def start!(ttl=HEARTBEAT_TTL, timeout=REFRESH_TIMEOUT)
+      Thread.new do
+        loop do
+          update_heartbeat ttl
+          invalidate_old_processors
+          sleep timeout
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    private
+
+    def update_heartbeat(ttl)
+      Sidekiq.redis do |it|
+        it.set processor_key, true
+        it.set heartbeat_key, true
+        it.expire heartbeat_key, ttl
+      end
+    end
+
+    def invalidate_old_processors
+      Sidekiq.redis do |it|
+        it.keys(PROCESSOR_NAMESPACE + '*').each do |processor|
+          processor.sub! PROCESSOR_NAMESPACE, ''
+          next if it.get heartbeat_key processor
+
+          it.del processor_key processor
+          it.keys('limit_fetch:busy:*').each do |queue|
+            it.lrem queue, 0, processor
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    def heartbeat_key(processor=Selector.uuid)
+      HEARTBEAT_NAMESPACE + processor
+    end
+
+    def processor_key(processor=Selector.uuid)
+      PROCESSOR_NAMESPACE + processor
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/limit_fetch/global/selector.rb b/lib/sidekiq/limit_fetch/global/selector.rb
index 6ade2f9..f8496f1 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/limit_fetch/global/selector.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/limit_fetch/global/selector.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ module Sidekiq::LimitFetch::Global
       redis_eval :release, [namespace, uuid, queues]
     end
 
+    def uuid
+      @uuid ||= SecureRandom.uuid
+    end
+
     private
 
     def namespace
@@ -19,10 +23,6 @@ module Sidekiq::LimitFetch::Global
       end
     end
 
-    def uuid
-      @uuid ||= SecureRandom.uuid
-    end
-
     def redis_eval(script_name, args)
       Sidekiq.redis do |it|
         begin
diff --git a/spec/sidekiq/limit_fetch/global/monitor_spec.rb b/spec/sidekiq/limit_fetch/global/monitor_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d4a97d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/sidekiq/limit_fetch/global/monitor_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Sidekiq::LimitFetch::Global::Monitor do
+  let(:global) { true }
+  let(:monitor) { described_class.start! ttl, timeout }
+  let(:ttl) { 2 }
+  let(:queue) { Sidekiq::Queue[name] }
+  let(:name) { 'default' }
+
+  before :each do
+    monitor
+  end
+
+  after :each do
+    monitor.kill
+  end
+
+  context 'old locks' do
+    let(:timeout) { 100 }
+
+    it 'should remove invalidated old locks' do
+      2.times { queue.acquire }
+      described_class.send(:invalidate_old_processors)
+      queue.busy.should == 2
+      sleep 2
+      described_class.send(:invalidate_old_processors)
+      queue.busy.should == 0
+    end
+  end
+end