diff --git a/lib/WebGUI/Workflow.pm b/lib/WebGUI/Workflow.pm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..49ef2bc8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/WebGUI/Workflow.pm
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package WebGUI::Workflow;
+
+
+=head1 LEGAL
+
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  WebGUI is Copyright 2001-2005 Plain Black Corporation.
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  Please read the legal notices (docs/legal.txt) and the license
+  (docs/license.txt) that came with this distribution before using
+  this software.
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+  http://www.plainblack.com                     info@plainblack.com
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=cut
+
+use strict;
+use WebGUI::Session;
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Package WebGUI::Workflow
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This package provides global utility functions for workflows.
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ use WebGUI::Workflow;
+
+ $arrayRef = getSchedules();
+
+=head1 FUNCTIONS
+
+These subroutines are available from this package:
+
+=cut
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+=head2 getSchedules
+
+Returns an array reference of hashes containing the workflow schedule data for this site.
+
+=cut
+
+sub getSchedules {
+	my @schedules;
+	my $sth = WebGUI::SQL->read("select * from WorkflowSchedule where enabled=1");
+	while (my $event = $sth->hashRef) {
+		my $schedule = join(" ",$event->{minuteOfHour},$event->{hourOfDay},$event->{dayOfMonth},$event->{monthOfYear},$event->{dayOfWeek});
+		push(@schedules,{
+			schedule=>$schedule,
+			workflowId=>$event->{workflowId}
+			});
+	}
+	return \@schedules;
+}
+
+1;
+
+
diff --git a/sbin/spectre.pl b/sbin/spectre.pl
index dc6e0c224..225831394 100644
--- a/sbin/spectre.pl
+++ b/sbin/spectre.pl
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 use strict;
 use warnings;
 use lib '../lib';
+use DateTime;
 use DateTime::Cron::Simple;
 use Getopt::Long;
 use POE qw(Session);
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ if ($shutdown) {
         	timeout=>10
         	);
 	die $POE::Component::IKC::ClientLite::error unless $remote;
-	my $result = $remote->post('Spectre/shutdown');
+	my $result = $remote->post('scheduler/shutdown');
 	die $POE::Component::IKC::ClientLite::error unless defined $result;
 	undef $remote;
 	exit;
@@ -65,18 +66,26 @@ if ($shutdown) {
 fork and exit;
 
 
-POE::Component::IKC::Server->spawn(
+create_ikc_server(
     port => 32133,
     name => 'Spectre',
 );
 
 POE::Session->create(
     inline_states => {
-        _start        	=> \&serviceStart,
-        _stop         	=> \&serviceStop,
-	"shutdown"	=> \&serviceStop,
-	initializeWorkflowScheduler => \&initializeWorkflowScheduler,
-	loadSchedule => \&loadSchedule
+        _start        	=> \&initializeScheduler,
+        _stop         	=> \&shutdown,
+	"shutdown"	=> \&shutdown,
+	loadSchedule => \&loadSchedule,
+	checkSchedule => \&checkSchedule,
+	checkEvent => \&checkEvent,
+      }
+);
+
+POE::Session->create(
+    inline_states => {
+        _start        	=> \&initializeJobQueue,
+        _stop         	=> \&shutdown,
       }
 );
 
@@ -85,13 +94,50 @@ exit 0;
 
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
-sub initializeWorkflowScheduler {
-	my ($kernel, $session) = @_[KERNEL, SESSION];
-	foreach my $config (keys %{WebGUI::Config::readAllConfigs("..")}) {
-		$kernel->post($session,"loadSchedule", $config);
+sub checkEvent {
+	my ($kernel, $schedule, $workflowId, $time) = @_[KERNEL, ARG0, ARG1, ARG2];
+	my $cron = DateTime::Cron::Simple->new($schedule);
+	if ($cron->validate_time(DateTime->from_epoch(epoch=>$time))) {
+		print "Supposed to run task ".$workflowId." now!!\n";
 	}
 }
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+sub checkSchedule {
+	my ($kernel, $heap) = @_[KERNEL, HEAP];
+	my $now = time();
+	foreach my $config (keys %{$heap->{workflowSchedules}}) {
+		foreach my $event (@{$heap->{workflowSchedules}{$config}}) {
+			$kernel->yield("checkEvent",$event->{schedule},$event->{workflowId},$now);
+		}
+	}
+	$kernel->delay_set("checkSchedule",60);
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+sub initializeJobQueue {
+	print "Starting WebGUI Spectre Job Queue...";
+    	my  $kernel = $_[KERNEL];
+    	my $serviceName = "queue";
+    	$kernel->alias_set($serviceName);
+    	$kernel->call( IKC => publish => $serviceName, ["shutdown"] );
+	print "OK\n";
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------
+sub initializeScheduler {
+	print "Starting WebGUI Spectre Scheduler...";
+    	my ( $kernel, $heap) = @_[ KERNEL, HEAP ];
+    	my $serviceName = "scheduler";
+    	$kernel->alias_set($serviceName);
+    	$kernel->call( IKC => publish => $serviceName, ["shutdown", "loadSchedule"] );
+	foreach my $config (keys %{WebGUI::Config::readAllConfigs("..")}) {
+		$kernel->yield("loadSchedule", $config);
+	}
+	print "OK\n";
+	$kernel->yield("checkSchedule");
+}
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
 sub loadSchedule {
 	my ($heap, $config) = @_[HEAP, ARG0];
@@ -101,24 +147,7 @@ sub loadSchedule {
 }
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------
-sub serviceShutdown {
-	my $kernel = $_[KERNEL];
-	$kernel->yield("_stop");
-}
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------
-sub serviceStart {
-	print "Starting WebGUI Spectre...";
-    	my ( $kernel, $heap, $session) = @_[ KERNEL, HEAP, SESSION ];
-    	my $serviceName = "Spectre";
-    	$kernel->alias_set($serviceName);
-    	$kernel->call( IKC => publish => $serviceName, ["shutdown", "loadSchedule"] );
-	print "OK\n";
-	$kernel->post($session, "initializeWorkflowScheduler");
-}
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------
-sub serviceStop {
+sub shutdown {
 	my $kernel = $_[KERNEL];
 	print "Stopping WebGUI Spectre...";
 	if ($session{var}{userId}) {