diff --git a/lib/tasks/resque.rake b/lib/tasks/resque.rake
index 5da255015..9e4b75083 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/resque.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/resque.rake
@@ -1,25 +1,25 @@
 require 'resque/tasks'
 task "resque:setup" => :environment do
   Dir[File.join(Rails.root, 'app', 'uploaders', '*.rb')].each { |file|
-    class_name = File.basename(file)[0..-4].camelize
-    begin
-      klass = Module.const_get(class_name)
-      klass.is_a?(Class)
-    rescue NameError
-      require file
-    end
+    safe_require(file)
   }
   Dir[File.join(Rails.root, 'app', 'models', '*.rb')].each { |file|
-    class_name = File.basename(file)[0..-4].camelize
-    begin
-      klass = Module.const_get(class_name)
-      klass.is_a?(Class)
-    rescue NameError
-      require file
-    end
+    safe_require(file)
+  }
+  Dir[File.join(Rails.root, 'app', 'mailers', '*.rb')].each { |file|
+    safe_require(file)
   }
   require File.join(Rails.root, 'app', 'controllers', 'application_controller.rb')
   require File.join(Rails.root, 'app', 'controllers', 'sockets_controller.rb')
   Rails.logger.info("event=resque_setup rails_env=#{Rails.env}")
 end
 
+def safe_require(file)
+  class_name = File.basename(file)[0..-4].camelize
+  begin
+    klass = Module.const_get(class_name)
+    klass.is_a?(Class)
+  rescue NameError
+    require file
+  end
+end