diff --git a/bin/qw-manager b/bin/qw-manager
index f9cdf84..d4128ab 100755
--- a/bin/qw-manager
+++ b/bin/qw-manager
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from qw import __version__
 
 
 __doc__ = """Usage:
-  qw-manager [--level=<log-level>] [--workers=<num-workers>] [--name=<name>] [--host=<host>] [--port=<port>] [--db=<db>]
+  qw-manager [--level=<log-level>] [--workers=<num-workers>] [--name=<name>] [--host=<host>] [--port=<port>] [--db=<db>] <target>
   qw-manager (--help | --version)
 
 Options:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ logging_setup.manager_logger.setLevel(log_level)
 logging_setup.worker_logger.setLevel(log_level)
 
 manager = Manager(
-    name=arguments["--name"], num_workers=arguments["--workers"],
+    arguments["<target>"], name=arguments["--name"], num_workers=arguments["--workers"],
     host=arguments["--host"], port=arguments["--port"], db=arguments["--db"]
 )
 
diff --git a/qw/manager.py b/qw/manager.py
index 37b8e60..b5c254a 100644
--- a/qw/manager.py
+++ b/qw/manager.py
@@ -8,14 +8,15 @@ from qw.worker import Worker
 
 
 class Manager(object):
-    __slots__ = ["workers", "client", "num_workers", "log", "name"]
+    __slots__ = ["workers", "client", "num_workers", "log", "name", "target"]
 
-    def __init__(self, host="localhost", port=6379, db=0, num_workers=None, name=None):
+    def __init__(self, target, host="localhost", port=6379, db=0, num_workers=None, name=None):
         self.workers = []
         self.num_workers = num_workers or multiprocessing.cpu_count()
         self.client = Client(host=host, port=port, db=db)
         self.log = logging.getLogger("qw.manager")
         self.name = name or socket.gethostname()
+        self.target = target
 
     def start(self):
         self.log.info("starting", extra={"process_name": self.name})
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ class Manager(object):
 
         self.log.info("starting %s workers", self.num_workers, extra={"process_name": self.name})
         for _ in xrange(self.num_workers):
-            worker = Worker(self.client, manager_name=self.name)
+            worker = Worker(self.client, self.target, manager_name=self.name)
             worker.start()
             self.workers.append(worker)
         self.log.info("registering %s", self.name, extra={"process_name": self.name})
diff --git a/qw/worker.py b/qw/worker.py
index acf1e78..1ee08b6 100644
--- a/qw/worker.py
+++ b/qw/worker.py
@@ -1,23 +1,25 @@
 import logging
 import multiprocessing
-import time
 import traceback
 import socket
 import os
 
+from qw.utils import dynamic_import
+
 
 class Worker(multiprocessing.Process):
     __slots__ = [
-        "client", "exit", "log", "timeout", "manager_name"
+        "client", "exit", "log", "timeout", "manager_name", "target"
     ]
 
-    def __init__(self, client, manager_name=None, timeout=10):
+    def __init__(self, client, target, manager_name=None, timeout=10):
         super(Worker, self).__init__()
         self.client = client
         self.manager_name = manager_name or socket.gethostname()
         self.exit = multiprocessing.Event()
         self.timeout = timeout
         self.log = logging.getLogger("qw.worker")
+        self.target = target
 
     @property
     def name(self):
@@ -53,18 +55,15 @@ class Worker(multiprocessing.Process):
             "processing job id (%s) data (%r)" % (job_id, job_data), extra={"process_name": self.name}
         )
         if job_data:
-            self._process(job_id, job_data)
+            self.target(job_id, job_data)
 
         self.log.debug("removing job id (%s)" % (job_id), extra={"process_name": self.name})
         self.client.finish_job(job_id, self.name)
 
-    def _process(self, job_id, job_data):
-        print "%s - %s" % (job_id, job_data)
-        time.sleep(20)
-        print "done"
-
     def run(self):
         self.log.info("starting", extra={"process_name": self.name})
+        if isinstance(self.target, basestring):
+            self.target = dynamic_import(self.target)
         self._register()
         while not self.exit.is_set():
             try: