diff --git a/lib/galaxy/jobs/handler.py b/lib/galaxy/jobs/handler.py
index 8306bd2ede1..86cdd868870 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/jobs/handler.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/jobs/handler.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ class JobHandler(object):
 
     def start(self):
         self.job_queue.start()
+        self.job_stop_queue.start()
 
     def shutdown(self):
         self.job_queue.shutdown()
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ class JobHandlerQueue(Monitors, object):
         """
         Starts the JobHandler's thread after checking for any unhandled jobs.
         """
+        log.debug('Handler queue starting for jobs assigned to handler: %s', self.app.config.server_name)
         # Recover jobs at startup
         self.__check_jobs_at_startup()
         # Start the queue
@@ -721,7 +723,12 @@ class JobHandlerStopQueue(Monitors):
         self.waiting = []
 
         name = "JobHandlerStopQueue.monitor_thread"
-        self._init_monitor_thread(name, start=True, config=app.config)
+        self._init_monitor_thread(name, config=app.config)
+        log.info("job handler stop queue started")
+
+    def start(self):
+        # Start the queue
+        self.monitor_thread.start()
         log.info("job handler stop queue started")
 
     def monitor(self):
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/jobs/manager.py b/lib/galaxy/jobs/manager.py
index 6805ca4ba1f..17625cc432b 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/jobs/manager.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/jobs/manager.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class JobManager(object):
         self.app = app
         self.job_lock = False
         if self.app.is_job_handler():
-            log.debug("Starting job handler")
+            log.debug("Initializing job handler")
             self.job_handler = handler.JobHandler(app)
             self.job_stop_queue = self.job_handler.job_stop_queue
         elif app.application_stack.has_pool(app.application_stack.pools.JOB_HANDLERS):
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/workflow/scheduling_manager.py b/lib/galaxy/workflow/scheduling_manager.py
index 882be090489..9aae8b86dcd 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/workflow/scheduling_manager.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/workflow/scheduling_manager.py
@@ -216,6 +216,7 @@ class WorkflowSchedulingManager(object, ConfiguresHandlers):
 
     def __start_request_monitor(self):
         self.request_monitor = WorkflowRequestMonitor(self.app, self)
+        self.app.application_stack.register_postfork_function(self.request_monitor.start)
 
 
 class WorkflowRequestMonitor(Monitors, object):
@@ -223,7 +224,7 @@ class WorkflowRequestMonitor(Monitors, object):
     def __init__(self, app, workflow_scheduling_manager):
         self.app = app
         self.workflow_scheduling_manager = workflow_scheduling_manager
-        self._init_monitor_thread(name="WorkflowRequestMonitor.monitor_thread", target=self.__monitor, start=True, config=app.config)
+        self._init_monitor_thread(name="WorkflowRequestMonitor.monitor_thread", target=self.__monitor, config=app.config)
 
     def __monitor(self):
         to_monitor = self.workflow_scheduling_manager.active_workflow_schedulers
@@ -276,5 +277,8 @@ class WorkflowRequestMonitor(Monitors, object):
             handler=handler,
         )
 
+    def start(self):
+        self.monitor_thread.start()
+
     def shutdown(self):
         self.shutdown_monitor()