diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index 758f866..a808d97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ jobs:
           extra-packages: any::rcmdcheck
           needs: check
 
+      - name: Start Redis
+        if: ${{ matrix.config.os != 'macos-latest' }}
+        run: |
+          ./scripts/redis start
+
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
         with:
           upload-snapshots: true
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 2e8b3dc..34add46 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Imports:
     porcelain,
     R6,
     redux,
-    rrq,
+    rrq (>= 0.7.15),
     withr
 Suggests:
     fs,
diff --git a/R/queue.R b/R/queue.R
index 9e9ff4f..09a37f4 100644
--- a/R/queue.R
+++ b/R/queue.R
@@ -26,14 +26,28 @@ Queue <- R6::R6Class("Queue", #nolint
       }
 
       # Create queue
-      self$controller <- rrq::rrq_controller2(
+      self$controller <- rrq::rrq_controller(
         queue_id %||% orderly_queue_id()
       )
       worker_config <- rrq::rrq_worker_config(heartbeat_period = 10)
-      rrq::rrq_worker_config_save2("localhost", worker_config,
+      rrq::rrq_worker_config_save("localhost", worker_config,
                                    controller = self$controller)
     },
 
+    submit = function(reportname, parameters = NULL,
+                      branch = "master", ref = "HEAD") {
+      run_args <- list(
+        self$root,
+        reportname,
+        parameters,
+        branch,
+        ref
+      )
+      rrq::rrq_task_create_call(runner_run, run_args,
+                                separate_process = TRUE,
+                                controller = self$controller)
+    },
+
     # Just until we add queue status for testing
     number_of_workers = function() {
       rrq::rrq_worker_len(self$controller)
diff --git a/R/runner.R b/R/runner.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a08694a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/runner.R
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+runner_run <- function(orderly_root, reportname, parameters, branch, ref, ...) {
+  # Setup
+  worker_id <- Sys.getenv("RRQ_WORKER_ID")
+  worker_path <- file.path(orderly_root, ".packit", "workers", worker_id)
+  point_head_to_ref(worker_path, branch, ref)
+
+  # Initial cleanup
+  git_clean(worker_path)
+
+  # Run
+  withr::with_envvar(
+    c(ORDERLY_SRC_ROOT = file.path(worker_path, "src", reportname)),
+    orderly2::orderly_run(reportname, parameters = parameters,
+                          root = orderly_root, ...)
+  )
+
+  # Cleanup
+  git_clean(worker_path)
+}
+
+point_head_to_ref <- function(worker_path, branch, ref) {
+  gert::git_fetch(repo = worker_path)
+  gert::git_branch_checkout(branch, repo = worker_path)
+  gert::git_reset_hard(ref, repo = worker_path)
+}
+
+add_dir_parent_if_empty <- function(files_to_delete, path) {
+  contained_files <- list.files(path, full.names = TRUE)
+  if (length(setdiff(contained_files, files_to_delete)) > 0) {
+    return(files_to_delete)
+  }
+  add_dir_parent_if_empty(c(files_to_delete, path), dirname(path))
+}
+
+get_empty_dirs <- function(worker_path) {
+  dirs <- fs::dir_ls(worker_path, recurse = TRUE, type = "directory")
+  Reduce(add_dir_parent_if_empty, c(list(character()), dirs))
+}
+
+git_clean <- function(worker_path) {
+  # gert does not have git clean but this should achieve the same thing
+  tryCatch(
+    {
+      gert::git_stash_save(
+        include_untracked = TRUE,
+        include_ignored = TRUE,
+        repo = worker_path
+      )
+      gert::git_stash_drop(repo = worker_path)
+    },
+    error = function(e) {
+      # we don't need to rethrow the error here since it doesn't break any
+      # further report runs
+      if (e$message != "cannot stash changes - there is nothing to stash.") {
+        # TODO add logger here
+        message(e$message)
+      }
+      NULL
+    }
+  )
+  # however git ignores all directories, only cares about files, so we may
+  # have empty directories left
+  unlink(get_empty_dirs(worker_path), recursive = TRUE)
+}
diff --git a/scripts/redis b/scripts/redis
index 202021e..7510fd8 100755
--- a/scripts/redis
+++ b/scripts/redis
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -e
-CONTAINER_NAME=orderly.server_redis
+CONTAINER_NAME=orderly.runner_redis
 if [ "$1" = "start" ]; then
     docker run --rm -d --name=$CONTAINER_NAME -p 127.0.0.1:6379:6379 redis
 elif [ "$1" = "stop" ]; then
diff --git a/tests/testthat/examples/git-clean/git-clean.R b/tests/testthat/examples/git-clean/git-clean.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5115f7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/examples/git-clean/git-clean.R
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+orderly2::orderly_artefact("Some data", "data.rds")
+d <- data.frame(a = 1:10, x = runif(10), y = 1:10 + runif(10))
+write.table("test", file = file.path("..", "..", "inside_draft.txt"))
+write.table("test", file = file.path("..", "..", "..", "outside_draft.txt"))
+saveRDS(d, "data.rds")
diff --git a/tests/testthat/examples/parameters/orderly.R b/tests/testthat/examples/parameters/parameters.R
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/testthat/examples/parameters/orderly.R
rename to tests/testthat/examples/parameters/parameters.R
diff --git a/tests/testthat/helper-orderly-runner.R b/tests/testthat/helper-orderly-runner.R
index 6eb76ed..20cda70 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/helper-orderly-runner.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/helper-orderly-runner.R
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ new_queue_quietly <- function(root, ...) {
 start_queue_workers_quietly <- function(n_workers,
                                         controller, env = parent.frame()) {
   suppressMessages(
-    rrq::rrq_worker_spawn2(n_workers, controller = controller)
+    rrq::rrq_worker_spawn(n_workers, controller = controller)
   )
   withr::defer(rrq::rrq_worker_stop(controller = controller), env = env)
 }
@@ -67,15 +67,65 @@ copy_examples <- function(examples, path_src) {
 }
 
