diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/WorkerManager/Controller/AdminConfigurationController.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/WorkerManager/Controller/AdminConfigurationController.php
index 1477ceba94..269e5d4bec 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/WorkerManager/Controller/AdminConfigurationController.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/WorkerManager/Controller/AdminConfigurationController.php
@@ -235,11 +235,13 @@ class AdminConfigurationController extends Controller
 
         if ($request->getMethod() == 'POST') {
             $reminderInterval = (int)$request->request->get('worker_reminder_interval');
-            // save the period interval in second
-            $app['conf']->set(['workers', 'validationReminder', 'interval'], $reminderInterval);
 
             /** @var AMQPConnection $serverConnection */
             $serverConnection = $this->app['alchemy_worker.amqp.connection'];
+            $serverConnection->setQueue(MessagePublisher::VALIDATION_REMINDER_QUEUE);
+
+            // save the period interval in second
+            $app['conf']->set(['workers', 'validationReminder', 'interval'], $reminderInterval);
             // reinitialize the validation reminder queues
             $serverConnection->reinitializeQueue([MessagePublisher::VALIDATION_REMINDER_QUEUE]);
             $this->app['alchemy_worker.message.publisher']->initializeLoopQueue(MessagePublisher::VALIDATION_REMINDER_TYPE);
diff --git a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/WorkerManager/Queue/MessageHandler.php b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/WorkerManager/Queue/MessageHandler.php
index 7f13668903..55ee1914b4 100644
--- a/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/WorkerManager/Queue/MessageHandler.php
+++ b/lib/Alchemy/Phrasea/WorkerManager/Queue/MessageHandler.php
@@ -112,14 +112,14 @@ class MessageHandler
 
     private function runConsumer($queueName, AMQPConnection $serverConnection, AMQPChannel $channel, $prefetchCount, $callback)
     {
+        $serverConnection->setQueue($queueName);
+
         // initialize validation reminder when starting consumer
         if ($queueName == MessagePublisher::VALIDATION_REMINDER_QUEUE) {
             $serverConnection->reinitializeQueue([MessagePublisher::VALIDATION_REMINDER_QUEUE]);
             $this->messagePublisher->initializeLoopQueue(MessagePublisher::VALIDATION_REMINDER_TYPE);
         }
 
-        $serverConnection->setQueue($queueName);
-
         //  give prefetch message to a worker consumer at a time
         $channel->basic_qos(null, $prefetchCount, null);
         $channel->basic_consume($queueName, Uuid::uuid4(), false, false, false, false, $callback);