diff --git a/backend/app/Events/ArticleReadyToPublish.php b/backend/app/Events/ArticleReadyToPublish.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bcb7a7..0000000
--- a/backend/app/Events/ArticleReadyToPublish.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace App\Events;
-
-use App\Models\Article;
-use Illuminate\Broadcasting\InteractsWithSockets;
-use Illuminate\Foundation\Events\Dispatchable;
-use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
-
-class ArticleReadyToPublish
-{
-    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithSockets, SerializesModels;
-
-    public function __construct(public Article $article)
-    {
-
-    }
-}
diff --git a/backend/app/Jobs/PublishNextArticleJob.php b/backend/app/Jobs/PublishNextArticleJob.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bd77d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/app/Jobs/PublishNextArticleJob.php
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Jobs;
+
+use App\Exceptions\PublishException;
+use App\Models\Article;
+use App\Services\Article\ArticleFetcher;
+use App\Services\Publishing\ArticlePublishingService;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldBeUnique;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Queue\Queueable;
+
+class PublishNextArticleJob implements ShouldQueue, ShouldBeUnique
+{
+    use Queueable;
+
+    /**
+     * The number of seconds after which the job's unique lock will be released.
+     */
+    public int $uniqueFor = 300;
+
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        $this->onQueue('publishing');
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the job.
+     * @throws PublishException
+     */
+    public function handle(): void
+    {
+        // Get the oldest approved article that hasn't been published yet
+        $article = Article::where('is_approved', true)
+            ->where('is_valid', true)
+            ->whereDoesntHave('articlePublication')
+            ->oldest('approved_at')
+            ->first();
+
+        if (! $article) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        logger()->info('Publishing next article from scheduled job', [
+            'article_id' => $article->id,
+            'title' => $article->title,
+            'url' => $article->url,
+            'approved_at' => $article->approved_at
+        ]);
+
+        // Fetch article data
+        $extractedData = ArticleFetcher::fetchArticleData($article);
+
+        /** @var ArticlePublishingService $publishingService */
+        $publishingService = resolve(ArticlePublishingService::class);
+
+        try {
+            $publishingService->publishToRoutedChannels($article, $extractedData);
+            
+            logger()->info('Successfully published article', [
+                'article_id' => $article->id,
+                'title' => $article->title
+            ]);
+        } catch (PublishException $e) {
+            logger()->error('Failed to publish article', [
+                'article_id' => $article->id,
+                'error' => $e->getMessage()
+            ]);
+            
+            throw $e;
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/app/Jobs/PublishToLemmyJob.php b/backend/app/Jobs/PublishToLemmyJob.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a436b1..0000000
--- a/backend/app/Jobs/PublishToLemmyJob.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace App\Jobs;
-
-use App\Exceptions\PublishException;
-use App\Models\Article;
-use App\Services\Article\ArticleFetcher;
-use App\Services\Publishing\ArticlePublishingService;
-use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
-use Illuminate\Foundation\Queue\Queueable;
-
-class PublishToLemmyJob implements ShouldQueue
-{
-    use Queueable;
-
-    public int $tries = 3;
-    public array $backoff = [60, 120, 300];
-
-    public function __construct(
-        private readonly Article $article
-    ) {
-        $this->onQueue('publishing');
-    }
-
-    public function handle(): void
-    {
-        $extractedData = ArticleFetcher::fetchArticleData($this->article);
-
-        /** @var ArticlePublishingService $publishingService */
-        $publishingService = resolve(ArticlePublishingService::class);
-
-        try {
-            $publishingService->publishToRoutedChannels($this->article, $extractedData);
-        } catch (PublishException $e) {
-            $this->fail($e);
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/backend/app/Listeners/PublishApprovedArticle.php b/backend/app/Listeners/PublishApprovedArticle.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 8ff3e31..0000000
--- a/backend/app/Listeners/PublishApprovedArticle.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace App\Listeners;
-
-use App\Events\ArticleApproved;
-use App\Events\ArticleReadyToPublish;
-use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
-
-class PublishApprovedArticle implements ShouldQueue
-{
-    public string $queue = 'default';
-
-    public function handle(ArticleApproved $event): void
-    {
-        $article = $event->article;
-
-        // Skip if already has publication (prevents duplicate processing)
-        if ($article->articlePublication()->exists()) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // Only publish if the article is valid and approved
-        if ($article->isValid() && $article->isApproved()) {
-            event(new ArticleReadyToPublish($article));
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/backend/app/Listeners/PublishArticle.php b/backend/app/Listeners/PublishArticle.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f37ce4..0000000
--- a/backend/app/Listeners/PublishArticle.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace App\Listeners;
-
-use App\Events\ArticleReadyToPublish;
-use App\Jobs\PublishToLemmyJob;
-use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
-
-class PublishArticle implements ShouldQueue
-{
-    public string|null $queue = 'publishing';
-    public int $delay = 300;
-    public int $tries = 3;
-    public int $backoff = 300;
-
-    public function __construct()
-    {}
-
-    public function handle(ArticleReadyToPublish $event): void
-    {
-        $article = $event->article;
-
-        if ($article->articlePublication()->exists()) {
-            logger()->info('Article already published, skipping job dispatch', [
-                'article_id' => $article->id,
-                'url' => $article->url
-            ]);
-
-            return;
-        }
-
-        logger()->info('Article queued for publishing to Lemmy', [
-            'article_id' => $article->id,
-            'url' => $article->url
-        ]);
-
-        PublishToLemmyJob::dispatch($article);
-    }
-}
diff --git a/backend/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php b/backend/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
index 544ba68..1ac3ea4 100644
--- a/backend/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
+++ b/backend/app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
@@ -30,16 +30,6 @@ public function boot(): void
             \App\Listeners\ValidateArticleListener::class,
         );
 
-        Event::listen(
-            \App\Events\ArticleApproved::class,
-            \App\Listeners\PublishApprovedArticle::class,
-        );
-
-        Event::listen(
-            \App\Events\ArticleReadyToPublish::class,
-            \App\Listeners\PublishArticle::class,
-        );
-
 
         app()->make(ExceptionHandler::class)
             ->reportable(function (Throwable $e) {
diff --git a/backend/routes/console.php b/backend/routes/console.php
index cd608fd..68d174c 100644
--- a/backend/routes/console.php
+++ b/backend/routes/console.php
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 <?php
 
+use App\Jobs\PublishNextArticleJob;
 use App\Jobs\SyncChannelPostsJob;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schedule;
 
 Schedule::call(function () {
     SyncChannelPostsJob::dispatchForAllActiveChannels();
 })->everyTenMinutes()->name('sync-lemmy-channel-posts');
+
+Schedule::job(new PublishNextArticleJob)
+    ->everyFiveMinutes()
+    ->name('publish-next-article')
+    ->withoutOverlapping()
+    ->onOneServer();