 
-helper_add_git <- function(path) {
+helper_add_git <- function(path, add = ".") {
   gert::git_init(path)
-  sha <- git_add_and_commit(path)
+  sha <- git_add_and_commit(path, add)
   branch <- gert::git_branch(repo = path)
   url <- "https://example.com/git"
   gert::git_remote_add(url, repo = path)
   list(path = path, branch = branch, sha = sha, url = url)
 }
 
+new_queue_quietly <- function(root, ...) {
+  suppressMessages(Queue$new(root, ...))
+}
+
+make_worker_dirs <- function(orderly_root, ids) {
+  packit_path <- file.path(orderly_root, ".packit")
+  dir.create(packit_path)
+  workers <- file.path(packit_path, "workers")
+  dir.create(workers)
+  lapply(ids, function(id) {
+    worker_path <- file.path(workers, id)
+    dir.create(worker_path)
+    gert::git_clone(orderly_root, path = worker_path)
+    gert::git_config_set("user.name", id, repo = worker_path)
+    gert::git_config_set("user.email", id, repo = worker_path)
+  })
+
+}
+
+start_queue_workers_quietly <- function(n_workers,
+                                        controller, env = parent.frame()) {
+  worker_manager <- suppressMessages(
+    rrq::rrq_worker_spawn(n_workers, controller = controller)
+  )
+  withr::defer(rrq::rrq_worker_stop(controller = controller), env = env)
+  worker_manager
+}
+
+start_queue_with_workers <- function(root, n_workers, env = parent.frame()) {
+  q <- new_queue_quietly(root)
+  worker_manager <- start_queue_workers_quietly(n_workers, q$controller,
+                                                env = env)
+  make_worker_dirs(root, worker_manager$id)
+  q
+}
+
+skip_if_no_redis <- function() {
+  available <- redux::redis_available()
+  if (!available) {
+    testthat::skip("Skipping test as redis is not available")
+  }
+  invisible(available)
+}
+
+expect_worker_task_complete <- function(task_id, controller, n_tries) {
+  is_task_successful <- rrq::rrq_task_wait(
+    task_id, controller = controller, timeout = n_tries
+  )
+  expect_true(is_task_successful)
+}
 
 initialise_git_repo <- function() {
   t <- tempfile()
@@ -85,16 +135,25 @@ initialise_git_repo <- function() {
 }
 
 
-git_add_and_commit <- function(path) {
-  gert::git_add(".", repo = path)
+create_new_commit <- function(path, new_file = "new", message = "new message",
+                              add = ".") {
+  writeLines("new file", file.path(path, new_file))
+  gert::git_add(add, repo = path)
+  user <- "author <author@example.com>"
+  gert::git_commit("new commit", author = user, committer = user, repo = path)
+}
+
+
+git_add_and_commit <- function(path, add = ".") {
+  gert::git_add(add, repo = path)
   user <- "author <author@example.com>"
   gert::git_commit("new commit", author = user, committer = user, repo = path)
 }
 
