diff --git a/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-do b/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-do
index d8981d3a..4b2e0d53 100755
--- a/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-do
+++ b/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-do
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ BEGIN {
 
 # for netdisco app config
 use App::Netdisco;
+use App::Netdisco::Daemon::Job;
 use Dancer qw/:moose :script/;
-use Dancer::Plugin::DBIC 'schema';
 
 info "App::Netdisco version $App::Netdisco::VERSION loaded.";
 
@@ -73,9 +73,6 @@ $ENV{DBIC_TRACE} ||= $sqltrace;
 # reconfigure logging to force console output
 Dancer::Logger->init('console', $CONFIG);
 
-# for the in-memory local job queue
-schema('daemon')->deploy;
-
 # get requested action
 my $action = shift @ARGV;
 
@@ -143,7 +140,7 @@ if (not $worker->can( $action )) {
 }
 
 # what job are we asked to do?
-my $job = schema('daemon')->resultset('Admin')->new_result({
+my $job = App::Netdisco::Daemon::Job->new({
   job => 0,
   action => $action,
   device => $device,
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Configuration.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Configuration.pm
index 264b79b7..ae4f41ce 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Configuration.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Configuration.pm
@@ -35,17 +35,6 @@ if (ref {} eq ref setting('database')) {
 
 }
 
-# static configuration for the in-memory local job queue
-setting('plugins')->{DBIC}->{daemon} = {
-    dsn => 'dbi:SQLite:dbname=:memory:',
-    options => {
-        AutoCommit => 1,
-        RaiseError => 1,
-        sqlite_use_immediate_transaction => 1,
-    },
-    schema_class => 'App::Netdisco::Daemon::DB',
-};
-
 # defaults for workers
 setting('workers')->{queue} ||= 'PostgreSQL';
 if (exists setting('workers')->{interactives}
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/DB.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/DB.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index 11c15293..00000000
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/DB.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-use utf8;
-package App::Netdisco::Daemon::DB;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use base 'DBIx::Class::Schema';
-__PACKAGE__->load_namespaces;
-
-1;
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/DB/Result/Admin.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/DB/Result/Admin.pm
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a0c60c4..00000000
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/DB/Result/Admin.pm
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,83 +0,0 @@
-use utf8;
-package App::Netdisco::Daemon::DB::Result::Admin;
-
-use strict;
-use warnings;
-
-use base 'DBIx::Class::Core';
-__PACKAGE__->table("admin");
-__PACKAGE__->add_columns(
-  "job",
-  { data_type => "integer", is_nullable => 0 },
-  "entered",
-  { data_type => "timestamp", is_nullable => 1 },
-  "started",
-  { data_type => "timestamp", is_nullable => 1 },
-  "finished",
-  { data_type => "timestamp", is_nullable => 1 },
-  "device",
-  { data_type => "inet", is_nullable => 1 },
-  "port",
-  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
-  "action",
-  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
-  "subaction",
-  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
-  "status",
-  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
-  "username",
-  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
-  "userip",
-  { data_type => "inet", is_nullable => 1 },
-  "log",
-  { data_type => "text", is_nullable => 1 },
-  "debug",
-  { data_type => "boolean", is_nullable => 1 },
-);
-
-__PACKAGE__->set_primary_key("job");
-
-=head1 METHODS
-
-=head2 summary
-
-An attempt to make a meaningful statement about the job.
-
-=cut
-
-sub summary {
-    my $job = shift;
-    return join ' ',
-      $job->action,
-      ($job->device || ''),
-      ($job->port || '');
-#      ($job->subaction ? (q{'}. $job->subaction .q{'}) : '');
-}
-
-=head1 ADDITIONAL COLUMNS
-
-=head2 extra
-
-Alias for the C<subaction> column.
-
-=cut
-
-sub extra { (shift)->subaction }
-
-=head2 entererd_stamp
-
-Formatted version of the C<entered> field, accurate to the minute.
-
-The format is somewhat like ISO 8601 or RFC3339 but without the middle C<T>
-between the date stamp and time stamp. That is:
-
- 2012-02-06 12:49
-
-=cut
-
-sub entered_stamp {
-  (my $stamp = (shift)->entered) =~ s/\.\d+$//;
-  return $stamp;
-}
-
-1;
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Job.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Job.pm
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c078fa8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Job.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package App::Netdisco::Daemon::Job;
+
+use Moo;
+use namespace::clean;
+
+foreach my $slot (qw/
+      job
+      entered
+      started
+      finished
+      device
+      port
+      action
+      subaction
+      status
+      username
+      userip
+      log
+      debug
+    /) {
+
+  has $slot => (
+    is => 'rw',
+  );
+}
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+=head2 summary
+
+An attempt to make a meaningful statement about the job.
+
+=cut
+
+sub summary {
+    my $job = shift;
+    return join ' ',
+      $job->action,
+      ($job->device || ''),
+      ($job->port || '');
+#      ($job->subaction ? (q{'}. $job->subaction .q{'}) : '');
+}
+
+=head1 ADDITIONAL COLUMNS
+
+=head2 extra
+
+Alias for the C<subaction> column.
+
+=cut
+
+sub extra { (shift)->subaction }
+
+1;
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Common.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Common.pm
index 01928171..437be666 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Common.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Common.pm
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package App::Netdisco::Daemon::Worker::Common;
 
