diff --git a/src/main/java/net/greghaines/jesque/worker/WorkerImpl.java b/src/main/java/net/greghaines/jesque/worker/WorkerImpl.java
index 8786c5a0..f7b6ff34 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/greghaines/jesque/worker/WorkerImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/greghaines/jesque/worker/WorkerImpl.java
@@ -216,10 +216,7 @@ public void run() {
                 this.jedis.sadd(key(WORKERS), this.name);
                 this.jedis.set(key(WORKER, this.name, STARTED), new SimpleDateFormat(DATE_FORMAT).format(new Date()));
                 this.listenerDelegate.fireEvent(WORKER_START, this, null, null, null, null, null);
-                this.popScriptHash.set(this.jedis.scriptLoad(ScriptUtils.readScript(POP_LUA)));
-                this.lpoplpushScriptHash.set(this.jedis.scriptLoad(ScriptUtils.readScript(LPOPLPUSH_LUA)));
-                this.multiPriorityQueuesScriptHash
-                        .set(this.jedis.scriptLoad(ScriptUtils.readScript(POP_FROM_MULTIPLE_PRIO_QUEUES)));
+                loadRedisScripts();
                 poll();
             } catch (Exception ex) {
                 LOG.error("Uncaught exception in worker run-loop!", ex);
@@ -539,6 +536,11 @@ protected void recoverFromException(final String curQueue, final Exception ex) {
             } else {
                 authenticateAndSelectDB();
                 LOG.info("Reconnected to Redis");
+                try {
+                    loadRedisScripts();
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    LOG.error("Failed to reload Lua scripts after reconnect", e);
+                }
             }
             break;
         case TERMINATE:
@@ -795,6 +797,13 @@ protected String lpoplpush(final String from, final String to) {
         return (String) this.jedis.evalsha(this.lpoplpushScriptHash.get(), 2, from, to);
     }
 
+    private void loadRedisScripts() throws IOException {
+        this.popScriptHash.set(this.jedis.scriptLoad(ScriptUtils.readScript(POP_LUA)));
+        this.lpoplpushScriptHash.set(this.jedis.scriptLoad(ScriptUtils.readScript(LPOPLPUSH_LUA)));
+        this.multiPriorityQueuesScriptHash
+                .set(this.jedis.scriptLoad(ScriptUtils.readScript(POP_FROM_MULTIPLE_PRIO_QUEUES)));
+    }
+
     /**
      * {@inheritDoc}
      */