diff --git a/app/controllers/api/statuses_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/statuses_controller.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8844b868b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/controllers/api/statuses_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+module Api
+  class StatusesController < BaseController
+    respond_to :json
+
+    def job_queue
+      render json: {alive: job_queue_alive?}
+    end
+
+
+    private
+
+    def job_queue_alive?
+      Spree::Config.last_job_queue_heartbeat_at.present? &&
+        Time.parse(Spree::Config.last_job_queue_heartbeat_at) > 6.minutes.ago
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/jobs/heartbeat_job.rb b/app/jobs/heartbeat_job.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..93e835905f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/jobs/heartbeat_job.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class HeartbeatJob
+  def perform
+    Spree::Config.last_job_queue_heartbeat_at = Time.now
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/models/spree/app_configuration_decorator.rb b/app/models/spree/app_configuration_decorator.rb
index fc7a8171cc..6ef1e7b848 100644
--- a/app/models/spree/app_configuration_decorator.rb
+++ b/app/models/spree/app_configuration_decorator.rb
@@ -20,4 +20,7 @@ Spree::AppConfiguration.class_eval do
   preference :account_invoices_monthly_rate, :decimal, default: 0
   preference :account_invoices_monthly_cap, :decimal, default: 0
   preference :account_invoices_tax_rate, :decimal, default: 0
+
+  # Monitoring
+  preference :last_job_queue_heartbeat_at, :string, default: nil
 end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 26d675838c..6293117a3f 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ Openfoodnetwork::Application.routes.draw do
       get :managed, on: :collection
       get :accessible, on: :collection
     end
+
+    resource :status do
+      get :job_queue
+    end
   end
 
   namespace :open_food_network do
diff --git a/config/schedule.rb b/config/schedule.rb
index 023382330a..8cc8d7d225 100644
--- a/config/schedule.rb
+++ b/config/schedule.rb
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@ require 'whenever'
 
 env "MAILTO", "rohan@rohanmitchell.com"
 
+
 # If we use -e with a file containing specs, rspec interprets it and filters out our examples
 job_type :run_file, "cd :path; :environment_variable=:environment bundle exec script/rails runner :task :output"
+job_type :enqueue_job,  "cd :path; :environment_variable=:environment bundle exec script/enqueue :task :priority :output"
+
 
 every 1.hour do
   rake 'openfoodnetwork:cache:check_products_integrity'
@@ -23,6 +26,10 @@ every 4.hours do
   rake 'db2fog:backup'
 end
 
+every 5.minutes do
+  enqueue_job 'HeartbeatJob', priority: 0
+end
+
 every 1.day, at: '1:00am' do
   rake 'openfoodnetwork:billing:update_account_invoices'
 end
diff --git a/script/enqueue b/script/enqueue
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2071414e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/enqueue
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env ruby
+
+# Push a job onto the Delayed Job queue without booting the Rails stack
+# Perfect for calling via cron.
+#
+# Use like this:
+#
+#   ./script/enqueue <JobClassName>
+#   ./script/enqueue Background::ImportJobs
+
+require 'erb'
+require 'yaml'
+
+ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= "development"
+
+DATABASE_CONFIG = File.expand_path("../../config/database.yml", __FILE__)
+
+def psql
+  raise "Missing database.yml" unless File.exists?(DATABASE_CONFIG)
+
+  file   = File.read(DATABASE_CONFIG)
+  erb    = ERB.new(file).result
+  env    = ENV["RAILS_ENV"]
+  config = YAML.load(erb)[env]
+
+  raise "Missing config for #{env} environment" unless config
+
+  "psql".tap do |s|
+    s << " --host #{config['host']}"     if config['host']
+    s << " --user #{config['username']}" if config['username']
+    s << " --port #{config['port']}"     if config['port']
+    s << " #{config['database']}"
+  end
+end
+
+def enqueue_delayed_job(handler, priority=nil)
+  time = Time.now.utc.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
+  priority ||= 50
+
+  sql = <<-SQL
+    INSERT INTO delayed_jobs (
+      handler,
+      created_at,
+      updated_at,
+      run_at,
+      priority
+    ) VALUES (
+      '--- !ruby/object:#{handler} {}\n',
+      '#{time}',
+      '#{time}',
+      '#{time}',
+      #{priority}
+    );
+  SQL
+
+  IO.popen(psql, "w") do |io|
+    io.write sql
+  end
+end
+
+enqueue_delayed_job ARGV[0], ARGV[1]
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/statuses_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/statuses_controller_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f2427efb79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/statuses_controller_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+module Api
+  describe StatusesController do
+    render_views
+
+    describe "job queue status" do
+      it "returns alive when up to date" do
+        Spree::Config.last_job_queue_heartbeat_at = Time.now
+        spree_get :job_queue
+        response.should be_success
+        response.body.should == {alive: true}.to_json
+      end
+
+      it "returns dead otherwise" do
+        Spree::Config.last_job_queue_heartbeat_at = 10.minutes.ago
+        spree_get :job_queue
+        response.should be_success
+        response.body.should == {alive: false}.to_json
+      end
+
+      it "returns dead when no heartbeat recorded" do
+        Spree::Config.last_job_queue_heartbeat_at = nil
+        spree_get :job_queue
+        response.should be_success
+        response.body.should == {alive: false}.to_json
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/jobs/heartbeat_job_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/heartbeat_job_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3bafecd572
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/jobs/heartbeat_job_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe HeartbeatJob do
+  context "with time frozen" do
+    let(:run_time) { Time.zone.local(2016, 4, 13, 13, 0, 0) }
+
+    before { Spree::Config.last_job_queue_heartbeat_at = nil }
+
+    around do |example|
+      Timecop.freeze(run_time) { example.run }
+    end
+
+    it "updates the last_job_queue_heartbeat_at config var" do
+      run_job
+      Time.parse(Spree::Config.last_job_queue_heartbeat_at).should == run_time
+    end
+  end
+
+
+  private
+
+  def run_job
+    clear_jobs
+    Delayed::Job.enqueue HeartbeatJob.new
+    flush_jobs ignore_exceptions: false
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/lib/open_food_network/order_cycle_management_report_spec.rb b/spec/lib/open_food_network/order_cycle_management_report_spec.rb
index 77b9dc3f8e..99ebf575af 100644
--- a/spec/lib/open_food_network/order_cycle_management_report_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/lib/open_food_network/order_cycle_management_report_spec.rb
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ module OpenFoodNetwork
           # payment2 = create(:payment, order: order2, payment_method: pm2)
 
           subject.stub(:params).and_return(payment_method_in: [pm1.id, pm3.id] )
-          subject.filter(orders).should == [order1, order3]
+          subject.filter(orders).should match_array [order1, order3]
         end
 
         it "filters to a shipping method" do