diff --git a/lib/sidekiq.rb b/lib/sidekiq.rb
index 7db31dc2..6906affa 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 require 'sidekiq/version'
 require 'sidekiq/client'
+require 'sidekiq/worker'
+require 'sidekiq/rails' if defined?(Rails)
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/cli.rb b/lib/sidekiq/cli.rb
index 627a6396..8e493c78 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/cli.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 require 'optparse'
-require 'sidekiq'
+require 'sidekiq/version'
+require 'sidekiq/util'
+require 'sidekiq/client'
 require 'sidekiq/server'
 require 'connection_pool'
 
@@ -34,7 +36,7 @@ module Sidekiq
     def boot_rails
       ENV['RAILS_ENV'] = @options[:environment]
       require File.expand_path("#{@options[:rails]}/config/environment.rb")
-      Rails.application.eager_load!
+      ::Rails.application.eager_load!
     end
 
     def validate!
@@ -51,7 +53,7 @@ module Sidekiq
       @options = {
         :verbose => false,
         :queues => ['default'],
-        :worker_count => 25,
+        :processor_count => 25,
         :server => 'redis://localhost:6379/0',
         :rails => '.',
         :environment => 'production',
@@ -77,12 +79,12 @@ module Sidekiq
           @options[:environment] = arg
         end
 
-        o.on '-r', '--rails PATH', "Rails application with workers" do |arg|
+        o.on '-r', '--rails PATH', "Rails application with processors" do |arg|
           @options[:rails] = arg
         end
 
-        o.on '-c', '--concurrency INT', "Worker threads to use" do |arg|
-          @options[:worker_count] = arg.to_i
+        o.on '-c', '--concurrency INT', "processor threads to use" do |arg|
+          @options[:processor_count] = arg.to_i
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb b/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef3b0419
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/processor.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+require 'active_support/inflector'
+
+module Sidekiq
+  class Processor
+    include Celluloid
+
+    def initialize(boss)
+      @boss = boss
+    end
+
+    def process(msg)
+      begin
+        klass = msg['class'].constantize
+        klass.new.perform(*msg['args'])
+        @boss.processor_done!(current_actor)
+      rescue => ex
+        send_to_airbrake(msg, ex) if defined?(::Airbrake)
+        raise ex
+      end
+    end
+
+    def send_to_airbrake(msg, ex)
+      ::Airbrake.notify(:error_class   => ex.class.name,
+                        :error_message => "#{ex.class.name}: #{e.message}",
+                        :parameters    => json)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/rails.rb b/lib/sidekiq/rails.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0863c0b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/rails.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+module Sidekiq
+  class Rails < ::Rails::Engine
+    config.autoload_paths << File.expand_path("#{config.root}/app/workers") if File.exist?("#{config.root}/app/workers")
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/server.rb b/lib/sidekiq/server.rb
index 01e7ac00..d92f5c1d 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/server.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/server.rb
@@ -3,25 +3,25 @@ require 'redis'
 require 'multi_json'
 
 require 'sidekiq/util'
-require 'sidekiq/worker'
+require 'sidekiq/processor'
 
 module Sidekiq
 
   ##
   # This is the main router in the system.  This
-  # manages the worker state and fetches messages
-  # from Redis to be dispatched to ready workers.
+  # manages the processor state and fetches messages
+  # from Redis to be dispatched to ready processor.
   #
   class Server
     include Util
     include Celluloid
 
-    trap_exit :worker_died
+    trap_exit :processor_died
 
     def initialize(location, options={})
       log "Booting sidekiq #{Sidekiq::VERSION} with Redis at #{location}"
       verbose options.inspect
-      @count = options[:worker_count]
+      @count = options[:processor_count]
       @queues = options[:queues]
       @queue_idx = 0
       @queues_size = @queues.size
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ module Sidekiq
       @busy = []
       @ready = []
       @count.times do
-        @ready << Worker.new_link(current_actor)
+        @ready << Processor.new_link(current_actor)
       end
     end
 
@@ -49,26 +49,26 @@ module Sidekiq
       dispatch(true)
     end
 
-    def worker_done(worker)
-      @busy.delete(worker)
+    def processor_done(processor)
+      @busy.delete(processor)
       if stopped?
-        worker.terminate
+        processor.terminate
       else
-        @ready << worker
+        @ready << processor
       end
       dispatch
     end
 
