diff --git a/jobs-postgres/src/lib.rs b/jobs-postgres/src/lib.rs
index 1cc13c0..b6c0d41 100644
--- a/jobs-postgres/src/lib.rs
+++ b/jobs-postgres/src/lib.rs
@@ -56,16 +56,38 @@ struct DropHandle<T> {
     handle: JoinHandle<T>,
 }
 
-fn spawn<F: Future + Send + 'static>(name: &str, future: F) -> DropHandle<F::Output>
+fn spawn<F: Future + Send + 'static>(
+    name: &str,
+    future: F,
+) -> std::io::Result<DropHandle<F::Output>>
 where
     F::Output: Send,
 {
-    DropHandle {
-        handle: tokio::task::Builder::new()
-            .name(name)
-            .spawn(future)
-            .expect("Spawned task"),
-    }
+    Ok(DropHandle {
+        handle: spawn_detach(name, future)?,
+    })
+}
+
+#[cfg(tokio_unstable)]
+fn spawn_detach<F: Future + Send + 'static>(
+    name: &str,
+    future: F,
+) -> std::io::Result<JoinHandle<F::Output>>
+where
+    F::Output: Send,
+{
+    tokio::task::Builder::new().name(name).spawn(future)
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(tokio_unstable))]
+fn spawn_detach<F: Future + Send + 'static>(
+    name: &str,
+    future: F,
+) -> std::io::Result<JoinHandle<F::Output>>
+where
+    F::Output: Send,
+{
+    Ok(tokio::spawn(future))
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -78,6 +100,9 @@ pub enum ConnectPostgresError {
 
     /// Error constructing the connection pool
     BuildPool(BuildError),
+
+    /// Error spawning tokio task
+    SpawnTask(std::io::Error),
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
@@ -441,14 +466,23 @@ impl background_jobs_core::Storage for Storage {
 }
 
 impl Storage {
-    pub async fn connect(postgres_url: Url) -> Result<Self, ConnectPostgresError> {
+    pub async fn connect(
+        postgres_url: Url,
+        migration_table: Option<&str>,
+    ) -> Result<Self, ConnectPostgresError> {
         let (mut client, conn) = tokio_postgres::connect(postgres_url.as_str(), NoTls)
             .await
             .map_err(ConnectPostgresError::ConnectForMigration)?;
 
-        let handle = spawn("postgres-migrations", conn);
+        let handle = spawn("postgres-migrations", conn)?;
 
-        embedded::migrations::runner()
+        let mut runner = embedded::migrations::runner();
+
+        if let Some(table_name) = migration_table {
+            runner.set_migration_table_name(table_name);
+        }
+
+        runner
             .run_async(&mut client)
             .await
             .map_err(ConnectPostgresError::Migration)?;
@@ -495,7 +529,7 @@ impl Storage {
         let handle = spawn(
             "postgres-delegate-notifications",
             delegate_notifications(rx, inner.clone(), parallelism * 8),
-        );
+        )?;
 
         let drop_handle = Arc::new(handle);
 
@@ -556,7 +590,7 @@ impl<'a> JobNotifierState<'a> {
             .or_insert_with(|| Arc::new(Notify::const_new()))
             .notify_one();
 
-        metrics::counter!("pict-rs.postgres.job-notifier.notified", "queue" => queue_name.to_string()).increment(1);
+        metrics::counter!("background-jobs.postgres.job-notifier.notified", "queue" => queue_name.to_string()).increment(1);
     }
 }
 
@@ -574,7 +608,7 @@ async fn delegate_notifications(
 
     while let Ok(notification) = receiver.recv_async().await {
         tracing::trace!("delegate_notifications: looping");
-        metrics::counter!("pict-rs.postgres.notification").increment(1);
+        metrics::counter!("background-jobs.postgres.notification").increment(1);
 
         match notification.channel() {
             "queue_status_channel" => {
@@ -623,7 +657,7 @@ fn spawn_db_notification_task(
     sender: flume::Sender<Notification>,
     mut conn: Connection<Socket, NoTlsStream>,
 ) -> std::io::Result<()> {
-    tokio::task::Builder::new().name("postgres-notifications").spawn(async move {
+    spawn_detach("postgres-notifications", async move {
         while let Some(res) = std::future::poll_fn(|cx| conn.poll_message(cx)).await {
             tracing::trace!("db_notification_task: looping");
 
@@ -699,6 +733,12 @@ impl From<BuildError> for ConnectPostgresError {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<std::io::Error> for ConnectPostgresError {
+    fn from(value: std::io::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::SpawnTask(value)
+    }
+}
+
 impl std::fmt::Display for ConnectPostgresError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         match self {
@@ -707,6 +747,7 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for ConnectPostgresError {
                 write!(f, "Failed to connect to postgres for migrations")
             }
             Self::Migration(_) => write!(f, "Failed to run migrations"),
+            Self::SpawnTask(_) => write!(f, "Failed to spawn task"),
         }
     }
 }
@@ -717,6 +758,7 @@ impl std::error::Error for ConnectPostgresError {
             Self::BuildPool(e) => Some(e),
             Self::ConnectForMigration(e) => Some(e),
             Self::Migration(e) => Some(e),
+            Self::SpawnTask(e) => Some(e),
         }
     }
 }