diff --git a/include/notifier.php b/include/notifier.php
index 55f2986d21..58926b9359 100644
--- a/include/notifier.php
+++ b/include/notifier.php
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ function notifier_run(&$argv, &$argc){
 
 		// Handling the pubsubhubbub requests
 		Worker::add(array('priority' => PRIORITY_HIGH, 'created' => $a->queue['created'], 'dont_fork' => true),
-				'pubsubpublish');
+				'PubSubPublish');
 	}
 
 	logger('notifier: calling hooks', LOGGER_DEBUG);
diff --git a/include/pubsubpublish.php b/include/pubsubpublish.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a6c3b49e7..0000000000
--- a/include/pubsubpublish.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-/**
- * @file include/pubsubpublish.php
- */
-use Friendica\App;
-use Friendica\Core\System;
-use Friendica\Core\Config;
-use Friendica\Core\Worker;
-use Friendica\Database\DBM;
-use Friendica\Protocol\OStatus;
-
-require_once 'include/items.php';
-
-function pubsubpublish_run(&$argv, &$argc)
-{
-	global $a;
-
-	if ($argc > 1) {
-		$pubsubpublish_id = intval($argv[1]);
-	} else {
-		// We'll push to each subscriber that has push > 0,
-		// i.e. there has been an update (set in notifier.php).
-		$r = q("SELECT `id`, `callback_url` FROM `push_subscriber` WHERE `push` > 0 ORDER BY `last_update` DESC");
-
-		foreach ($r as $rr) {
-			logger("Publish feed to ".$rr["callback_url"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
-			Worker::add(array('priority' => PRIORITY_HIGH, 'created' => $a->queue['created'], 'dont_fork' => true),
-					'pubsubpublish', (int)$rr["id"]);
-		}
-	}
-
-	handle_pubsubhubbub($pubsubpublish_id);
-
-	return;
-}
-
-function handle_pubsubhubbub($id) {
-	global $a;
-
-	$r = q("SELECT * FROM `push_subscriber` WHERE `id` = %d", intval($id));
-	if (!DBM::is_result($r)) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	$rr = $r[0];
-
-	/// @todo Check server status with PortableContact::checkServer()
-	// Before this can be done we need a way to safely detect the server url.
-
-	logger("Generate feed of user ".$rr['nickname']." to ".$rr['callback_url']." - last updated ".$rr['last_update'], LOGGER_DEBUG);
-
-	$last_update = $rr['last_update'];
-	$params = OStatus::feed($a, $rr['nickname'], $last_update);
-
-	if (!$params) {
-		return;
-	}
-
-	$hmac_sig = hash_hmac("sha1", $params, $rr['secret']);
-
-	$headers = array("Content-type: application/atom+xml",
-			sprintf("Link: <%s>;rel=hub,<%s>;rel=self",
-				System::baseUrl().'/pubsubhubbub/'.$rr['nickname'],
-				$rr['topic']),
-			"X-Hub-Signature: sha1=".$hmac_sig);
-
-	logger('POST '.print_r($headers, true)."\n".$params, LOGGER_DEBUG);
-
-	post_url($rr['callback_url'], $params, $headers);
-	$ret = $a->get_curl_code();
-
-	if ($ret >= 200 && $ret <= 299) {
-		logger('successfully pushed to '.$rr['callback_url']);
-
-		// set last_update to the "created" date of the last item, and reset push=0
-		q("UPDATE `push_subscriber` SET `push` = 0, last_update = '%s' WHERE id = %d",
-			dbesc($last_update),
-			intval($rr['id']));
-
-	} else {
-		logger('error when pushing to '.$rr['callback_url'].' HTTP: '.$ret);
-
-		// we use the push variable also as a counter, if we failed we
-		// increment this until some upper limit where we give up
-		$new_push = intval($rr['push']) + 1;
-
-		if ($new_push > 30) // OK, let's give up
-			$new_push = 0;
-
-		q("UPDATE `push_subscriber` SET `push` = %d WHERE id = %d",
-			$new_push,
-			intval($rr['id']));
-	}
-}