-    def worker_died(worker, reason)
-      @busy.delete(worker)
+    def processor_died(processor, reason)
+      @busy.delete(processor)
 
       if reason
-        log "Worker death: #{reason}"
+        log "Processor death: #{reason}"
         log reason.backtrace.join("\n")
       end
 
       unless stopped?
-        @ready << Worker.new_link(current_actor)
+        @ready << Processor.new_link(current_actor)
         dispatch
       end
     end
@@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ module Sidekiq
       current_queue = @queues[queue_idx]
       msg = @redis.lpop("queue:#{current_queue}")
       if msg
-        worker = @ready.pop
-        @busy << worker
-        worker.process! MultiJson.decode(msg)
+        processor = @ready.pop
+        @busy << processor
+        processor.process! MultiJson.decode(msg)
       end
       msg
     end
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ module Sidekiq
         queue_idx = 0
         found = false
         loop do
-          # return so that we don't dispatch again until worker_done
-          break verbose('no workers') if @ready.size == 0
+          # return so that we don't dispatch again until processor_done
+          break verbose('no processors') if @ready.size == 0
 
           found ||= find_work(queue_idx)
           queue_idx += 1
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/worker.rb b/lib/sidekiq/worker.rb
index 22a926a3..dae10a5f 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/worker.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/worker.rb
@@ -1,28 +1,29 @@
-require 'active_support/inflector'
+require 'sidekiq/client'
 
 module Sidekiq
-  class Worker
-    include Celluloid
 
-    def initialize(boss)
-      @boss = boss
-    end
+  ##
+  # Include this module in your worker class and you can easily create
+  # asynchronous jobs:
+  #
+  # class HardWorker
+  #   include Sidekiq::Worker
+  #
+  #   def perform(*args)
+  #     # do some work
+  #   end
+  # end
+  #
+  # Then in your Rails app, you can do this:
+  #
+  #   HardWorker.perform_async(1, 2, 3)
+  #
+  # Note that perform_async is a class method, perform is an instance method.
+  module Worker
+    extend self
 
-    def process(msg)
-      begin
-        klass = msg['class'].constantize
-        klass.new.perform(*msg['args'])
-        @boss.worker_done!(current_actor)
-      rescue => ex
-        send_to_airbrake(msg, ex) if defined?(::Airbrake)
-        raise ex
-      end
-    end
-
-    def send_to_airbrake(msg, ex)
-      ::Airbrake.notify(:error_class   => ex.class.name,
-                        :error_message => "#{ex.class.name}: #{e.message}",
-                        :parameters    => json)
+    def perform_async(*args)
+      Sidekiq::Client.enqueue('class' => self.name, 'args' => args)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/myapp/Gemfile b/myapp/Gemfile
index 1f14edff..9ea0f319 100644
--- a/myapp/Gemfile
+++ b/myapp/Gemfile
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
 gem 'rails', '3.2.0'
 gem 'sqlite3'
+gem 'sidekiq', :path => '..'
diff --git a/myapp/Gemfile.lock b/myapp/Gemfile.lock
index 45b3e55f..69345526 100644
--- a/myapp/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/myapp/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+PATH
+  remote: ..
+  specs:
+    sidekiq (0.1.0)
+      celluloid
+      connection_pool
+      multi_json
+      redis
+
 GEM
   remote: https://rubygems.org/
   specs:
@@ -30,6 +39,8 @@ GEM
       multi_json (~> 1.0)
     arel (3.0.0)
     builder (3.0.0)
+    celluloid (0.7.2)
+    connection_pool (0.1.0)
     erubis (2.7.0)
     hike (1.2.1)
     i18n (0.6.0)
@@ -67,6 +78,7 @@ GEM
     rake (0.9.2.2)
     rdoc (3.12)
       json (~> 1.4)
+    redis (2.2.2)
     sprockets (2.1.2)
       hike (~> 1.2)
       rack (~> 1.0)
@@ -84,4 +96,5 @@ PLATFORMS
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   rails (= 3.2.0)
+  sidekiq!
   sqlite3
diff --git a/myapp/app/workers/hard_worker.rb b/myapp/app/workers/hard_worker.rb
index 5031523d..d408ee7d 100644
--- a/myapp/app/workers/hard_worker.rb
+++ b/myapp/app/workers/hard_worker.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 class HardWorker
   def perform(name, count)
+    sleep 0.01
+    puts 'done'
   end
 end
diff --git a/myapp/config/application.rb b/myapp/config/application.rb
index daa30ba7..422b350a 100644
--- a/myapp/config/application.rb
+++ b/myapp/config/application.rb
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ module Myapp
 
     # Custom directories with classes and modules you want to be autoloadable.
     # config.autoload_paths += %W(#{config.root}/extras)
-    config.autoload_paths += %W(#{config.root}/app/workers)
 
     # Only load the plugins named here, in the order given (default is alphabetical).
     # :all can be used as a placeholder for all plugins not explicitly named.