diff --git a/jobs-actix/Cargo.toml b/jobs-actix/Cargo.toml
index c30f1f6..bc9633b 100644
--- a/jobs-actix/Cargo.toml
+++ b/jobs-actix/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,5 +23,6 @@ tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = [
   "macros",
   "rt",
   "sync",
+  "tracing",
 ] }
 uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v7", "serde"] }
diff --git a/jobs-actix/src/actix_job.rs b/jobs-actix/src/actix_job.rs
index 123c15b..a9c6ac9 100644
--- a/jobs-actix/src/actix_job.rs
+++ b/jobs-actix/src/actix_job.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 use std::future::Future;
 
 use background_jobs_core::{JoinError, UnsendSpawner};
+use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
 
 /// Provide a spawner for actix-based systems for Unsend Jobs
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
 pub struct ActixSpawner;
 
 #[doc(hidden)]
-pub struct ActixHandle<T>(actix_rt::task::JoinHandle<T>);
+pub struct ActixHandle<T>(Option<JoinHandle<T>>);
 
 impl UnsendSpawner for ActixSpawner {
     type Handle<T> = ActixHandle<T> where T: Send;
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ impl UnsendSpawner for ActixSpawner {
         Fut: Future + 'static,
         Fut::Output: Send + 'static,
     {
-        ActixHandle(actix_rt::spawn(future))
+        ActixHandle(crate::spawn::spawn("job-task", future).ok())
     }
 }
 
@@ -30,14 +31,19 @@ impl<T> Future for ActixHandle<T> {
         mut self: std::pin::Pin<&mut Self>,
         cx: &mut std::task::Context<'_>,
     ) -> std::task::Poll<Self::Output> {
-        let res = std::task::ready!(std::pin::Pin::new(&mut self.0).poll(cx));
-
-        std::task::Poll::Ready(res.map_err(|_| JoinError))
+        if let Some(mut handle) = self.0.as_mut() {
+            let res = std::task::ready!(std::pin::Pin::new(&mut handle).poll(cx));
+            std::task::Poll::Ready(res.map_err(|_| JoinError))
+        } else {
+            std::task::Poll::Ready(Err(JoinError))
+        }
     }
 }
 
 impl<T> Drop for ActixHandle<T> {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
-        self.0.abort();
+        if let Some(handle) = &self.0 {
+            handle.abort();
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/jobs-actix/src/every.rs b/jobs-actix/src/every.rs
index acce66a..d4b741d 100644
--- a/jobs-actix/src/every.rs
+++ b/jobs-actix/src/every.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::QueueHandle;
-use actix_rt::time::{interval_at, Instant};
 use background_jobs_core::Job;
 use std::time::Duration;
+use tokio::time::{interval_at, Instant};
 
 /// A type used to schedule recurring jobs.
 ///
diff --git a/jobs-actix/src/lib.rs b/jobs-actix/src/lib.rs
index 567c668..bd2d70a 100644
--- a/jobs-actix/src/lib.rs
+++ b/jobs-actix/src/lib.rs
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ use tokio::sync::Notify;
 mod actix_job;
 mod every;
 mod server;
+mod spawn;
 mod storage;
 mod worker;
 
@@ -148,9 +149,7 @@ impl Timer for ActixTimer {
     where
         F: std::future::Future + Send + Sync,
     {
-        actix_rt::time::timeout(duration, future)
-            .await
-            .map_err(|_| ())
+        tokio::time::timeout(duration, future).await.map_err(|_| ())
     }
 }
 
@@ -444,12 +443,12 @@ where
                 let extras_2 = extras.clone();
 
