diff --git a/examples/simple.rb b/examples/simple.rb
index 261d65a..949a5f1 100644
--- a/examples/simple.rb
+++ b/examples/simple.rb
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 require 'sidekiq'
 require 'sidetiq'
 
+Sidekiq.logger.level = Logger::DEBUG
+
 Sidekiq.options[:poll_interval] = 1
 
 Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|
-  Sidetiq::Clock.start!
+  Sidetiq.clock.start!
 end
 
 class MyWorker
diff --git a/lib/sidetiq.rb b/lib/sidetiq.rb
index 8fab71a..6d08d86 100644
--- a/lib/sidetiq.rb
+++ b/lib/sidetiq.rb
@@ -6,23 +6,43 @@ require 'socket'
 # gems
 require 'ice_cube'
 require 'sidekiq'
+require 'celluloid'
 
 # internal
-require 'sidetiq/api'
 require 'sidetiq/config'
+require 'sidetiq/logging'
+require 'sidetiq/api'
 require 'sidetiq/clock'
 require 'sidetiq/lock'
-require 'sidetiq/logging'
-require 'sidetiq/middleware'
 require 'sidetiq/schedule'
 require 'sidetiq/schedulable'
 require 'sidetiq/version'
 
+# actor topology
+require 'sidetiq/actor/clock'
+require 'sidetiq/supervisor'
+
 # The Sidetiq namespace.
 module Sidetiq
   include Sidetiq::API
-  include Sidetiq::Logging
 
   # Expose all instance methods as singleton methods.
   extend self
+
+  class << self
+    # Public: Setter for the Sidetiq logger.
+    attr_writer :logger
+  end
+
+  # Public: Reader for the Sidetiq logger.
+  #
+  # Defaults to `Sidekiq.logger`.
+  def logger
+    @logger ||= Sidekiq.logger
+  end
+
+  # Public: Returns the Sidetiq::Clock actor.
+  def clock
+    Sidetiq::Supervisor.clock
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/sidetiq/actor/clock.rb b/lib/sidetiq/actor/clock.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..65e84fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sidetiq/actor/clock.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+module Sidetiq
+  module Actor
+    class Clock < Sidetiq::Clock
+      include Celluloid
+
+      # Public: Starts and supervises the clock actor.
+      def self.start!
+        actor.start!
+      end
+
+      # Public: Starts the clock loop.
+      def start!
+        debug "Sidetiq::Clock start"
+        loop!
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def loop!
+        after([time { tick }, 0].max) do
+          loop!
+        end
+      end
+
+      def time
+        start = gettime
+        yield
+        Sidetiq.config.resolution - (gettime.to_f - start.to_f)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/sidetiq/api.rb b/lib/sidetiq/api.rb
index d72690b..91c9519 100644
--- a/lib/sidetiq/api.rb
+++ b/lib/sidetiq/api.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module Sidetiq
 
     # Public: Returns a Hash of Sidetiq::Schedule instances.
     def schedules
-      Clock.schedules.dup
+      clock.schedules.dup
     end
 
     # Public: Currently scheduled recurring jobs.
diff --git a/lib/sidetiq/clock.rb b/lib/sidetiq/clock.rb
index f35b8d8..c3dd052 100644
--- a/lib/sidetiq/clock.rb
+++ b/lib/sidetiq/clock.rb
@@ -1,25 +1,11 @@
 module Sidetiq
-  configure do |config|
-    config.priority = Thread.main.priority
-    config.resolution = 1
-    config.lock_expire = 1000
-    config.utc = false
-  end
-
   # Public: The Sidetiq clock.
   class Clock
-    include Singleton
+    include Logging
 
     # Internal: Returns a hash of Sidetiq::Schedule instances.
     attr_reader :schedules
 
-    # Internal: Returns the clock thread.
-    attr_reader :thread
-
-    def self.method_missing(meth, *args, &block) # :nodoc:
-      instance.__send__(meth, *args, &block)
-    end
-
     def initialize # :nodoc:
       super
       @schedules = {}
@@ -74,56 +60,6 @@ module Sidetiq
       Sidetiq.config.utc ? Time.now.utc : Time.now
     end
 
-    # Public: Starts the clock unless it is already running.
-    #
-    # Examples
-    #
-    #   start!
-    #   # => Thread
-    #
-    # Returns the Thread instance of the clock thread.
-    def start!
-      return if ticking?
-
-      Sidetiq.logger.info "Sidetiq::Clock start"
-
-      @thread = Thread.start { clock { tick } }
-      @thread.abort_on_exception = true
-      @thread.priority = Sidetiq.config.priority
-      @thread
-    end
-
-    # Public: Stops the clock if it is running.
-    #
-    # Examples
-    #
-    #   stop!
-    #   # => nil
-    #
-    # Returns nil.
-    def stop!
-      if ticking?
-        @thread.kill
-        Sidetiq.logger.info "Sidetiq::Clock stop"
-      end
-    end
-
-    # Public: Returns the status of the clock.
-    #
-    # Examples
-    #
-    #   ticking?
-    #   # => false
-    #
-    #   start!
-    #   ticking?
-    #   # => true
-    #
-    # Returns true or false.
-    def ticking?
-      @thread && @thread.alive?
-    end
-
     private
 
     def enqueue(worker, time, redis)
@@ -132,7 +68,7 @@ module Sidetiq
       next_run = (redis.get("#{key}:next") || -1).to_f
 
       if next_run < time_f
-        Sidetiq.logger.info "Sidetiq::Clock enqueue #{worker.name} (at: #{time_f}) (last: #{next_run})"
+        info "Enqueue: #{worker.name} (at: #{time_f}) (last: #{next_run})"
 
         redis.mset("#{key}:last", next_run, "#{key}:next", time_f)
 
