diff --git a/automation/start_workers.sh b/automation/start_workers.sh
new file mode 100755
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/automation/start_workers.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Check if run as root
+if [ "$EUID" -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "Please DO NOT run the worker script as root"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Extract base directory where this script is and cd into it
+cd "${0%/*}"
+../cake CakeResque.CakeResque stop --all
+../cake CakeResque.CakeResque start --interval 5 --queue default
+../cake CakeResque.CakeResque start --interval 5 --queue prio
+../cake CakeResque.CakeResque start --interval 5 --queue cache
+../cake CakeResque.CakeResque start --interval 5 --queue email
+../cake CakeResque.CakeResque startscheduler --interval 5
+
+exit 0