diff --git a/app/services/asciicast_processor.rb b/app/services/asciicast_processor.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index a2d3c89..0000000
--- a/app/services/asciicast_processor.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-class AsciicastProcessor
-
-  def process(asciicast)
-    AsciicastSnapshotUpdater.new.update(asciicast)
-
-    if asciicast.version == 0
-      AsciicastFramesFileUpdater.new.update(asciicast)
-    end
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/app/workers/asciicast_worker.rb b/app/workers/asciicast_worker.rb
index fe373d2..c9b176c 100644
--- a/app/workers/asciicast_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/asciicast_worker.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,10 @@ class AsciicastWorker
 
   def perform(asciicast_id)
     asciicast = Asciicast.find(asciicast_id)
-    AsciicastProcessor.new.process(asciicast)
+
+    if asciicast.version == 0
+      AsciicastFramesFileUpdater.new.update(asciicast)
+    end
 
   rescue ActiveRecord::RecordNotFound
     # oh well...
diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index 4015833..490c72d 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -51,7 +51,19 @@ config :asciinema, Asciinema.PngGenerator.A2png,
 
 config :asciinema, :redis_url, System.get_env("REDIS_URL") || "redis://redis:6379"
 
-config :asciinema, :poster_generator, Asciinema.Asciicasts.PosterGenerator.Sidekiq
+config :asciinema, :snapshot_updater, Asciinema.Asciicasts.SnapshotUpdater.Exq
+config :asciinema, :frames_generator, Asciinema.Asciicasts.FramesGenerator.Sidekiq
+
+config :exq,
+  name: Exq,
+  start_on_application: false,
+  url: System.get_env("REDIS_URL") || "redis://redis:6379",
+  namespace: "exq",
+  concurrency: 10,
+  queues: ["default"],
+  scheduler_enable: true,
+  max_retries: 25,
+  shutdown_timeout: 5000
 
 # Import environment specific config. This must remain at the bottom
 # of this file so it overrides the configuration defined above.
diff --git a/config/test.exs b/config/test.exs
index 5a1e3cc..a5f7c19 100644
--- a/config/test.exs
+++ b/config/test.exs
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ config :asciinema, Asciinema.Repo,
 config :asciinema, :file_store, Asciinema.FileStore.Local
 config :asciinema, Asciinema.FileStore.Local, path: "uploads/test/"
 
-config :asciinema, :poster_generator, Asciinema.Asciicasts.PosterGenerator.Noop
+config :asciinema, :snapshot_updater, Asciinema.Asciicasts.SnapshotUpdater.Sync
+config :asciinema, :frames_generator, Asciinema.Asciicasts.FramesGenerator.Noop
diff --git a/lib/asciinema.ex b/lib/asciinema.ex
index 2c8f281..bcf5362 100644
--- a/lib/asciinema.ex
+++ b/lib/asciinema.ex
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ defmodule Asciinema do
       # worker(Asciinema.Worker, [arg1, arg2, arg3]),
       :poolboy.child_spec(:worker, Asciinema.PngGenerator.A2png.poolboy_config(), []),
       supervisor(Asciinema.Vt.Pool, []),
+      supervisor(Exq, []),
       worker(Redix, [redis_url, [name: :redix]])
     ]
 
diff --git a/lib/asciinema/asciicasts.ex b/lib/asciinema/asciicasts.ex
index 19ab749..4ebfd49 100644
--- a/lib/asciinema/asciicasts.ex
+++ b/lib/asciinema/asciicasts.ex
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 defmodule Asciinema.Asciicasts do
   import Ecto.Query, warn: false
   alias Asciinema.{Repo, Asciicast, FileStore, StringUtils, Vt}
-  alias Asciinema.Asciicasts.PosterGenerator
+  alias Asciinema.Asciicasts.{SnapshotUpdater, FramesGenerator}
 
   def get_asciicast!(id) when is_integer(id) do
     Repo.get!(Asciicast, id)
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ defmodule Asciinema.Asciicasts do
          attrs = Map.merge(attrs, overrides),
          changeset = Asciicast.create_changeset(asciicast, attrs),
          {:ok, %Asciicast{} = asciicast} <- do_create_asciicast(changeset, files) do
-      generate_poster(asciicast)
+      :ok = SnapshotUpdater.update_snapshot(asciicast)
       {:ok, asciicast}
     else
       {:error, :invalid} ->
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ defmodule Asciinema.Asciicasts do
 
