diff --git a/config/deploy.rb b/config/deploy.rb
index b24060f6b..5571ecaa9 100644
--- a/config/deploy.rb
+++ b/config/deploy.rb
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ task deploy: :environment do
     to :launch do
       invoke :restart
       invoke :'deploy:cleanup'
-      queue! "QUE_WORKER_COUNT=1 #{rake} daemon:que:restart" if que_restart
+      invoke :que_restart if que_restart
     end
   end
 end
@@ -245,6 +245,11 @@ task restart: :environment do
   queue "mkdir -p #{deploy_to}/current/tmp; touch #{deploy_to}/current/tmp/restart.txt"
 end
 
+desc 'Restart que server'
+task que_restart: :environment do
+  queue "/etc/init.d/que restart" 
+end
+
 namespace :cron do
   desc 'Setup cron tasks.'
   task setup: :environment do
diff --git a/lib/daemons/que.rb b/lib/daemons/que.rb
index 683024ddd..df16014f7 100755
--- a/lib/daemons/que.rb
+++ b/lib/daemons/que.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Que.mode          = :async
 # the rake task in tasks/safe_shutdown.rb.
 
 stop = false
-%w( INT TERM ).each do |signal|
+%w( INT ).each do |signal|
   trap(signal) { stop = true }
 end