 use Dancer qw/:moose :syntax :script/;
-use Dancer::Plugin::DBIC 'schema';
 
 use Try::Tiny;
 use App::Netdisco::Util::Daemon;
@@ -20,17 +19,14 @@ sub worker_body {
 
       my $job = $self->{queue}->dequeue(1);
       next unless defined $job;
-
-      # TODO stop using DBIC
-      $job = schema('daemon')->dclone( $job );
       my $action = $job->action;
 
       try {
           $job->started(scalar localtime);
           prctl sprintf 'netdisco-daemon: worker #%s poller: working on #%s: %s',
-            $wid, $job->id, $job->summary;
+            $wid, $job->job, $job->summary;
           info sprintf "pol (%s): starting %s job(%s) at %s",
-            $wid, $action, $job->id, $job->started;
+            $wid, $action, $job->job, $job->started;
           my ($status, $log) = $self->$action($job);
           $job->status($status);
           $job->log($log);
@@ -50,9 +46,9 @@ sub close_job {
   my $now  = scalar localtime;
 
   prctl sprintf 'netdisco-daemon: worker #%s poller: wrapping up %s #%s: %s',
-    $self->wid, $job->action, $job->id, $job->status;
+    $self->wid, $job->action, $job->job, $job->status;
   info sprintf "pol (%s): wrapping up %s job(%s) - status %s at %s",
-    $self->wid, $job->action, $job->id, $job->status, $now;
+    $self->wid, $job->action, $job->job, $job->status, $now;
 
   try {
       if ($job->status eq 'defer') {
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Manager.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Manager.pm
index 18ae8421..e95fb603 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Manager.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Manager.pm
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ sub worker_body {
           # mark job as running
           next unless jq_lock($job);
           info sprintf "mgr (%s): job %s booked out for this processing node",
-            $wid, $job->id;
+            $wid, $job->job;
 
           # copy job to local queue
           $self->{queue}->enqueue($job);
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Scheduler.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Scheduler.pm
index a2a3213b..198872b8 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Scheduler.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/Worker/Scheduler.pm
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ sub worker_begin {
   my $self = shift;
   my $wid = $self->wid;
 
-  return debug "mgr ($wid): no need for scheduler... skip begin"
+  return debug "sch ($wid): no need for scheduler... skip begin"
     unless setting('schedule');
 
   debug "entering Scheduler ($wid) worker_begin()";
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ sub worker_body {
   my $self = shift;
   my $wid = $self->wid;
 
