diff --git a/app/core/worker.py b/app/core/worker.py
index b546b70..fd32e34 100644
--- a/app/core/worker.py
+++ b/app/core/worker.py
@@ -28,21 +28,30 @@ async def on_shutdown(ctx: dict[str, Any]) -> None:
     logger.info("ARQ worker shutting down...")
 
 
-class WorkerSettings:
-    """ARQ worker settings.
+# Import job functions directly so ARQ registers them by __name__
+from app.plugins.builtins.unified_search.jobs import (
+    index_mails,
+    index_file,
+    index_contact,
+    index_company,
+    index_event,
+    reindex,
+    embedding_batch,
+)
+from app.plugins.builtins.ai_proactive.jobs import deep_analysis
 
-    functions must be dotted module paths to async callables,
-    e.g. 'app.plugins.builtins.unified_search.jobs.reindex'
-    """
+
+class WorkerSettings:
+    """ARQ worker settings."""
     functions = [
-        "app.plugins.builtins.unified_search.jobs.index_mails",
-        "app.plugins.builtins.unified_search.jobs.index_file",
-        "app.plugins.builtins.unified_search.jobs.index_contact",
-        "app.plugins.builtins.unified_search.jobs.index_company",
-        "app.plugins.builtins.unified_search.jobs.index_event",
-        "app.plugins.builtins.unified_search.jobs.reindex",
-        "app.plugins.builtins.unified_search.jobs.embedding_batch",
-        "app.plugins.builtins.ai_proactive.jobs.deep_analysis",
+        index_mails,
+        index_file,
+        index_contact,
+        index_company,
+        index_event,
+        reindex,
+        embedding_batch,
+        deep_analysis,
     ]
     redis_settings = _get_redis_settings()
     on_startup = on_startup