     case do_create_asciicast(changeset, files) do
       {:ok, %Asciicast{} = asciicast} ->
-        generate_poster(asciicast)
+        :ok = FramesGenerator.generate_frames(asciicast)
+        :ok = SnapshotUpdater.update_snapshot(asciicast)
         {:ok, asciicast}
       otherwise ->
         otherwise
@@ -117,10 +118,6 @@ defmodule Asciinema.Asciicasts do
     :ok = FileStore.put_file(file_store_path, tmp_file_path, content_type)
   end
 
-  defp generate_poster(asciicast) do
-    PosterGenerator.generate(asciicast)
-  end
-
   def stdout_stream(%Asciicast{version: 0} = asciicast) do
     {:ok, tmp_dir_path} = Briefly.create(directory: true)
     local_timing_path = tmp_dir_path <> "/timing"
diff --git a/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/frames_generator.ex b/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/frames_generator.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b742e94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/frames_generator.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+defmodule Asciinema.Asciicasts.FramesGenerator do
+  alias Asciinema.Asciicast
+
+  @doc "Generates frames file for given asciicast"
+  @callback generate_frames(asciicast :: %Asciicast{}) :: :ok | {:error, term}
+
+  def generate_frames(asciicast) do
+    Application.get_env(:asciinema, :frames_generator).generate_frames(asciicast)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/frames_generator/noop.ex b/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/frames_generator/noop.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16c097c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/frames_generator/noop.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+defmodule Asciinema.Asciicasts.FramesGenerator.Noop do
+  def generate_frames(_asciicast) do
+    :ok
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/poster_generator/sidekiq.ex b/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/frames_generator/sidekiq.ex
similarity index 54%
rename from lib/asciinema/asciicasts/poster_generator/sidekiq.ex
rename to lib/asciinema/asciicasts/frames_generator/sidekiq.ex
index c69f457..06b3e35 100644
--- a/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/poster_generator/sidekiq.ex
+++ b/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/frames_generator/sidekiq.ex
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-defmodule Asciinema.Asciicasts.PosterGenerator.Sidekiq do
+defmodule Asciinema.Asciicasts.FramesGenerator.Sidekiq do
   alias Asciinema.Asciicast
   alias Asciinema.SidekiqClient
 
-  def generate(%Asciicast{id: id}) do
+  def generate_frames(%Asciicast{id: id}) do
     SidekiqClient.enqueue("AsciicastWorker", [id])
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/poster_generator.ex b/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/poster_generator.ex
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ed2dad..0000000
--- a/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/poster_generator.ex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-defmodule Asciinema.Asciicasts.PosterGenerator do
-  alias Asciinema.Asciicast
-
-  @doc "Generates poster for given asciicast"
-  @callback generate(asciicast :: %Asciicast{}) :: :ok | {:error, term}
-
-  def generate(asciicast) do
-    Application.get_env(:asciinema, :poster_generator).generate(asciicast)
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/poster_generator/noop.ex b/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/poster_generator/noop.ex
deleted file mode 100644
index 338daa4..0000000
--- a/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/poster_generator/noop.ex
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-defmodule Asciinema.Asciicasts.PosterGenerator.Noop do
-  def generate(_asciicast) do
-    :ok
-  end
-end
diff --git a/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/snapshot_updater.ex b/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/snapshot_updater.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc6f6c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/snapshot_updater.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+defmodule Asciinema.Asciicasts.SnapshotUpdater do
+  alias Asciinema.Asciicast
+
+  @doc "Generates poster for given asciicast"
+  @callback update_snapshot(asciicast :: %Asciicast{}) :: :ok | {:error, term}
+
+  def update_snapshot(asciicast) do
+    Application.get_env(:asciinema, :snapshot_updater).update_snapshot(asciicast)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/snapshot_updater/exq.ex b/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/snapshot_updater/exq.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af5bad8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/snapshot_updater/exq.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+defmodule Asciinema.Asciicasts.SnapshotUpdater.Exq do
+  alias Asciinema.{Repo, Asciicasts, Asciicast}
+
+  def update_snapshot(%Asciicast{id: id}) do
+    {:ok, _jid} = Exq.enqueue(Exq, "default", __MODULE__, [id])
+    :ok
+  end
+
+  def perform(asciicast_id) do
+    if asciicast = Repo.get(Asciicast, asciicast_id) do
+      {:ok, _} = Asciicasts.update_snapshot(asciicast)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/snapshot_updater/sync.ex b/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/snapshot_updater/sync.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..699ecfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/asciinema/asciicasts/snapshot_updater/sync.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+defmodule Asciinema.Asciicasts.SnapshotUpdater.Sync do
+  alias Asciinema.{Asciicast, Asciicasts}
+
+  def update_snapshot(%Asciicast{} = asciicast) do
+    {:ok, _} = Asciicasts.update_snapshot(asciicast)
+    :ok
+  end
+end
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index aa7406a..964f3db 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ defmodule Asciinema.Mixfile do
        :redix,
        :timex,
        :timex_ecto,
+       :exq,
      ]]
   end
 
