diff --git a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/database.ex b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/database.ex
index 272c9e3e5..a217a717d 100644
--- a/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/database.ex
+++ b/lib/mix/tasks/pleroma/database.ex
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Pleroma.Database do
           |> DateTime.from_naive!("Etc/UTC")
           |> Timex.shift(days: days)
 
-        Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredActivity.enqueue(%{
+        Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredActivity.schedule(%{
           activity_id: activity.id,
           expires_at: expires_at
         })
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/broadway.ex b/lib/pleroma/broadway.ex
index c86ae6836..a9a8bf3a1 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/broadway.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/broadway.ex
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Broadway do
            queue: @queue,
            declare: [
              durable: true,
-             auto_delete: false
+             auto_delete: false,
+             exclusive: true,
+             arguments: [
+              {"x-delayed-type", "direct"}
+             ]
            ],
             on_failure: :reject_and_requeue
         }
@@ -83,11 +87,35 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Broadway do
     [Pleroma.Broadway]
   end
 
-  def produce(topic, args) do
+  defp maybe_add_headers([headers: headers] = opts, key, value) when is_list(headers) do
+    Keyword.put(opts, :headers, [{key, value} | headers])
+  end
+  defp maybe_add_headers(opts, key, value) do
+    Keyword.put(opts, :headers, [{key, value}])
+  end
+
+  defp maybe_with_priority(opts, [priority: priority]) when is_integer(priority) do
+    Keyword.put(opts, :priority, priority)
+  end
+  defp maybe_with_priority(opts, _), do: opts
+
+  defp maybe_with_delay(opts, [scheduled_at: scheduled_at]) do
+    time_in_ms = DateTime.diff(DateTime.utc_now(), scheduled_at)
+    opts
+    |> maybe_add_headers("x-delay", to_string(time_in_ms))
+  end
+  defp maybe_with_delay(opts, _), do: opts
+
+  def produce(topic, args, opts \\ []) do
     IO.puts("Producing message on #{topic}: #{inspect(args)}")
     {:ok, connection} = AMQP.Connection.open()
     {:ok, channel} = AMQP.Channel.open(connection)
-    AMQP.Basic.publish(channel, "", @queue, args)
+    publish_options =
+        []
+        |> maybe_with_priority(opts)
+        |> maybe_with_delay(opts)
+
+    AMQP.Basic.publish(channel, "", @queue, args, publish_options)
     AMQP.Connection.close(connection)
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/filter.ex b/lib/pleroma/filter.ex
index 82b9caf9b..8653043f0 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/filter.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/filter.ex
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Filter do
   defp maybe_add_expires_at(changeset, _), do: changeset
 
   defp maybe_add_expiration_job(%{expires_at: %NaiveDateTime{} = expires_at} = filter) do
-    Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredFilter.enqueue(%{
+    Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredFilter.schedule(%{
       filter_id: filter.id,
       expires_at: DateTime.from_naive!(expires_at, "Etc/UTC")
     })
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/mfa/token.ex b/lib/pleroma/mfa/token.ex
index 76573182a..83e22eb9c 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/mfa/token.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/mfa/token.ex
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.MFA.Token do
   @spec create(User.t(), Authorization.t() | nil) :: {:ok, t()} | {:error, Ecto.Changeset.t()}
   def create(user, authorization \\ nil) do
     with {:ok, token} <- do_create(user, authorization) do
-      Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredToken.enqueue(%{
+      Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredToken.schedule(%{
         token_id: token.id,
         valid_until: DateTime.from_naive!(token.valid_until, "Etc/UTC"),
         mod: __MODULE__
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/user/backup.ex b/lib/pleroma/user/backup.ex
index 63709a484..e759c8496 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/user/backup.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/user/backup.ex
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.User.Backup do
   def create(user, admin_id \\ nil) do
     with :ok <- validate_limit(user, admin_id),
          {:ok, backup} <- user |> new() |> Repo.insert() do
-      BackupWorker.process(backup, admin_id)
+      BackupWorker.enqueue("process", %{"backup_id" => backup.id, "admin_user_id" => admin_id})
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
index 8e55df0d8..1238aeeb0 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/activity_pub.ex
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.ActivityPub do
          %{data: %{"expires_at" => %DateTime{} = expires_at}} = activity
        ) do
     with {:ok, _job} <-
-           Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredActivity.enqueue(%{
+           Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredActivity.schedule(%{
              activity_id: activity.id,
              expires_at: expires_at
            }) do
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/side_effects.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/side_effects.ex
index 34617a218..b90422ba8 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/side_effects.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/activity_pub/side_effects.ex
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.ActivityPub.SideEffects do
         {:ok, expires_at} =
           Pleroma.EctoType.ActivityPub.ObjectValidators.DateTime.cast(meta[:expires_at])
 