 
-create_new_commit <- function(path, new_file = "new") {
+create_new_commit <- function(path, new_file = "new", add = ".") {
   writeLines("new file", file.path(path, new_file))
-  git_add_and_commit(path)
+  git_add_and_commit(path, add)
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-api.R b/tests/testthat/test-api.R
index 97e1e4c..998ec1b 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-api.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-api.R
@@ -32,8 +32,13 @@ test_that("can list orderly reports", {
 
   ## Add a report on a 2nd branch
   gert::git_branch_create("other", repo = repo$local)
-  fs::dir_copy(file.path(repo$local, "src", "parameters"), 
+  fs::dir_copy(file.path(repo$local, "src", "parameters"),
                file.path(repo$local, "src", "parameters2"))
+  # have to rename to parameters2.R to recognise it as orderly report
+  file.rename(
+    file.path(repo$local, "src", "parameters2", "parameters.R"),
+    file.path(repo$local, "src", "parameters2", "parameters2.R")
+  )
   sha <- git_add_and_commit(repo$local)
 
   ## Can list items from this sha
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-git.R b/tests/testthat/test-git.R
index 1524cde..2d49688 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-git.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-git.R
@@ -31,13 +31,13 @@ test_that("can get files which have been modified", {
   expect_equal(git_get_modified(log$commit[[2]], repo = repo$local),
                character(0))
   expect_equal(git_get_modified(log$commit[[1]], repo = repo$local),
-               "src/parameters/orderly.R")
+               "src/parameters/parameters.R")
   expect_equal(git_get_modified(log$commit[[1]], relative = "src/", 
                                 repo = repo$local),
-               "parameters/orderly.R")
+               "parameters/parameters.R")
   expect_equal(git_get_modified(log$commit[[1]], base = log$commit[[2]],
                                 repo = repo$local),
-               "src/parameters/orderly.R")
+               "src/parameters/parameters.R")
   expect_equal(git_get_modified(log$commit[[2]], base = log$commit[[1]],
                                 repo = repo$local),
                character(0))
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-queue.R b/tests/testthat/test-queue.R
index ea8b8a7..cb3e078 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-queue.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-queue.R
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ test_that("Can bring up queue", {
   q <- new_queue_quietly(root)
   expect_equal(q$root, root)
   expect_equal(q$config$core$use_file_store, TRUE)
-  expect_equal(q$controller, rrq::rrq_controller2(q$controller$queue_id))
+  expect_equal(q$controller, rrq::rrq_controller(q$controller$queue_id))
 
   expect_equal(q$number_of_workers(), 0)
   start_queue_workers_quietly(1, q$controller)
@@ -58,3 +58,59 @@ test_that("Generated namespaced id if no ids exist", {
   q <- new_queue_quietly(root)
   expect_match(q$controller$queue_id, "orderly.runner")
 })
+
+
+test_that("Can submit task", {
+  skip_if_no_redis()
+
+  root <- test_prepare_orderly_example("data")
+  git_info <- helper_add_git(root, c("src", "orderly_config.yml"))
+
+  q <- start_queue_with_workers(root, 1)
+
+  task_id <- q$submit("data", branch = git_info$branch)
+  expect_worker_task_complete(task_id, q$controller, 10)
+})
+
+
+test_that("Can submit 2 tasks on different branches", {
+  skip_if_no_redis()
+
+  root <- test_prepare_orderly_example("data")
+  git_info <- helper_add_git(root, c("src", "orderly_config.yml"))
+
+  gert::git_branch_create("branch", repo = root)
+  gert::git_branch_checkout("branch", repo = root)
+  create_new_commit(root, new_file = "test.txt", add = "test.txt")
+
+  q <- start_queue_with_workers(root, 2)
+
+  task_id1 <- q$submit("data", branch = git_info$branch)
+  task_id2 <- q$submit("data", branch = "branch")
+  expect_worker_task_complete(task_id1, q$controller, 10)
+  expect_worker_task_complete(task_id2, q$controller, 10)
+
+  worker_id2 <- rrq::rrq_task_info(task_id2, controller = q$controller)$worker
+  worker2_txt <- file.path(root, ".packit", "workers", worker_id2, "test.txt")
+  expect_equal(file.exists(worker2_txt), TRUE)
+})
+
+
+test_that("Can submit 2 tasks on different commit hashes", {
+  skip_if_no_redis()
+
+  root <- test_prepare_orderly_example("data")
+  git_info <- helper_add_git(root, c("src", "orderly_config.yml"))
+  sha2 <- create_new_commit(root, new_file = "test.txt", add = "test.txt")
+
+  q <- start_queue_with_workers(root, 2)
+
+  task_id1 <- q$submit("data", ref = git_info$sha, branch = git_info$branch)
+  task_id2 <- q$submit("data", ref = sha2, branch = git_info$branch)
+  expect_worker_task_complete(task_id1, q$controller, 10)
+  expect_worker_task_complete(task_id2, q$controller, 10)
+
+  worker_id2 <- rrq::rrq_task_info(task_id2, controller = q$controller)$worker
+  worker2_txt <- file.path(root, ".packit", "workers", worker_id2, "test.txt")
+  expect_equal(file.exists(worker2_txt), TRUE)
+})
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-reports.R b/tests/testthat/test-reports.R
index 2d9fbe2..acba6df 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-reports.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-reports.R
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ test_that("can get orderly script name", {
   git_info <- helper_add_git(root)
   expect_equal(get_orderly_script_path("data", "HEAD", root), "src/data/data.R")
   expect_equal(get_orderly_script_path("parameters", "HEAD", root), 
-               "src/parameters/orderly.R")
+               "src/parameters/parameters.R")
   
