diff --git a/application/classes/Task/Ping.php b/application/classes/Task/Ping.php
index db4c37b..0e74de2 100644
--- a/application/classes/Task/Ping.php
+++ b/application/classes/Task/Ping.php
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ protected function _process()
 		// Initialize Redis
 		$redis = PingApp_Redis::factory();
 
-		$max_items = 20; // Max items to process per run
+		$max_items = 50; // Max items to process per run
 
 		for ($i=0; $i < $max_items; $i++)
 		{
diff --git a/miniond b/miniond
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..c5c4220
--- /dev/null
+++ b/miniond
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This script is similar to minion but will do a few additional things:
+# - PHP process is run in the background
+# - PHP process is monitored and restarted if it exits for any reason
+# - Added handlers for SUGHUP, SIGINT, and SIGTERM
+#
+# This is meant for long running minion tasks (like background workers).
+# Shutting down the minion tasks is done by sending a SIGINT or SIGTERM signal
+# to this miniond process. You can also restart the minion task by sending a
+# SUGHUP signal to this process. It's useful to restart all your workers when
+# deploying new code so that the workers reload their code as well.
+# You cannot use this script for tasks that require user input because of the
+# PHP process running in the background.
+#
+# Usage: ./miniond [task:name] [--option1=optval1 --option2=optval2]
+#
+# And so on.
+#
+
+# Define some functions
+function start_daemon()
+{
+	echo "Starting"
+	./minion $ARGS & # This assumes miniond is sitting next to minion
+	pid=$! # Store pid (globally) for later use..
+}
+
+function stop_daemon()
+{
+	kill -TERM $pid
+	wait $pid # Wait for the task to exit and store the exit code
+	ecode=$?  # Store exit code (globally) for later use..
+}
+
+function handle_SIGHUP()
+{
+	echo "Restarting"
+	stop_daemon
+	start_daemon
+}
+
+function handle_SIGTERM_SIGINT()
+{
+	echo "Shutting Down"
+	stop_daemon
+	exit $ecode
+}
+
+# Register signal handlers
+trap handle_SIGHUP SIGHUP
+trap handle_SIGTERM_SIGINT SIGTERM SIGINT
+
+ARGS=$@
+
+start_daemon
+
+while :
+do
+	# Pauses the script until $pid is dead
+	wait $pid
+
+	# Make sure someone didn't start it back up already (SIGHUP handler does this)
+	if ! kill -0 $pid > /dev/null 2>&1
+	then
+		start_daemon
+	fi
+done
\ No newline at end of file