@@ -146,23 +82,6 @@ module Sidetiq
         end
       end
     end
-
-    def clock
-      loop do
-        sleep_time = time { yield }
-
-        if sleep_time > 0
-          Thread.pass
-          sleep sleep_time
-        end
-      end
-    end
-
-    def time
-      start = gettime
-      yield
-      Sidetiq.config.resolution - (gettime.to_f - start.to_f)
-    end
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/lib/sidetiq/lock.rb b/lib/sidetiq/lock.rb
index 4264eae..8374b09 100644
--- a/lib/sidetiq/lock.rb
+++ b/lib/sidetiq/lock.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 module Sidetiq
   class Lock # :nodoc: all
+    include Logging
+
     attr_reader :key, :timeout
 
     OWNER = "#{Socket.gethostname}:#{Process.pid}"
@@ -12,13 +14,13 @@ module Sidetiq
     def synchronize
       Sidekiq.redis do |redis|
         if lock(redis)
-          Sidetiq.logger.debug "Sidetiq::Clock lock #{key}"
+          debug "Sidetiq::Clock lock #{key}"
 
           begin
             yield redis
           ensure
             unlock(redis)
-            Sidetiq.logger.debug "Sidetiq::Clock unlock #{key}"
+            debug "Sidetiq::Clock unlock #{key}"
           end
         end
       end
diff --git a/lib/sidetiq/logging.rb b/lib/sidetiq/logging.rb
index b838483..beb3dea 100644
--- a/lib/sidetiq/logging.rb
+++ b/lib/sidetiq/logging.rb
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 module Sidetiq
   # Public: Sidetiq logging interface.
   module Logging
-    # Public: Setter for the Sidetiq logger.
-    attr_writer :logger
+    %w(fatal error warn info debug).each do |level|
+      level = level.to_sym
 
-    # Public: Reader for the Sidetiq logger.
-    #
-    # Defaults to `Sidekiq.logger`.
-    def logger
-      @logger ||= Sidekiq.logger
+      define_method(level) do |msg|
+        Sidetiq.logger.__send__(level, "[Sidetiq] #{msg}")
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/sidetiq/middleware.rb b/lib/sidetiq/middleware.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 03f7625..0000000
--- a/lib/sidetiq/middleware.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-module Sidetiq
-  class Middleware
-    def initialize
-      @clock = Sidetiq::Clock.instance
-    end
-
-    def call(*args)
-      # Restart the clock if the thread died.
-      if !@clock.ticking?
-        Sidetiq.logger.warn "Sidetiq::Clock thread died. Restarting..."
-        @clock.start!
-      end
-      yield
-    end
-  end
-end
-
-Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|
-  config.server_middleware do |chain|
-    chain.add Sidetiq::Middleware
-  end
-end
-
diff --git a/lib/sidetiq/schedulable.rb b/lib/sidetiq/schedulable.rb
index a7d3755..f53a829 100644
--- a/lib/sidetiq/schedulable.rb
+++ b/lib/sidetiq/schedulable.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ module Sidetiq
   #   end
   module Schedulable
     module ClassMethods
+      include Logging
+
       # Public: Returns a Float timestamp of the last scheduled run.
       def last_scheduled_occurrence
         get_timestamp "last"
@@ -23,15 +25,14 @@ module Sidetiq
       end
 
       def tiq(*args, &block) # :nodoc:
-        Sidetiq.logger.warn "DEPRECATION WARNING: Sidetiq::Schedulable#tiq" <<
+        warn "DEPRECATION WARNING: Sidetiq::Schedulable#tiq" <<
           " is deprecated and will be removed. Use" <<
           " Sidetiq::Schedulable#recurrence instead."
         recurrence(*args, &block)
       end
 
