diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index b6e916199f0..af7da77f2e8 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class Application < Rails::Application
 
     config.plugins = [:dynamic_form]
 
-    config.autoload_paths << Rails.root.join('lib')
+    config.eager_load_paths << Rails.root.join('lib')
   end
 
   def self.config
diff --git a/lib/shoryuken/sqs_worker.rb b/lib/shoryuken/sqs_worker.rb
index 473214c9d98..fb5b4b118af 100644
--- a/lib/shoryuken/sqs_worker.rb
+++ b/lib/shoryuken/sqs_worker.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 require 'cgi'
+require 'shoryuken'
 
 class SqsWorker
   include Shoryuken::Worker