diff --git a/devops-service/workers/worker.rb b/devops-service/workers/worker.rb
index c3da35c..9ca1515 100644
--- a/devops-service/workers/worker.rb
+++ b/devops-service/workers/worker.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,14 @@ class Worker
     uri.to_s
   end
 
+  def self.start_sync(worker_class, request, job_options)
+    stringified_options = {}
+    job_options.each do |key, value|
+      stringified_options[key.to_s] = value
+    end
+    worker_class.new.perform(stringified_options)
+  end
+
   def self.set_status id, status
     Sidekiq.redis {|con| con.hset "devops", id, status}
   end
@@ -86,7 +94,7 @@ class Worker
   end
 
   # outputs to STDOUT
-  def call_sync
+  def call_sync(provider)
     out = STDOUT
     begin
       yield(provider, out, '')