       def recurrence(options = {}, &block) # :nodoc:
-        clock = Sidetiq::Clock.instance
-        schedule = clock.schedule_for(self)
+        schedule = Sidetiq.clock.schedule_for(self)
         schedule.instance_eval(&block)
         schedule.set_options(options)
       end
diff --git a/lib/sidetiq/supervisor.rb b/lib/sidetiq/supervisor.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e90c00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sidetiq/supervisor.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+module Sidetiq
+  class Supervisor < Celluloid::SupervisionGroup
+    supervise Sidetiq::Actor::Clock, as: :sidetiq_clock
+
+    class << self
+      include Logging
+
+      def clock
+        run! if Celluloid::Actor[:sidetiq_clock].nil?
+
+        Celluloid::Actor[:sidetiq_clock]
+      end
+
+      def run!
+        motd
+        debug "Sidetiq::Supervisor start"
+
+        super
+      end
+
+      def run
+        motd
+        debug "Sidetiq::Supervisor start (foreground)"
+
+        super
+      end
+
+      private
+
+      def motd
+        info "Sidetiq v#{VERSION::STRING} booting ..."
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
+
diff --git a/lib/sidetiq/web.rb b/lib/sidetiq/web.rb
index 3d81ac2..8d27439 100644
--- a/lib/sidetiq/web.rb
+++ b/lib/sidetiq/web.rb
@@ -5,28 +5,18 @@ module Sidetiq
     VIEWS = File.expand_path('views', File.dirname(__FILE__))
 
     def self.registered(app)
-      app.helpers do
-        def sidetiq_clock
-          Sidetiq::Clock.instance
-        end
-
-        def sidetiq_schedules
-          sidetiq_clock.schedules
-        end
-      end
-
       app.get "/sidetiq" do
-        @schedules = sidetiq_schedules
-        @time = sidetiq_clock.gettime
+        @schedules = Sidetiq.schedules
+        @time = Sidetiq.clock.gettime
         erb File.read(File.join(VIEWS, 'sidetiq.erb'))
       end
 
       app.get "/sidetiq/:name" do
         halt 404 unless (name = params[:name])
 
-        @time = sidetiq_clock.gettime
+        @time = Sidetiq.clock.gettime
 
-        @worker, @schedule = sidetiq_schedules.select do |worker, _|
+        @worker, @schedule = Sidetiq.schedules.select do |worker, _|
           worker.name == name
         end.flatten
 
@@ -36,7 +26,7 @@ module Sidetiq
       app.post "/sidetiq/:name/trigger" do
         halt 404 unless (name = params[:name])
 
-        worker, _ = sidetiq_schedules.select do |w, _|
+        worker, _ = Sidetiq.schedules.select do |w, _|
           w.name == name
         end.flatten
 
diff --git a/sidetiq.gemspec b/sidetiq.gemspec
index 15d2081..4624584 100644
--- a/sidetiq.gemspec
+++ b/sidetiq.gemspec
@@ -19,8 +19,9 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |gem|
   gem.require_paths = ["lib"]
   gem.extensions    = []
 
-  gem.add_dependency 'sidekiq',  '~> 2.14.0'
-  gem.add_dependency 'ice_cube', '~> 0.11.0'
+  gem.add_dependency 'sidekiq',   '~> 2.14.0'
+  gem.add_dependency 'celluloid', '>= 0.14.1'
+  gem.add_dependency 'ice_cube',  '~> 0.11.0'
 
   gem.add_development_dependency 'rake'
   gem.add_development_dependency 'sinatra'
diff --git a/test/helper.rb b/test/helper.rb
index 5c31cc3..d345c98 100644
--- a/test/helper.rb
+++ b/test/helper.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ require 'sidekiq/testing'
 require 'sidetiq'
 require 'sidetiq/web'
 
+class Sidetiq::Supervisor
+  def self.clock
+    @clock ||= Sidetiq::Clock.new
+  end
+end
+
 # Keep the test output clean.
 Sidetiq.logger = Logger.new(nil)
 
@@ -40,7 +46,7 @@ class Sidetiq::TestCase < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   def clock
-    @clock ||= Sidetiq::Clock.instance
+    Sidetiq.clock
   end
 
   # Blatantly stolen from Sidekiq's test suite.
diff --git a/test/test_clock.rb b/test/test_clock.rb
index 3822643..040fdf7 100644
--- a/test/test_clock.rb
+++ b/test/test_clock.rb
@@ -1,30 +1,6 @@
 require_relative 'helper'
 
 class TestClock < Sidetiq::TestCase
-  def test_delegates_to_instance
-    Sidetiq::Clock.instance.expects(:foo).once
-    Sidetiq::Clock.foo
-  end
-
-  def test_start_stop
-    refute clock.ticking?
-    assert_nil clock.thread
-
-    clock.start!
-    Thread.pass
-    sleep 0.01
-
-    assert clock.ticking?
-    assert_kind_of Thread, clock.thread
-
-    clock.stop!
-    Thread.pass
-    sleep 0.01
-
-    refute clock.ticking?
-    refute clock.thread.alive?
-  end
-
   def test_gettime_seconds
     assert_equal clock.gettime.tv_sec, Time.now.tv_sec
   end
diff --git a/test/test_middleware.rb b/test/test_middleware.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 12a5b91..0000000
--- a/test/test_middleware.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-require_relative 'helper'
-
-class TestMiddleware < Sidetiq::TestCase
-  def middleware
-    Sidetiq::Middleware.new
-  end
-
-  def test_restarts_clock
-    clock.stubs(:ticking?).returns(false)
-    clock.expects(:start!).once
-    middleware.call {}
-
-    clock.stubs(:ticking?).returns(true)
-    clock.expects(:start!).never
-    middleware.call {}
-  end
-end
-