diff --git a/lib/gearman.js b/lib/gearman.js
index 3fe7a43..08c5856 100644
--- a/lib/gearman.js
+++ b/lib/gearman.js
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ Gearman.prototype.Job = function(gearman, name, payload, uniq, options){
             jobType += "_BG";
     }
 
-   gearman.sendCommand(jobType, name, uniq ? uniq : false, payload, !options.background ? this.receiveHandle.bind(this) : false);
+   gearman.sendCommand(jobType, name, uniq ? uniq : false, payload, this.receiveHandle.bind(this));
 };
 utillib.inherits(Gearman.prototype.Job, Stream);
 
@@ -584,6 +584,7 @@ Gearman.prototype.Job.prototype.receiveHandle = function(handle){
     if(handle){
         this.handle = handle;
         this.gearman.currentJobs[handle] = this;
+        this.emit("start");
     }else{
         this.emit("error", new Error("Invalid response from server"));
     }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 307d73e..3cc347a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "name": "node-gearman",
     "description": "Simple Gearman client/worker module for Node.JS",
-    "version": "0.2.2",
+    "version": "0.2.3",
     "author" : "Andris Reinman",
     "maintainers":[
         {