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ defmodule Asciinema.Mixfile do
       {:briefly, "~> 0.3"},
       {:cowboy, "~> 1.0"},
       {:ex_aws, "~> 1.0"},
+      {:exq, "~> 0.9.0"},
       {:gettext, "~> 0.11"},
       {:phoenix, "~> 1.2.1"},
       {:phoenix_ecto, "~> 3.0"},
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index 4432d88..510ef59 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   "earmark": {:hex, :earmark, "1.2.2", "f718159d6b65068e8daeef709ccddae5f7fdc770707d82e7d126f584cd925b74", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
   "ecto": {:hex, :ecto, "2.0.4", "03fd3b9aa508b1383eb38c00ac389953ed22af53811aa2e504975a3e814a8d97", [:mix], [{:db_connection, "~> 1.0-rc.2", [hex: :db_connection, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:decimal, "~> 1.0", [hex: :decimal, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:mariaex, "~> 0.7.7", [hex: :mariaex, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:poison, "~> 1.5 or ~> 2.0", [hex: :poison, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:poolboy, "~> 1.5", [hex: :poolboy, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:postgrex, "~> 0.11.2", [hex: :postgrex, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:sbroker, "~> 1.0-beta", [hex: :sbroker, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm"},
   "ex_aws": {:hex, :ex_aws, "1.1.2", "b78416d0a84efe92c22e5df8ba7ca028d63b2b4228f95871a1ecf10324b6493b", [:mix], [{:configparser_ex, "~> 0.2.1", [hex: :configparser_ex, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:hackney, "1.6.3 or 1.6.5 or 1.7.1", [hex: :hackney, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:jsx, "~> 2.8", [hex: :jsx, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:poison, ">= 1.2.0", [hex: :poison, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:sweet_xml, "~> 0.6", [hex: :sweet_xml, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:xml_builder, "~> 0.0.6", [hex: :xml_builder, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm"},
+  "exq": {:hex, :exq, "0.9.0", "3feeb085fcd94a687033211e10c78cf9dca1de062aac3fa9a4b1f808cdcea522", [:mix], [{:poison, ">= 1.2.0 or ~> 2.0", [hex: :poison, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:redix, ">= 0.5.0", [hex: :redix, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:uuid, ">= 1.0.0", [hex: :uuid, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
   "fs": {:hex, :fs, "0.9.2", "ed17036c26c3f70ac49781ed9220a50c36775c6ca2cf8182d123b6566e49ec59", [:rebar], [], "hexpm"},
   "gettext": {:hex, :gettext, "0.11.0", "80c1dd42d270482418fa158ec5ba073d2980e3718bacad86f3d4ad71d5667679", [:mix], [], "hexpm"},
   "hackney": {:hex, :hackney, "1.7.1", "e238c52c5df3c3b16ce613d3a51c7220a784d734879b1e231c9babd433ac1cb4", [:rebar3], [{:certifi, "1.0.0", [hex: :certifi, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:idna, "4.0.0", [hex: :idna, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:metrics, "1.0.1", [hex: :metrics, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:mimerl, "1.0.2", [hex: :mimerl, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:ssl_verify_fun, "1.1.1", [hex: :ssl_verify_fun, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
@@ -36,4 +37,5 @@
   "ssl_verify_fun": {:hex, :ssl_verify_fun, "1.1.1", "28a4d65b7f59893bc2c7de786dec1e1555bd742d336043fe644ae956c3497fbe", [:make, :rebar], [], "hexpm"},
   "timex": {:hex, :timex, "3.1.15", "94abaec8fef2436ced4d0e1b4ed50c8eaa5fb9138fc0699946ddee7abf5aaff2", [:mix], [{:combine, "~> 0.7", [hex: :combine, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:gettext, "~> 0.10", [hex: :gettext, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:tzdata, "~> 0.1.8 or ~> 0.5", [hex: :tzdata, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
   "timex_ecto": {:hex, :timex_ecto, "3.0.5", "3ec6c25e10d2c0020958e5df64d2b5e690e441faa2c2259da8bc6bd3d7f39256", [:mix], [{:ecto, "~> 2.0", [hex: :ecto, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:timex, "~> 3.0", [hex: :timex, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
-  "tzdata": {:hex, :tzdata, "0.5.12", "1c17b68692c6ba5b6ab15db3d64cc8baa0f182043d5ae9d4b6d35d70af76f67b", [:mix], [{:hackney, "~> 1.0", [hex: :hackney, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"}}
+  "tzdata": {:hex, :tzdata, "0.5.12", "1c17b68692c6ba5b6ab15db3d64cc8baa0f182043d5ae9d4b6d35d70af76f67b", [:mix], [{:hackney, "~> 1.0", [hex: :hackney, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
+  "uuid": {:hex, :uuid, "1.1.7", "007afd58273bc0bc7f849c3bdc763e2f8124e83b957e515368c498b641f7ab69", [:mix], [], "hexpm"}}
diff --git a/priv/repo/seeds.exs b/priv/repo/seeds.exs
index 71d0563..11a5946 100644
--- a/priv/repo/seeds.exs
+++ b/priv/repo/seeds.exs
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@
 # We recommend using the bang functions (`insert!`, `update!`
 # and so on) as they will fail if something goes wrong.
 
