diff --git a/app/config/queue.php b/app/config/queue.php
index c0dc86392..429c03ada 100644
--- a/app/config/queue.php
+++ b/app/config/queue.php
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ return array(
     | API, giving you convenient access to each back-end using the same
     | syntax for each one. Here you may set the default queue driver.
     |
-    | Supported: "sync", "beanstalkd", "sqs", "iron"
+    | Supported: "cron", "sync", "beanstalkd", "sqs", "iron"
     |
     */
 
-    'default' => 'sync',
+    'default' => 'cron',
 
     /*
     |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ return array(
 
     'connections' => array(
 
+        'cron' => array(
+            'driver' => 'cron',
+        ),
+
         'sync' => array(
             'driver' => 'sync',
         ),
diff --git a/modules/system/database/migrations/2013_10_01_000010_Db_Cron_Queue.php b/modules/system/database/migrations/2013_10_01_000010_Db_Cron_Queue.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33e42b6d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/system/database/migrations/2013_10_01_000010_Db_Cron_Queue.php
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+
+class DbCronQueue extends Migration
+{
+
+    public function up()
+    {
+        Schema::create('cron_queue', function(Blueprint $table)
+        {
+            $table->engine = 'InnoDB';
+            $table->increments('id');
+            $table->integer('delay')->default(0);
+            $table->integer('status')->default(0);
+            $table->integer('retries')->default(0);
+            $table->text('payload')->nullable();
+            $table->timestamps();
+        });
+    }
+
+    public function down()
+    {
+        Schema::dropIfExists('cron_queue');
+    }
+
+}