diff --git a/Netdisco/Changes b/Netdisco/Changes
index 7f79d7b6..9a1be270 100644
--- a/Netdisco/Changes
+++ b/Netdisco/Changes
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   [BUG FIXES]
 
   * Fix when Interactives number set to zero
+  * [#121] Daemon crash when restarting with in-progress jobs and many workers
 
 2.028012 - 2014-07-22
 
diff --git a/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg b/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg
index 6b763ab6..f10e332c 100755
--- a/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg
+++ b/Netdisco/bin/netdisco-daemon-fg
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ my $mce = MCE->new(
   job_delay   => 1.15,
   tmp_dir     => $tmp_dir,
   user_func    => sub { $_[0]->worker_body },
-  on_post_exit => \&restart_worker,
+  on_post_exit => \&restart_this_worker,
   user_tasks   => build_tasks_list(),
 )->run();
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ sub worker_factory {
   };
 }
 
-sub restart_worker {
+sub restart_this_worker {
   my ($self, $e) = @_;
   reset_jobs($e->{wid});
 
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/LocalQueue.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/LocalQueue.pm
index 13834a3f..b3dbcb9a 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/LocalQueue.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/Daemon/LocalQueue.pm
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use Dancer::Plugin::DBIC 'schema';
 
 use base 'Exporter';
 our @EXPORT = ();
-our @EXPORT_OK = qw/ add_jobs capacity_for take_jobs reset_jobs/;
+our @EXPORT_OK = qw/ add_jobs capacity_for take_jobs reset_jobs release_jobs /;
 our %EXPORT_TAGS = ( all => \@EXPORT_OK );
 
 schema('daemon')->deploy;
@@ -59,4 +59,11 @@ sub reset_jobs {
         ->update({wid => 0});
 }
 
+# not used by workers, only the daemon when reinitializing a worker
+sub release_jobs {
+  my ($jid) = @_;
+  debug "releasing local job ID $jid";
+  $queue->search({job => $jid})->delete;
+}
+
 1;
diff --git a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue/PostgreSQL.pm b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue/PostgreSQL.pm
index ffd89ef7..dc66f6af 100644
--- a/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue/PostgreSQL.pm
+++ b/Netdisco/lib/App/Netdisco/JobQueue/PostgreSQL.pm
@@ -143,12 +143,19 @@ sub jq_lock {
   return $happy;
 }
 
+# PostgreSQL engine depends on LocalQueue, which is accessed synchronously via
+# the main daemon process. This is only used by daemon workers which can use
+# MCE ->do() method.
 sub jq_defer {
   my $job = shift;
   my $happy = false;
 
-  # lock db row and update to show job is available
   try {
+    # other local workers are polling the central queue, so
+    # to prevent a race, first delete the job in our local queue
+    MCE->do('release_jobs', $job->id);
+
+    # lock db row and update to show job is available
     schema('netdisco')->txn_do(sub {
       schema('netdisco')->resultset('Admin')
         ->find($job->id, {for => 'update'})