diff --git a/app/models/jobs/publish_to_hub.rb b/app/models/jobs/publish_to_hub.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b33ae18e0077656c59f44174bf2f7bddb19b4668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/models/jobs/publish_to_hub.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#   Copyright (c) 2010, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
+#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
+#   the COPYRIGHT file.
+
+module Jobs
+  class PublishToHub
+    
+require File.join(Rails.root, 'lib/pubsubhubbub')
+    def self.perform(sender_public_url)
+      PubSubHubbub.new(AppConfig[:pubsub_server]).publish(sender_public_url)
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/lib/postzord/dispatch.rb b/lib/postzord/dispatch.rb
index 90b7965178647017d9eb042b9403c73baa84c73f..5f8db8ba428d0e2b73bcf1b7c5b9d9665d6fb8ec 100644
--- a/lib/postzord/dispatch.rb
+++ b/lib/postzord/dispatch.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class Postzord::Dispatch
 
   def deliver_to_hub
     Rails.logger.debug("event=post_to_service type=pubsub sender_handle=#{@sender.diaspora_handle}")
-    PubSubHubbub.new(AppConfig[:pubsub_server]).publish(@sender.public_url)
+    Resque.enqueue(Jobs::PublishToHub, @sender.public_url)
   end
 
   def deliver_to_services(url)
diff --git a/spec/lib/postzord/dispatch_spec.rb b/spec/lib/postzord/dispatch_spec.rb
index 6fe7627f9788692f3cb2d4655c18d8a460ebbb5b..b942c66229953599c32f4bc23a3955a0884d02b1 100644
--- a/spec/lib/postzord/dispatch_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/postzord/dispatch_spec.rb
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@ describe Postzord::Dispatch do
         @zord.send(:deliver_to_services, nil)
       end
 
-      it 'notifies the hub' do
-       @zord.should_receive(:deliver_to_hub) 
-       @zord.send(:deliver_to_services, nil)
+      it 'queues a job to notify the hub' do
+        Resque.should_receive(:enqueue).with(Jobs::PublishToHub, @user.public_url)
+        @zord.send(:deliver_to_services, nil)
       end
 
       it 'only pushes to services if the object is public' do
diff --git a/spec/models/jobs/publish_to_hub_spec.rb b/spec/models/jobs/publish_to_hub_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b759d6b68a8abef8b1f61eb70ad415cd0a6f315d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/models/jobs/publish_to_hub_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#   Copyright (c) 2010, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
+#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
+#   the COPYRIGHT file.
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe Jobs::PublishToHub do
+  describe '.perform' do
+    it 'calls pubsubhubbub' do
+      url = "http://publiczone.com/"
+      m = mock()
+
+      m.should_receive(:publish).with(url)
+      PubSubHubbub.should_receive(:new).with(AppConfig[:pubsub_server]).and_return(m)
+      Jobs::PublishToHub.perform(url)
+    end
+  end
+end