diff --git a/servicelayer/taskqueue.py b/servicelayer/taskqueue.py
index 417749d..89e95fb 100644
--- a/servicelayer/taskqueue.py
+++ b/servicelayer/taskqueue.py
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@
 OP_ANALYZE = "analyze"
 OP_INDEX = "index"
 
-# ToDo: consider ALEPH_INGEST_PIPELINE setting
-INGEST_OPS = (OP_INGEST, OP_ANALYZE)
-
 TIMEOUT = 5
 
 
@@ -366,16 +363,6 @@ def apply_task_context(task: Task, **kwargs):
     )
 
 
-def get_routing_key(stage):
-    if stage in INGEST_OPS:
-        routing_key = settings.QUEUE_INGEST
-    elif stage == OP_INDEX:
-        routing_key = settings.QUEUE_INDEX
-    else:
-        routing_key = settings.QUEUE_ALEPH
-    return routing_key
-
-
 class MaxRetriesExceededError(Exception):
     pass
 
@@ -383,7 +370,7 @@ class MaxRetriesExceededError(Exception):
 class Worker(ABC):
     def __init__(
         self,
-        queues,
+        stages,
         conn=None,
         num_threads=settings.WORKER_THREADS,
         version=None,
@@ -391,7 +378,7 @@ def __init__(
     ):
         self.conn = conn or get_redis()
         self.num_threads = num_threads
-        self.queues = ensure_list(queues)
+        self.stages = ensure_list(stages)
         self.version = version
         self.prefetch_count = prefetch_count
         self.local_queue = Queue()
@@ -540,16 +527,30 @@ def process():
         channel = connection.channel()
         channel.basic_qos(prefetch_count=self.prefetch_count)
         on_message_callback = functools.partial(self.on_message, args=(connection,))
-        for queue in self.queues:
-            channel.queue_declare(
-                queue=queue,
+        for stage in self.stages:
+            result = channel.queue_declare(
+                queue="",
                 durable=True,
+                exclusive=True,
+                auto_delete=True,
                 arguments={
                     "x-max-priority": settings.RABBITMQ_MAX_PRIORITY,
                     "x-overflow": "reject-publish",
                 },
             )
-            channel.basic_consume(queue=queue, on_message_callback=on_message_callback)
+            queue_name = result.method.queue
+            channel.queue_bind(
+                queue=queue_name,
+                exchange="amq.topic",
+                routing_key=stage,
+            )
+            log.debug(
+                f"{platform.node()} bound queue {queue_name}"
+                f"to amq.topic exchange with routing key {stage}"
+            )
+            channel.basic_consume(
+                queue=queue_name, on_message_callback=on_message_callback
+            )
         channel.start_consuming()
 
 
@@ -576,38 +577,6 @@ def get_rabbitmq_connection():
                 )
                 local.connection = connection
 
-            if local.connection and local.connection.is_open:
-                log.debug("Defining RabbitMQ queues on an open connection")
-                channel = local.connection.channel()
-
-                channel.queue_declare(
-                    queue=settings.QUEUE_ALEPH,
-                    durable=True,
-                    arguments={
-                        "x-max-priority": settings.RABBITMQ_MAX_PRIORITY,
-                        "x-overflow": "reject-publish",
-                    },
-                )
-
-                channel.queue_declare(
-                    queue=settings.QUEUE_INGEST,
-                    durable=True,
-                    arguments={
-                        "x-max-priority": settings.RABBITMQ_MAX_PRIORITY,
-                        "x-overflow": "reject-publish",
-                    },
-                )
-
-                channel.queue_declare(
-                    queue=settings.QUEUE_INDEX,
-                    durable=True,
-                    arguments={
-                        "x-max-priority": settings.RABBITMQ_MAX_PRIORITY,
-                        "x-overflow": "reject-publish",
-                    },
-                )
-
-                channel.close()
                 return local.connection
 
         except (