diff --git a/src/Worker/PubSubPublish.php b/src/Worker/PubSubPublish.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2ecedbdf0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Worker/PubSubPublish.php
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @file src/Worker/PubSubPublish.php
+ */
+
+namespace Friendica\Worker;
+
+use Friendica\App;
+use Friendica\Core\System;
+use Friendica\Core\Config;
+use Friendica\Core\Worker;
+use Friendica\Database\DBM;
+use Friendica\Protocol\OStatus;
+
+require_once 'include/items.php';
+
+class PubSubPublish {
+	public static function execute($pubsubpublish_id = 0)
+	{
+		global $a;
+
+		if ($pubsubpublish_id == 0) {
+			// We'll push to each subscriber that has push > 0,
+			// i.e. there has been an update (set in notifier.php).
+			$r = q("SELECT `id`, `callback_url` FROM `push_subscriber` WHERE `push` > 0 ORDER BY `last_update` DESC");
+
+			foreach ($r as $rr) {
+				logger("Publish feed to ".$rr["callback_url"], LOGGER_DEBUG);
+				Worker::add(array('priority' => PRIORITY_HIGH, 'created' => $a->queue['created'], 'dont_fork' => true),
+						'PubSubPublish', (int)$rr["id"]);
+			}
+		}
+
+		self::publish($pubsubpublish_id);
+
+		return;
+	}
+
+	private static function publish($id) {
+		global $a;
+
+		$r = q("SELECT * FROM `push_subscriber` WHERE `id` = %d", intval($id));
+		if (!DBM::is_result($r)) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		$rr = $r[0];
+
+		/// @todo Check server status with PortableContact::checkServer()
+		// Before this can be done we need a way to safely detect the server url.
+
+		logger("Generate feed of user ".$rr['nickname']." to ".$rr['callback_url']." - last updated ".$rr['last_update'], LOGGER_DEBUG);
+
+		$last_update = $rr['last_update'];
+		$params = OStatus::feed($a, $rr['nickname'], $last_update);
+
+		if (!$params) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		$hmac_sig = hash_hmac("sha1", $params, $rr['secret']);
+
+		$headers = array("Content-type: application/atom+xml",
+				sprintf("Link: <%s>;rel=hub,<%s>;rel=self",
+					System::baseUrl().'/pubsubhubbub/'.$rr['nickname'],
+					$rr['topic']),
+				"X-Hub-Signature: sha1=".$hmac_sig);
+
+		logger('POST '.print_r($headers, true)."\n".$params, LOGGER_DEBUG);
+
+		post_url($rr['callback_url'], $params, $headers);
+		$ret = $a->get_curl_code();
+
+		if ($ret >= 200 && $ret <= 299) {
+			logger('successfully pushed to '.$rr['callback_url']);
+
+			// set last_update to the "created" date of the last item, and reset push=0
+			q("UPDATE `push_subscriber` SET `push` = 0, last_update = '%s' WHERE id = %d",
+				dbesc($last_update),
+				intval($rr['id']));
+
+		} else {
+			logger('error when pushing to '.$rr['callback_url'].' HTTP: '.$ret);
+
+			// we use the push variable also as a counter, if we failed we
+			// increment this until some upper limit where we give up
+			$new_push = intval($rr['push']) + 1;
+
+			if ($new_push > 30) // OK, let's give up
+				$new_push = 0;
+
+			q("UPDATE `push_subscriber` SET `push` = %d WHERE id = %d",
+				$new_push,
+				intval($rr['id']));
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/Worker/Queue.php b/src/Worker/Queue.php
index 8c7a6839a9..530df0a7b0 100644
--- a/src/Worker/Queue.php
+++ b/src/Worker/Queue.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class Queue {
 			logger('queue: start');
 
 			// Handling the pubsubhubbub requests
-			Worker::add(array('priority' => PRIORITY_HIGH, 'dont_fork' => true), 'pubsubpublish');
+			Worker::add(array('priority' => PRIORITY_HIGH, 'dont_fork' => true), 'PubSubPublish');
 
 			$r = q(
 				"SELECT `queue`.*, `contact`.`name`, `contact`.`uid` FROM `queue`