+Application.put_env(:asciinema, :snapshot_updater, Asciinema.Asciicasts.SnapshotUpdater.Sync)
+
 Asciinema.Users.create_asciinema_user!()
diff --git a/spec/services/asciicast_processor_spec.rb b/spec/services/asciicast_processor_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 01061ee..0000000
--- a/spec/services/asciicast_processor_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-require 'rails_helper'
-
-describe AsciicastProcessor do
-
-  let(:processor) { described_class.new }
-
-  describe '#process' do
-    let(:asciicast) { double('asciicast', version: 0) }
-    let(:snapshot_updater) { double('snapshot_updater', :update => nil) }
-    let(:frames_file_updater) { double('frames_file_updater', :update => nil) }
-
-    subject { processor.process(asciicast) }
-
-    before do
-      allow(AsciicastSnapshotUpdater).to receive(:new) { snapshot_updater }
-      allow(AsciicastFramesFileUpdater).to receive(:new) { frames_file_updater }
-    end
-
-    it 'generates a snapshot' do
-      subject
-
-      expect(snapshot_updater).to have_received(:update).with(asciicast)
-    end
-
-    it 'generates animation frames' do
-      subject
-
-      expect(frames_file_updater).to have_received(:update).with(asciicast)
-    end
-  end
-
-end
diff --git a/spec/workers/asciicast_worker_spec.rb b/spec/workers/asciicast_worker_spec.rb
deleted file mode 100644
index 29d3805..0000000
--- a/spec/workers/asciicast_worker_spec.rb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-require 'rails_helper'
-
-describe AsciicastWorker do
-
-  let(:worker) { described_class.new }
-
-  describe '#perform' do
-    let(:asciicast) { double('asciicast') }
-    let(:asciicast_processor) { double('asciicast_processor', :process => nil) }
-
-    before do
-      allow(Asciicast).to receive(:find).with(123) { asciicast }
-      allow(AsciicastProcessor).to receive(:new).
-        with(no_args) { asciicast_processor }
-    end
-
-    it 'processes given asciicast with AsciicastProcessor' do
-      worker.perform(123)
-
-      expect(asciicast_processor).to have_received(:process).with(asciicast)
-    end
-  end
-
-end