-  return debug "mgr ($wid): no need for scheduler... quitting"
+  return debug "sch ($wid): no need for scheduler... quitting"
     unless setting('schedule');
 
   while (1) {
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue/PostgreSQL.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue/PostgreSQL.pm
index 861a4a5b..03a93c3a 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue/PostgreSQL.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue/PostgreSQL.pm
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package App::Netdisco::JobQueue::PostgreSQL;
 use Dancer qw/:moose :syntax :script/;
 use Dancer::Plugin::DBIC 'schema';
 
+use App::Netdisco::Daemon::Job;
 use Net::Domain 'hostfqdn';
 use Module::Load ();
 use Try::Tiny;
@@ -42,8 +43,7 @@ sub jq_getsome {
   }
 
   while (my $job = $rs->next) {
-      push @returned, schema('daemon')->resultset('Admin')
-        ->new_result({ $job->get_columns });
+      push @returned, App::Netdisco::Daemon::Job->new({ $job->get_columns });
   }
   return @returned;
 }
@@ -56,8 +56,7 @@ sub jq_locked {
     ->search({status => "queued-$fqdn"});
 
   while (my $job = $rs->next) {
-      push @returned, schema('daemon')->resultset('Admin')
-        ->new_result({ $job->get_columns });
+      push @returned, App::Netdisco::Daemon::Job->new({ $job->get_columns });
   }
   return @returned;
 }
@@ -73,34 +72,18 @@ sub jq_queued {
 }
 
 sub jq_log {
-  my @returned = ();
-
-  my $rs = schema('netdisco')->resultset('Admin')->search({}, {
+  return schema('netdisco')->resultset('Admin')->search({}, {
     order_by => { -desc => [qw/entered device action/] },
     rows => 50,
-  });
-
-  while (my $job = $rs->next) {
-      push @returned, schema('daemon')->resultset('Admin')
-        ->new_result({ $job->get_columns });
-  }
-  return @returned;
+  })->with_times->hri->all;
 }
 
 sub jq_userlog {
   my $user = shift;
-  my @returned = ();
-
-  my $rs = schema('netdisco')->resultset('Admin')->search({
+  return schema('netdisco')->resultset('Admin')->search({
     username => $user,
     finished => { '>' => \"(now() - interval '5 seconds')" },
-  });
-
-  while (my $job = $rs->next) {
-      push @returned, schema('daemon')->resultset('Admin')
-        ->new_result({ $job->get_columns });
-  }
-  return @returned;
+  })->with_times->hri->all;
 }
 
 sub jq_lock {
@@ -112,7 +95,7 @@ sub jq_lock {
   try {
     schema('netdisco')->txn_do(sub {
       schema('netdisco')->resultset('Admin')
-        ->find($job->id, {for => 'update'})
+        ->find($job->job, {for => 'update'})
         ->update({ status => "queued-$fqdn" });
 
       # remove any duplicate jobs, needed because we have race conditions
@@ -126,6 +109,9 @@ sub jq_lock {
       }, {for => 'update'})->delete();
     });
     $happy = true;
+  }
+  catch {
+    error $_;
   };
 
   return $happy;
@@ -139,10 +125,13 @@ sub jq_defer {
     # lock db row and update to show job is available
     schema('netdisco')->txn_do(sub {
       schema('netdisco')->resultset('Admin')
-        ->find($job->id, {for => 'update'})
+        ->find($job->job, {for => 'update'})
         ->update({ status => 'queued', started => undef });
     });
     $happy = true;
+  }
+  catch {
+    error $_;
   };
 
   return $happy;
@@ -156,7 +145,7 @@ sub jq_complete {
   try {
     schema('netdisco')->txn_do(sub {
       schema('netdisco')->resultset('Admin')
-        ->find($job->id, {for => 'update'})->update({
+        ->find($job->job, {for => 'update'})->update({
           status => $job->status,
           log    => $job->log,
           started  => $job->started,
@@ -164,6 +153,9 @@ sub jq_complete {
         });
     });
     $happy = true;
+  }
+  catch {
+    error $_;
   };
 
   return $happy;
@@ -189,6 +181,9 @@ sub jq_insert {
       ]);
     });
     $happy = true;
+  }
+  catch {
+    error $_;
   };
 
   return $happy;