-        Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredActivity.enqueue(%{
+        Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredActivity.schedule(%{
           activity_id: meta[:activity_id],
           expires_at: expires_at
         })
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/web/o_auth/token.ex b/lib/pleroma/web/o_auth/token.ex
index c9398aeaa..7aeb86461 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/web/o_auth/token.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/web/o_auth/token.ex
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Web.OAuth.Token do
   def create(%App{} = app, %User{} = user, attrs \\ %{}) do
     with {:ok, token} <- do_create(app, user, attrs) do
       if Pleroma.Config.get([:oauth2, :clean_expired_tokens]) do
-        Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredToken.enqueue(%{
+        Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredToken.schedule(%{
           token_id: token.id,
           valid_until: DateTime.from_naive!(token.valid_until, "Etc/UTC"),
           mod: __MODULE__
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/workers/backup_worker.ex b/lib/pleroma/workers/backup_worker.ex
index cf78f1cb9..95a6acd42 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/workers/backup_worker.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/workers/backup_worker.ex
@@ -3,36 +3,27 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-only
 
 defmodule Pleroma.Workers.BackupWorker do
-  use Oban.Worker, queue: :backup, max_attempts: 1
-
+  use Pleroma.Workers.WorkerHelper, queue: "backup", max_attempts: 1
   alias Oban.Job
   alias Pleroma.User.Backup
 
-  def process(backup, admin_user_id \\ nil) do
-    %{"op" => "process", "backup_id" => backup.id, "admin_user_id" => admin_user_id}
-    |> new()
-    |> Oban.insert()
-  end
-
   @impl Oban.Worker
   def timeout(_job) do
     Pleroma.Config.get([:workers, :timeout, :backup], :timer.minutes(1))
   end
 
+  @spec schedule_deletion(Backup.t()) ::
+          {:error, any} | {:ok, Oban.Job.t()}
   def schedule_deletion(backup) do
     days = Pleroma.Config.get([Backup, :purge_after_days])
     time = 60 * 60 * 24 * days
     scheduled_at = Calendar.NaiveDateTime.add!(backup.inserted_at, time)
 
-    %{"op" => "delete", "backup_id" => backup.id}
-    |> new(scheduled_at: scheduled_at)
-    |> Oban.insert()
+    enqueue("delete", %{"backup_id" => backup.id}, scheduled_at: scheduled_at)
   end
 
   def delete(backup) do
-    %{"op" => "delete", "backup_id" => backup.id}
-    |> new()
-    |> Oban.insert()
+    enqueue("delete", %{"backup_id" => backup.id})
   end
 
   @impl true
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_activity.ex b/lib/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_activity.ex
index 652e1d6b1..e326727ba 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_activity.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_activity.ex
@@ -7,23 +7,17 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredActivity do
   Worker which purges expired activity.
   """
 
-  use Oban.Worker, queue: :activity_expiration, max_attempts: 1, unique: [period: :infinity]
+  use Pleroma.Workers.WorkerHelper, queue: "activity_expiration", max_attempts: 1, unique: [period: :infinity]
 
   import Ecto.Query
 
   alias Pleroma.Activity
 
-  @spec enqueue(map()) ::
-          {:ok, Oban.Job.t()}
-          | {:error, :expired_activities_disabled}
-          | {:error, :expiration_too_close}
-  def enqueue(args) do
+  def schedule(args) do
     with true <- enabled?() do
       {scheduled_at, args} = Map.pop(args, :expires_at)
 
-      args
-      |> new(scheduled_at: scheduled_at)
-      |> Oban.insert()
+      enqueue("delete", args, scheduled_at: scheduled_at)
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_filter.ex b/lib/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_filter.ex
index 593380d13..13f8ec681 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_filter.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_filter.ex
@@ -7,21 +7,17 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredFilter do
   Worker which purges expired filters
   """
 
-  use Oban.Worker, queue: :filter_expiration, max_attempts: 1, unique: [period: :infinity]
+  use Pleroma.Workers.WorkerHelper, queue: "filter_expiration", max_attempts: 1, unique: [period: :infinity]
 
   import Ecto.Query
 
   alias Oban.Job
   alias Pleroma.Repo
 
-  @spec enqueue(%{filter_id: integer(), expires_at: DateTime.t()}) ::
-          {:ok, Job.t()} | {:error, Ecto.Changeset.t()}
-  def enqueue(args) do
+  def schedule(args) do
     {scheduled_at, args} = Map.pop(args, :expires_at)
 
-    args
-    |> new(scheduled_at: scheduled_at)
-    |> Oban.insert()
+    enqueue("delete", args, scheduled_at: scheduled_at)
   end
 
   @impl Oban.Worker
diff --git a/lib/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_token.ex b/lib/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_token.ex
index b4db84f4e..a3303f310 100644
--- a/lib/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_token.ex
+++ b/lib/pleroma/workers/purge_expired_token.ex
@@ -7,16 +7,12 @@ defmodule Pleroma.Workers.PurgeExpiredToken do
   Worker which purges expired OAuth tokens
   """
 
-  use Oban.Worker, queue: :token_expiration, max_attempts: 1
+  use Pleroma.Workers.WorkerHelper, queue: "token_expiration", max_attempts: 1
 
-  @spec enqueue(%{token_id: integer(), valid_until: DateTime.t(), mod: module()}) ::
-          {:ok, Oban.Job.t()} | {:error, Ecto.Changeset.t()}
-  def enqueue(args) do
+  def schedule(args) do
     {scheduled_at, args} = Map.pop(args, :valid_until)
 
-    args
-    |> __MODULE__.new(scheduled_at: scheduled_at)
-    |> Oban.insert()
+    enqueue("delete", args, scheduled_at: scheduled_at)
   end
 
   @impl Oban.Worker