diff --git a/django_q/cluster.py b/django_q/cluster.py
index da7c35a..e88abf3 100644
--- a/django_q/cluster.py
+++ b/django_q/cluster.py
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ class Sentinel(object):
         :param process: the process to reincarnate
         :type process: Process or None
         """
+        db.connections.close_all()  # Close any old connections
         if process == self.monitor:
             self.monitor = self.spawn_monitor()
             logger.error(_("reincarnated monitor {} after sudden death").format(process.name))
@@ -529,7 +530,7 @@ def scheduler(broker=None):
                 s.repeats += -1
             # send it to the cluster
             q_options['broker'] = broker
-            q_options['group'] = s.name or s.id
+            q_options['group'] = q_options.get('group', s.name or s.id)
             kwargs['q_options'] = q_options
             s.task = tasks.async(s.func, *args, **kwargs)
             # log it
diff --git a/django_q/migrations/0008_auto_20160224_1026.py b/django_q/migrations/0008_auto_20160224_1026.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9aeef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django_q/migrations/0008_auto_20160224_1026.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('django_q', '0007_ormq'),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AlterField(
+            model_name='schedule',
+            name='name',
+            field=models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=100, null=True),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/django_q/models.py b/django_q/models.py
index ceba5ad..a4b0223 100644
--- a/django_q/models.py
+++ b/django_q/models.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class Failure(Task):
 
 
 class Schedule(models.Model):
-    name = models.CharField(max_length=100, null=True)
+    name = models.CharField(max_length=100, null=True, blank=True)
     func = models.CharField(max_length=256, help_text='e.g. module.tasks.function')
     hook = models.CharField(max_length=256, null=True, blank=True, help_text='e.g. module.tasks.result_function')
     args = models.TextField(null=True, blank=True, help_text=_("e.g. 1, 2, 'John'"))
diff --git a/django_q/tasks.py b/django_q/tasks.py
index 4af1788..31690c8 100644
--- a/django_q/tasks.py
+++ b/django_q/tasks.py
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ def async(func, *args, **kwargs):
     """Queue a task for the cluster."""
     keywords = kwargs.copy()
     opt_keys = ('hook', 'group', 'save', 'sync', 'cached', 'iter_count', 'iter_cached', 'chain', 'broker')
-    q_options = keywords.pop('q_options', None)
+    q_options = keywords.pop('q_options', {})
     # get an id
     tag = uuid()
     # build the task package
     task = {'id': tag[1],
-            'name': tag[0],
+            'name': keywords.pop('task_name', None) or q_options.pop('task_name', None) or tag[0],
             'func': func,
             'args': args}
     # push optionals
diff --git a/docs/tasks.rst b/docs/tasks.rst
index 3fe1373..3bd6eb4 100644
--- a/docs/tasks.rst
+++ b/docs/tasks.rst
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ broker
 """"""
 A broker instance, in case you want to control your own connections.
 
+task_name
+"""""""""
+
+Optionally overwrites the auto-generated task name.
+
 q_options
 """""""""
 None of the option keywords get passed on to the task function.
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a651585..fb6d0d8 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 #
 arrow==0.7.0
 blessed==1.14.1
-boto3==1.2.3
-botocore==1.3.23          # via boto3
+boto3==1.2.5
+botocore==1.3.30          # via boto3
 django-picklefield==0.3.2
 django-redis==4.3.0
 docutils==0.12            # via botocore
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ hiredis==0.2.0
 iron-core==1.2.0          # via iron-mq
 iron-mq==0.8
 jmespath==0.9.0           # via boto3, botocore
-psutil==3.4.2
+psutil==4.0.0
 pymongo==3.2.1
 python-dateutil==2.4.2    # via arrow, botocore, iron-core
 redis==2.10.5
 requests==2.9.1           # via iron-core, rollbar
-rollbar==0.11.2
+rollbar==0.11.3
 six==1.10.0               # via blessed, python-dateutil, rollbar
 wcwidth==0.1.6            # via blessed