diff --git a/root/app/dispatcher.sh b/root/app/dispatcher.sh
index 9f4fda1..8bfd70a 100644
--- a/root/app/dispatcher.sh
+++ b/root/app/dispatcher.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ DISKOVER_ARRAY[TODAY]=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
 DISKOVER_ARRAY[INDEX_PREFIX]=${INDEX_PREFIX:-diskover-}
 DISKOVER_ARRAY[INDEX_NAME]=${INDEX_NAME:-${DISKOVER_ARRAY[INDEX_PREFIX]}${DISKOVER_ARRAY[TODAY]}}
 DISKOVER_ARRAY[DISKOVER_OPTS]=${DISKOVER_OPTS:-"-d /data -a"}
+DISKOVER_ARRAY[WORKER_OPTS]=${WORKER_OPTS:-""}
 DISKOVER_ARRAY[REDIS_HOST]=${REDIS_HOST:-redis}
 DISKOVER_ARRAY[REDIS_PORT]=${REDIS_PORT:-6379}
 
@@ -15,21 +16,7 @@ DISKOVER_ARRAY[DISKOVER_OPTS]="${DISKOVER_ARRAY[DISKOVER_OPTS]} -i ${DISKOVER_AR
 
 cd /app/diskover || exit
 
-# killing existing workers before starting new ones
-echo "killing existing workers..."
-if [ -f "/tmp/diskover_bot_pids" ]; then
-    /bin/bash /app/diskover/diskover-bot-launcher.sh -k > /dev/null 2>&1
-    sleep 3
-fi
-
-# empty existing redis queue
-echo "emptying current redis queues..."
-rq empty -u redis://${DISKOVER_ARRAY[REDIS_HOST]}:${DISKOVER_ARRAY[REDIS_PORT]} diskover_crawl diskover diskover_calcdir failed
-sleep 3
-
-echo "killing dangling workers..."
-/bin/bash /app/diskover/diskover-bot-launcher.sh -k > /dev/null 2>&1
-sleep 3
+/bin/bash /app/cleanup.sh
 
 echo "starting workers with following options: ${DISKOVER_ARRAY[WORKER_OPTS]}"
 /bin/bash /app/diskover/diskover-bot-launcher.sh ${DISKOVER_ARRAY[WORKER_OPTS]}