diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/ReDownloadWebMentions.php b/app/Console/Commands/ReDownloadWebMentions.php
index e7269238..da686229 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/ReDownloadWebMentions.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/ReDownloadWebMentions.php
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ class ReDownloadWebMentions extends Command
         $webmentions = WebMention::all();
         foreach ($webmentions as $webmention) {
             $this->info('Initiation re-download of ' . $webmention->source);
-            $this->dispatch(new DownloadWebMention($webmention->source));
+            dispatch(new DownloadWebMention($webmention->source));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/WebMentionsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/WebMentionsController.php
index ad0a59fe..105c22b5 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/WebMentionsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/WebMentionsController.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class WebMentionsController extends Controller
                 $numbers = new Numbers();
                 try {
                     $note = Note::findOrFail($numbers->b60tonum($noteId));
-                    $this->dispatch(new ProcessWebMention($note, $request->input('source')));
+                    dispatch(new ProcessWebMention($note, $request->input('source')));
                 } catch (ModelNotFoundException $e) {
                     return new Response('This note doesn’t exist.', 400);
                 }
diff --git a/app/Jobs/Job.php b/app/Jobs/Job.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 55ece29a..00000000
--- a/app/Jobs/Job.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace App\Jobs;
-
-use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
-
-abstract class Job
-{
-    /*
-    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    | Queueable Jobs
-    |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-    |
-    | This job base class provides a central location to place any logic that
-    | is shared across all of your jobs. The trait included with the class
-    | provides access to the "onQueue" and "delay" queue helper methods.
-    |
-    */
-
-    use Queueable;
-}
diff --git a/app/Jobs/ProcessWebMention.php b/app/Jobs/ProcessWebMention.php
index 3b28b337..94e3bbd9 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/ProcessWebMention.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/ProcessWebMention.php
@@ -6,17 +6,17 @@ use Mf2;
 use App\Note;
 use App\WebMention;
 use GuzzleHttp\Client;
+use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
 use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
 use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
 use Jonnybarnes\WebmentionsParser\Parser;
 use GuzzleHttp\Exception\RequestException;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
-use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\DispatchesJobs;
 use App\Exceptions\RemoteContentNotFoundException;
 
-class ProcessWebMention extends Job implements ShouldQueue
+class ProcessWebMention implements ShouldQueue
 {
-    use InteractsWithQueue, SerializesModels, DispatchesJobs;
+    use InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
 
     protected $note;
     protected $source;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ class ProcessWebMention extends Job implements ShouldQueue
                     return;
                 }
                 //webmenion is still a reply, so update content
-                $this->dispatch(new SaveProfileImage($microformats));
+                dispatch(new SaveProfileImage($microformats));
                 $webmention->mf2 = json_encode($microformats);
                 $webmention->save();
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class ProcessWebMention extends Job implements ShouldQueue
         //no wemention in db so create new one
         $webmention = new WebMention();
         $type = $parser->getMentionType($microformats); //throw error here?
-        $this->dispatch(new SaveProfileImage($microformats));
+        dispatch(new SaveProfileImage($microformats));
         $webmention->source = $this->source;
         $webmention->target = $this->note->longurl;
         $webmention->commentable_id = $this->note->id;
diff --git a/app/Jobs/SaveProfileImage.php b/app/Jobs/SaveProfileImage.php
index 8509a0d4..07d29a3c 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/SaveProfileImage.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/SaveProfileImage.php
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Jobs;
 
+use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
 use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
 use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
 use GuzzleHttp\Exception\RequestException;
@@ -9,9 +10,9 @@ use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
 use Jonnybarnes\WebmentionsParser\Authorship;
 use Jonnybarnes\WebmentionsParser\Exceptions\AuthorshipParserException;
 
-class SaveProfileImage extends Job implements ShouldQueue
+class SaveProfileImage implements ShouldQueue
 {
-    use InteractsWithQueue, SerializesModels;
+    use InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
 
     protected $microformats;
 
diff --git a/app/Jobs/SendWebMentions.php b/app/Jobs/SendWebMentions.php
index 4799a426..15a3e4a5 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/SendWebMentions.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/SendWebMentions.php
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ namespace App\Jobs;
 
 use App\Note;
 use GuzzleHttp\Client;
+use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
 use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
 use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
 
-class SendWebMentions extends Job implements ShouldQueue
+class SendWebMentions implements ShouldQueue
 {
-    use InteractsWithQueue, SerializesModels;
+    use InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
 
     protected $note;
 
diff --git a/app/Jobs/SyndicateToTwitter.php b/app/Jobs/SyndicateToTwitter.php
index 377932f7..39035016 100644
--- a/app/Jobs/SyndicateToTwitter.php
+++ b/app/Jobs/SyndicateToTwitter.php
@@ -5,15 +5,16 @@ namespace App\Jobs;
 use Twitter;
 use App\Note;
 use App\Contact;
+use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
 use Jonnybarnes\IndieWeb\Numbers;
 use Jonnybarnes\IndieWeb\NotePrep;
 use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
 use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
 
-class SyndicateToTwitter extends Job implements ShouldQueue
+class SyndicateToTwitter implements ShouldQueue
 {
-    use InteractsWithQueue, SerializesModels;
+    use InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
 
     protected $note;
 
diff --git a/app/Services/NoteService.php b/app/Services/NoteService.php
index 38cbe531..a4ad5ce1 100644
--- a/app/Services/NoteService.php
+++ b/app/Services/NoteService.php
@@ -7,12 +7,9 @@ use App\Place;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use App\Jobs\SendWebMentions;
 use App\Jobs\SyndicateToTwitter;
-use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\DispatchesJobs;
 
 class NoteService
 {
-    use DispatchesJobs;
-
     /**
      * Create a new note.
      *
@@ -57,7 +54,7 @@ class NoteService
             }
         }
 
-        $this->dispatch(new SendWebMentions($note));
+        dispatch(new SendWebMentions($note));
 
         if (//micropub request, syndication sent as array
             (is_array($request->input('syndicate-to'))
@@ -68,7 +65,7 @@ class NoteService
             || //local admin cp request
             ($request->input('twitter') == true))
         ) {
-            $this->dispatch(new SyndicateToTwitter($note));
+            dispatch(new SyndicateToTwitter($note));
         }
 
         return $note;
diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index ef74a156..b2158a6b 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## Version 0.0.11.5 (2016-09-20)
+  - Fix job dispatching to more in line with Laravel 5.3 practices
+
 ## Version 0.0.11.4 (2016-09-19)
   - Better console output for the new webmention commands