diff --git a/lib/dbqueuemanager.php b/lib/dbqueuemanager.php
index 26e13911ee..f843d6d9e6 100644
--- a/lib/dbqueuemanager.php
+++ b/lib/dbqueuemanager.php
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class DBQueueManager extends QueueManager
         $qi->created   = common_sql_now();
         $result        = $qi->insert();
 
-        if (!$result) {
+        if ($result === false) {
             common_log_db_error($qi, 'INSERT', __FILE__);
             throw new ServerException('DB error inserting queue item');
         }
diff --git a/lib/queuemanager.php b/lib/queuemanager.php
index 0e37ab0c53..dde78264d0 100644
--- a/lib/queuemanager.php
+++ b/lib/queuemanager.php
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ abstract class QueueManager extends IoManager
                     self::$qm = new UnQueueManager();
                 } else {
                     switch ($type) {
+                     case 'cron':
+                        self::$qm = new GNUsocialCron();
+                        break;
                      case 'db':
                         self::$qm = new DBQueueManager();
                         break;
diff --git a/scripts/getvaliddaemons.php b/scripts/getvaliddaemons.php
index 78cbba8c07..b4e1e57e43 100755
--- a/scripts/getvaliddaemons.php
+++ b/scripts/getvaliddaemons.php
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ require_once INSTALLDIR.'/scripts/commandline.inc';
 
 $daemons = array();
 
-$daemons[] = INSTALLDIR.'/scripts/queuedaemon.php';
+#$daemons[] = INSTALLDIR.'/scripts/queuedaemon.php';
 
 if (Event::handle('GetValidDaemons', array(&$daemons))) {
     foreach ($daemons as $daemon) {