diff --git a/app/app.js b/app/app.js
index 655373e4..17e8e798 100644
--- a/app/app.js
+++ b/app/app.js
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ function App() {
     versionController.route(app);
 
     if (global.settings.environment !== 'test') {
-        batchService(5000, 100);
+        batchService(metadataBackend, 5000, 100);
     }
 
     return app;
diff --git a/batch/batch_manager_factory.js b/batch/batch_manager_factory.js
index 7843bcd3..8eaf8d66 100644
--- a/batch/batch_manager_factory.js
+++ b/batch/batch_manager_factory.js
@@ -1,21 +1,12 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var cartoDBRedis = require('cartodb-redis');
 var UserDatabaseMetadataService = require('./user_database_metadata_service');
 var UsernameQueue = require('./username_queue');
 var JobService = require('./job_service');
 var JobCounterService = require('./job_counter_service');
 var BatchManager = require('./batch_manager');
 
-module.exports = function (maxJobsPerHost) {
-    var metadataBackend = cartoDBRedis({
-        host: global.settings.redis_host,
-        port: global.settings.redis_port,
-        max: global.settings.redisPool,
-        idleTimeoutMillis: global.settings.redisIdleTimeoutMillis,
-        reapIntervalMillis: global.settings.redisReapIntervalMillis
-    });
-
+module.exports = function (metadataBackend ,maxJobsPerHost) {
     var usernameQueue = new UsernameQueue(metadataBackend);
     var userDatabaseMetadataService = new UserDatabaseMetadataService(metadataBackend);
     var jobService = new JobService(metadataBackend);
diff --git a/batch/index.js b/batch/index.js
index b9d9635b..89373233 100644
--- a/batch/index.js
+++ b/batch/index.js
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 var BatchLauncher = require('./batch_launcher');
 var batchManagerFactory = require('./batch_manager_factory');
 
-module.exports = function (interval, maxJobsPerHost) {
-    var batchManager = batchManagerFactory(maxJobsPerHost);
+module.exports = function (metadataBackend, interval, maxJobsPerHost) {
+    var batchManager = batchManagerFactory(metadataBackend, maxJobsPerHost);
     var batchLauncher = new BatchLauncher(batchManager);
 
     // here we go!
diff --git a/batch/username_queue.js b/batch/username_queue.js
index 8cbb97ff..380a4df6 100644
--- a/batch/username_queue.js
+++ b/batch/username_queue.js
@@ -11,26 +11,14 @@ UsernameQueue.prototype.enqueue = function (cdbUsername, callback) {
     var db = this.db;
     var queue = this.queueName;
 
-    this.metadataBackend.redisCmd(db, 'LPUSH', [queue, cdbUsername], function (err, cdbUsername) {
-        if (err) {
-            return callback(err);
-        }
-
-        callback(null, cdbUsername);
-    });
+    this.metadataBackend.redisCmd(db, 'LPUSH', [queue, cdbUsername], callback);
 };
 
 UsernameQueue.prototype.dequeue = function (callback) {
     var db = this.db;
     var queue = this.queueName;
 
-    this.metadataBackend.redisCmd(db, 'RPOP', [queue], function (err, cdbUsername) {
-        if (err) {
-            return callback(err);
-        }
-
-        callback(null, cdbUsername);
-    });
+    this.metadataBackend.redisCmd(db, 'RPOP', [queue], callback);
 };
 
 module.exports = UsernameQueue;
diff --git a/test/acceptance/batch.test.js b/test/acceptance/batch.test.js
index 6f9e8be9..73992276 100644
--- a/test/acceptance/batch.test.js
+++ b/test/acceptance/batch.test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,16 @@ var batchManagerFactory = require('../../batch/batch_manager_factory');
 
 describe('batch manager', function() {
     it('run', function (done) {
-        batchManagerFactory().run(function (err) {
+        var metadataBackend = require('cartodb-redis')({
+            host: global.settings.redis_host,
+            port: global.settings.redis_port,
+            max: global.settings.redisPool,
+            idleTimeoutMillis: global.settings.redisIdleTimeoutMillis,
+            reapIntervalMillis: global.settings.redisReapIntervalMillis
+        });
+        var maxJobsPerHost = 100;
+
+        batchManagerFactory(metadataBackend, maxJobsPerHost).run(function (err) {
             done(err);
         });
     });
diff --git a/test/unit/batch/username_queue.js b/test/unit/batch/username_queue.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a856764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/batch/username_queue.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+var UsernameQueue = require('../../../batch/username_queue');
+var assert = require('assert');
+
+describe('batch API username queue', function () {
+    beforeEach(function () {
+        this.metadataBackend = {
+            redisCmd: function () {
+                var callback = arguments[arguments.length -1];
+                process.nextTick(function () {
+                    callback(null, 'irrelevantUsername');
+                });
+            }
+        };
+        this.usernameQueue = new UsernameQueue(this.metadataBackend);
+    });
+
+    it('.enqueue(username) should enqueue the provided username', function (done) {
+        this.usernameQueue.enqueue('irrelevantUsername', function (err, username) {
+            assert.ok(!err);
+            assert.equal(username, 'irrelevantUsername');
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
+    it('.dequeue(username) should dequeue the next username', function (done) {
+        this.usernameQueue.dequeue(function (err, username) {
+            assert.ok(!err);
+            assert.equal(username, 'irrelevantUsername');
+            done();
+        });
+    });
+
+});