diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 914ba2d0..f8eefb98 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,3 +51,7 @@ Full documentation: https://dereuromark.github.io/cakephp-queue/
 
 ## Cronjob based background scheduling
 If you are looking for scheduling certain background jobs: This plugin works flawlessly with [QueueScheduler plugin](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-queue-scheduler).
+
+## FORK NOTES
+This fork is to add a few features to the original plugin:
+- Add a `QueueProcesses.job_type` column and sets it to the job type when a job is created
diff --git a/config/Migrations/20191319000002_MigrationQueueRename.php b/config/Migrations/20191319000002_MigrationQueueRename.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81521807
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/Migrations/20191319000002_MigrationQueueRename.php
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?php
+
+use Phinx\Migration\AbstractMigration;
+
+class MigrationQueueRename extends AbstractMigration {
+
+	/**
+	 * Change Method.
+	 *
+	 * Write your reversible migrations using this method.
+	 *
+	 * More information on writing migrations is available here:
+	 * http://docs.phinx.org/en/latest/migrations.html#the-abstractmigration-class
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function change() {
+		$table = $this->table('queued_jobs');
+		$table->renameColumn('job_type', 'job_task')
+			->update();
+
+		$table->changeColumn('job_task', 'string', [
+			'length' => 90,
+			'null' => false,
+			'default' => null,
+			'encoding' => 'utf8mb4',
+			'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
+		])->update();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/Model/Entity/QueuedJob.php b/src/Model/Entity/QueuedJob.php
index 7c69a84c..6e02421d 100644
--- a/src/Model/Entity/QueuedJob.php
+++ b/src/Model/Entity/QueuedJob.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
  * @property array|null $data
  * @property string|null $data_string Virtual property from JsonableBehavior
  * @property string|null $job_group
+ * @property string|null $job_type
  * @property string|null $reference
  * @property \Cake\I18n\DateTime $created
  * @property \Cake\I18n\DateTime|null $notbefore
diff --git a/src/Model/Table/QueueProcessesTable.php b/src/Model/Table/QueueProcessesTable.php
index bfb500d3..6520e16f 100644
--- a/src/Model/Table/QueueProcessesTable.php
+++ b/src/Model/Table/QueueProcessesTable.php
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ public function initialize(array $config): void {
 
 		$this->addBehavior('Timestamp');
 
+
 		$this->hasOne('CurrentQueuedJobs', [
 			'className' => 'Queue.QueuedJobs',
 			'foreignKey' => 'workerkey',
@@ -108,6 +109,9 @@ public function validationDefault(Validator $validator): Validator {
 				'message' => 'Too many workers running. Check your `Queue.maxworkers` config.',
 			]);
 
+		$validator->notEmptyString('job_type');
+
+
 		return $validator;
 	}
 
@@ -144,10 +148,11 @@ public function findActive(): SelectQuery {
 	/**
 	 * @param string $pid
 	 * @param string $key
+	 * @param string $jobType
 	 *
 	 * @return int
 	 */
-	public function add(string $pid, string $key): int {
+	public function add(string $pid, string $key, string $jobType): int {
 		$server = $this->buildServerString();
 
 		// Evict any stale row holding our (pid, server) slot. Common after
@@ -167,6 +172,7 @@ public function add(string $pid, string $key): int {
 			'pid' => $pid,
 			'server' => $server,
 			'workerkey' => $key,
+			'job_type' => $jobType
 		];
 
 		$queueProcess = $this->newEntity($data);