diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2322fef..a404dc2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@xtr-dev/payload-mailing",
-  "version": "0.0.7",
+  "version": "0.0.8",
   "description": "Template-based email system with scheduling and job processing for PayloadCMS",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
diff --git a/src/plugin.ts b/src/plugin.ts
index ffdfc94..5feeba8 100644
--- a/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugin.ts
@@ -4,9 +4,61 @@ import { MailingService } from './services/MailingService.js'
 import { createEmailTemplatesCollection } from './collections/EmailTemplates.js'
 import Emails from './collections/Emails.js'
 
+// Helper function to schedule the email processing job
+async function scheduleEmailProcessingJob(payload: any, queueName: string, delayMs: number = 60000): Promise<boolean> {
+  if (!queueName || typeof queueName !== 'string') {
+    throw new Error('Invalid queueName: must be a non-empty string')
+  }
+
+  const jobSlug = 'process-email-queue'
+
+  // Check if there's already a scheduled job for this task
+  const existingJobs = await payload.find({
+    collection: 'payload-jobs',
+    where: {
+      and: [
+        {
+          taskSlug: {
+            equals: jobSlug,
+          },
+        },
+        {
+          hasCompleted: {
+            equals: false,
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    limit: 1,
+  })
+
+  // If no existing job, schedule a new one
+  if (existingJobs.docs.length === 0) {
+    await payload.create({
+      collection: 'payload-jobs',
+      data: {
+        taskSlug: jobSlug,
+        input: {},
+        queue: queueName,
+        waitUntil: new Date(Date.now() + delayMs),
+      },
+    })
+    console.log(`🔄 Scheduled email processing job in queue: ${queueName}`)
+    return true
+  } else {
+    console.log(`✅ Email processing job already scheduled in queue: ${queueName}`)
+    return false
+  }
+}
+
 export const mailingPlugin = (pluginConfig: MailingPluginConfig) => (config: Config): Config => {
   const queueName = pluginConfig.queue || 'default'
 
+  // Validate queueName
+  if (!queueName || typeof queueName !== 'string') {
+    throw new Error('Invalid queue configuration: queue must be a non-empty string')
+  }
+
   // Handle templates collection configuration
   const templatesConfig = pluginConfig.collections?.templates
   const templatesSlug = typeof templatesConfig === 'string' ? templatesConfig : 'email-templates'
@@ -80,8 +132,11 @@ export const mailingPlugin = (pluginConfig: MailingPluginConfig) => (config: Con
         {
           slug: 'process-email-queue',
           handler: async ({ job, req }: { job: any; req: any }) => {
+            const payload = (req as any).payload
+            let jobResult = null
+
             try {
-              const mailingService = new MailingService((req as any).payload, pluginConfig)
+              const mailingService = new MailingService(payload, pluginConfig)
 
               console.log('🔄 Processing email queue (pending + failed emails)...')
 
@@ -91,19 +146,41 @@ export const mailingPlugin = (pluginConfig: MailingPluginConfig) => (config: Con
               // Then retry failed emails
               await mailingService.retryFailedEmails()
 
-              return {
+              jobResult = {
                 output: {
                   success: true,
                   message: 'Email queue processed successfully (pending and failed emails)'
                 }
               }
+
+              console.log('✅ Email queue processing completed successfully')
+
             } catch (error) {
               console.error('❌ Error processing email queue:', error)
               const errorMessage = error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error'
 
-              // Properly fail the job by throwing the error
-              throw new Error(`Email queue processing failed: ${errorMessage}`)
+              jobResult = new Error(`Email queue processing failed: ${errorMessage}`)
             }
+
+            // Always reschedule the next job (success or failure) using duplicate prevention
+            let rescheduled = false
+            try {
+              rescheduled = await scheduleEmailProcessingJob(payload, queueName, 300000) // Reschedule in 5 minutes
+              if (rescheduled) {
+                console.log(`🔄 Rescheduled next email processing job in ${queueName} queue`)
+              }
+            } catch (rescheduleError) {
+              console.error('❌ Failed to reschedule email processing job:', rescheduleError)
+              // If rescheduling fails, we should warn but not fail the current job
+              // since the email processing itself may have succeeded
+              console.warn('⚠️  Email processing completed but next job could not be scheduled')
+            }
+
+            // Return the original result or throw the error
+            if (jobResult instanceof Error) {
+              throw jobResult
+            }
+            return jobResult
           },
           interfaceName: 'ProcessEmailQueueJob',
         },
@@ -130,6 +207,13 @@ export const mailingPlugin = (pluginConfig: MailingPluginConfig) => (config: Con
 
       console.log('PayloadCMS Mailing Plugin initialized successfully')
 
+      // Schedule the email processing job if not already scheduled
+      try {
+        await scheduleEmailProcessingJob(payload, queueName)
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error('Failed to schedule email processing job:', error)
+      }
+
       // Call onReady callback if provided
       if (pluginConfig.onReady) {
         await pluginConfig.onReady(payload)