   file.copy(file.path(root, "src", "data", "data.R"),
             file.path(root, "src", "data", "orderly.R"))
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ test_that("can get report parameters", {
                             c = NULL))
   
   ## Works with a specific git hash
-  params_src <- file.path(root, "src", "parameters", "orderly.R")
+  params_src <- file.path(root, "src", "parameters", "parameters.R")
   contents <- readLines(params_src)
   contents <- c("orderly2::orderly_parameters(a = 'default', b = 2, c = NULL)", 
                 contents[-1])
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-runner.R b/tests/testthat/test-runner.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0de32bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-runner.R
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+test_that("runner runs as expected", {
+  orderly_root <- test_prepare_orderly_example("data")
+  git_info <- helper_add_git(orderly_root, c("src", "orderly_config.yml"))
+
+  worker_id <- ids::adjective_animal()
+  make_worker_dirs(orderly_root, worker_id)
+  worker_root <- file.path(orderly_root, ".packit", "workers", worker_id)
+
+  suppressMessages(withr::with_envvar(
+    c(RRQ_WORKER_ID = worker_id),
+    runner_run(orderly_root, "data", NULL, git_info$branch, 
+               "HEAD", echo = FALSE)
+  ))
+
+  # report has been run with data in archive
+  expect_equal(length(list.files(file.path(orderly_root, "archive"))), 1)
+  # cleanup has deleted draft folder
+  expect_equal(file.exists(file.path(worker_root, "draft")), FALSE)
+})
+
+test_that("runner runs as expected with parameters", {
+  orderly_root <- test_prepare_orderly_example("parameters")
+  git_info <- helper_add_git(orderly_root, c("src", "orderly_config.yml"))
+
+  worker_id <- ids::adjective_animal()
+  make_worker_dirs(orderly_root, worker_id)
+  worker_root <- file.path(orderly_root, ".packit", "workers", worker_id)
+
+  parameters <- list(a = -1, b = -2, c = -3)
+  suppressMessages(withr::with_envvar(
+    c(RRQ_WORKER_ID = worker_id),
+    runner_run(orderly_root, "parameters", parameters,
+               git_info$branch, "HEAD", echo = FALSE)
+  ))
+
+  report_archive <- file.path(orderly_root, "archive", "parameters")
+  rds_path <- file.path(report_archive, list.files(report_archive), "data.rds")
+  output <- readRDS(rds_path)
+
+  expect_equal(output, parameters)
+  expect_equal(file.exists(file.path(worker_root, "draft")), FALSE)
+})
+
+test_that("git clean clears unnecessary files", {
+  # git-clean.R spawns a file in draft folder and one in worker root folder
+  # and there will also be an empty folder draft/git-clean so we test
+  # all components of git_clean
+  orderly_root <- test_prepare_orderly_example("git-clean")
+  git_info <- helper_add_git(orderly_root, c("src", "orderly_config.yml"))
+
+  worker_id <- ids::adjective_animal()
+  make_worker_dirs(orderly_root, worker_id)
+  worker_root <- file.path(orderly_root, ".packit", "workers", worker_id)
+
+  suppressMessages(withr::with_envvar(
+    c(RRQ_WORKER_ID = worker_id),
+    runner_run(orderly_root, "git-clean", NULL, git_info$branch, 
+               "HEAD", echo = FALSE)
+  ))
+
+  expect_equal(length(list.files(file.path(orderly_root, "archive"))), 1)
+  expect_equal(file.exists(file.path(worker_root, "draft")), FALSE)
+  expect_equal(file.exists(file.path(worker_root, "outside_draft.txt")), FALSE)
+})