diff --git a/resque.sh b/resque.sh
index ab67c650805..0ebf319efc1 100755
--- a/resque.sh
+++ b/resque.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 mkdir -p tmp/pids
-bundle exec rake environment resque:work QUEUE=post_receive,mailer,system_hook RAILS_ENV=production PIDFILE=tmp/pids/resque_worker.pid BACKGROUND=yes
+nohup bundle exec rake environment resque:work QUEUE=post_receive,mailer,system_hook RAILS_ENV=production PIDFILE=tmp/pids/resque_worker.pid > ./log/resque.log  &
diff --git a/resque_dev.sh b/resque_dev.sh
index 0f1d6edb41f..b250caa9aee 100755
--- a/resque_dev.sh
+++ b/resque_dev.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 mkdir -p tmp/pids
-bundle exec rake environment resque:work QUEUE=post_receive,mailer,system_hook VVERBOSE=1 PIDFILE=tmp/pids/resque_worker.pid RAILS_ENV=development BACKGROUND=yes
+nohup bundle exec rake environment resque:work QUEUE=post_receive,mailer,system_hook VVERBOSE=1 RAILS_ENV=development PIDFILE=tmp/pids/resque_worker.pid > ./log/resque.log  &