                 arbiter.spawn_fn(move || {
-                    actix_rt::spawn(worker::local_worker(
-                        queue,
-                        processors.cached(),
-                        server,
-                        extras_2,
-                    ));
+                    if let Err(e) = spawn::spawn(
+                        "local-worker",
+                        worker::local_worker(queue, processors.cached(), server, extras_2),
+                    ) {
+                        tracing::error!("Failed to spawn worker {e}");
+                    }
                 });
             }
         }
@@ -496,10 +495,10 @@ impl QueueHandle {
     ///
     /// This job will be added to it's queue on the server once every `Duration`. It will be
     /// processed whenever workers are free to do so.
-    pub fn every<J>(&self, duration: Duration, job: J)
+    pub fn every<J>(&self, duration: Duration, job: J) -> std::io::Result<()>
     where
         J: Job + Clone + Send + 'static,
     {
-        actix_rt::spawn(every(self.clone(), duration, job));
+        spawn::spawn("every", every(self.clone(), duration, job)).map(|_| ())
     }
 }
diff --git a/jobs-actix/src/spawn.rs b/jobs-actix/src/spawn.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9cafd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jobs-actix/src/spawn.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+use std::future::Future;
+
+use tokio::task::JoinHandle;
+
+#[cfg(tokio_unstable)]
+pub(crate) fn spawn<F>(name: &str, future: F) -> std::io::Result<JoinHandle<F::Output>>
+where
+    F: Future + 'static,
+{
+    tokio::task::Builder::new().name(name).spawn_local(future)
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(tokio_unstable))]
+pub(crate) fn spawn<F>(name: &str, future: F) -> std::io::Result<JoinHandle<F::Output>>
+where
+    F: Future + 'static,
+{
+    Ok(tokio::task::spawn_local(future))
+}
diff --git a/jobs-actix/src/worker.rs b/jobs-actix/src/worker.rs
index 62c77a2..b1738ac 100644
--- a/jobs-actix/src/worker.rs
+++ b/jobs-actix/src/worker.rs
@@ -24,14 +24,21 @@ impl<State: Clone + 'static, Extras: 'static> Drop for LocalWorkerStarter<State,
         let extras = self.extras.take().unwrap();
 
         if let Ok(true) = res {
-            actix_rt::spawn(local_worker(
-                self.queue.clone(),
-                self.processors.clone(),
-                self.server.clone(),
-                extras,
-            ));
+            if let Err(e) = crate::spawn::spawn(
+                "local-worker",
+                local_worker(
+                    self.queue.clone(),
+                    self.processors.clone(),
+                    self.server.clone(),
+                    extras,
+                ),
+            ) {
+                tracing::error!("Failed to re-spawn local worker: {e}");
+            } else {
+                metrics::counter!("background-jobs.actix.worker.restart").increment(1);
+            }
         } else {
-            tracing::warn!("Not restarting worker, Arbiter is dead");
+            tracing::info!("Shutting down worker");
             drop(extras);
         }
     }
@@ -57,8 +64,7 @@ async fn heartbeat_job<F: Future>(
     runner_id: Uuid,
     heartbeat_interval: u64,
 ) -> F::Output {
-    let mut interval =
-        actix_rt::time::interval(std::time::Duration::from_millis(heartbeat_interval));
+    let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(std::time::Duration::from_millis(heartbeat_interval));
 
     let mut future = std::pin::pin!(future);
 
@@ -86,7 +92,7 @@ async fn heartbeat_job<F: Future>(
 }
 
 async fn time_job<F: Future>(future: F, job_id: Uuid) -> F::Output {
-    let mut interval = actix_rt::time::interval(std::time::Duration::from_secs(5));
+    let mut interval = tokio::time::interval(std::time::Duration::from_secs(5));
     interval.tick().await;
     let mut count = 0;
 
@@ -147,7 +153,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn local_worker<State, Extras>(
     let id = Uuid::now_v7();
 
     let log_on_drop = RunOnDrop(|| {
-        make_span(id, &queue, "closing").in_scope(|| tracing::warn!("Worker closing"));
+        make_span(id, &queue, "closing").in_scope(|| tracing::info!("Worker closing"));
     });
 
     loop {
diff --git a/jobs-sled/Cargo.toml b/jobs-sled/Cargo.toml
index 8df3f68..093a1f5 100644
--- a/jobs-sled/Cargo.toml
+++ b/jobs-sled/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,6 @@ serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_cbor = "0.11"
 time = { version = "0.3", features = ["serde-human-readable"] }
 thiserror = "1.0"
-tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["rt", "sync"] }
+tokio = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["rt", "sync", "tracing"] }
 tracing = "0.1"
 uuid = { version = "1", features = ["v7", "serde"] }