diff --git a/backends/postgres/migrations/20230928141356_create-new-job-trigger.down.sql b/backends/postgres/migrations/20230928141356_create-new-job-trigger.down.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c28d4b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backends/postgres/migrations/20230928141356_create-new-job-trigger.down.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+DROP TRIGGER IF EXISTS announce_job ON neoq_jobs CASCADE;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backends/postgres/migrations/20230928141356_create-new-job-trigger.up.sql b/backends/postgres/migrations/20230928141356_create-new-job-trigger.up.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..865d442
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backends/postgres/migrations/20230928141356_create-new-job-trigger.up.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+CREATE OR REPLACE FUNCTION announce_job() RETURNS trigger AS $$
+DECLARE
+BEGIN
+  PERFORM pg_notify(CAST(NEW.queue AS text), CAST(NEW.id AS text));
+  RETURN NEW;
+END;
+$$ LANGUAGE plpgsql;
+
+CREATE TRIGGER announce_job 
+  AFTER INSERT ON neoq_jobs FOR EACH ROW 
+  WHEN (NEW.run_after <= timezone('utc', NEW.created_at))
+  EXECUTE PROCEDURE announce_job();
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backends/postgres/postgres_backend.go b/backends/postgres/postgres_backend.go
index 1d76b71..7889ea5 100644
--- a/backends/postgres/postgres_backend.go
+++ b/backends/postgres/postgres_backend.go
@@ -149,6 +149,10 @@ func Backend(ctx context.Context, opts ...neoq.ConfigOption) (pb neoq.Neoq, err
 				// there is no limit to the amount of time a worker's transactions may be idle
 				query = setIdleInTxSessionTimeout
 			}
+
+			if !p.config.SynchronousCommit {
+				query = fmt.Sprintf("%s; SET synchronous_commit = 'off';", query)
+			}
 			_, err = conn.Exec(ctx, query)
 			return
 		}
@@ -184,6 +188,24 @@ func WithTransactionTimeout(txTimeout int) neoq.ConfigOption {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithSynchronousCommit enables postgres parameter `synchronous_commit`.
+//
+// By default, neoq runs with synchronous_commit disabled.
+//
+// Postgres incurrs significant transactional overhead from synchronously committing small transactions. Because
+// neoq jobs must be enqueued individually, and payloads are generally quite small, synchronous_commit introduces
+// significant overhead, but increases data durability.
+//
+// See https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/wal-async-commit.html for details on the implications that this has for
+// neoq jobs.
+//
+// Enabling synchronous commit results in an order of magnitude slowdown in enqueueing and processing jobs.
+func WithSynchronousCommit(enabled bool) neoq.ConfigOption {
+	return func(c *neoq.Config) {
+		c.SynchronousCommit = enabled
+	}
+}
+
 // txFromContext gets the transaction from a context, if the transaction is already set
 func txFromContext(ctx context.Context) (t pgx.Tx, err error) {
 	var ok bool
@@ -271,15 +293,6 @@ func (p *PgBackend) Enqueue(ctx context.Context, job *jobs.Job) (jobID string, e
 	// Rollback is safe to call even if the tx is already closed, so if
 	// the tx commits successfully, this is a no-op
 	defer func(ctx context.Context) { _ = tx.Rollback(ctx) }(ctx) // rollback has no effect if the transaction has been committed
-
-	// Make sure RunAfter is set to a non-zero value if not provided by the caller
-	// if already set, schedule the future job
-	now := time.Now().UTC()
-	if job.RunAfter.IsZero() {
-		p.logger.Debug("RunAfter not set, job will run immediately after being enqueued")
-		job.RunAfter = now
-	}
-
 	jobID, err = p.enqueueJob(ctx, tx, job)
 	if err != nil {
 		var pgErr *pgconn.PgError
@@ -300,10 +313,8 @@ func (p *PgBackend) Enqueue(ctx context.Context, job *jobs.Job) (jobID string, e
 	}
 	p.logger.Debug("job added to queue:", "job_id", jobID)
 
-	// notify listeners that a new job has arrived if it's not a future job
-	if job.RunAfter.Equal(now) {
-		p.announceJob(ctx, job.Queue, jobID)
-	} else {
+	// add future jobs to the future job list
+	if job.RunAfter.After(time.Now().UTC()) {
 		p.mu.Lock()
 		p.futureJobs[jobID] = job.RunAfter
 		p.mu.Unlock()
@@ -607,6 +618,9 @@ func (p *PgBackend) scheduleFutureJobs(ctx context.Context, queue string) {
 
 // announceJob announces jobs to queue listeners.
 //
+// When jobs are inserted into the neoq_jobs table, a trigger announces the new job's arrival. This function is to be
+// used for announcing jobs that have not been recently inserted into the neoq_jobs table.
+//
 // Announced jobs are executed by the first worker to respond to the announcement.
 func (p *PgBackend) announceJob(ctx context.Context, queue, jobID string) {
 	conn, err := p.pool.Acquire(ctx)
diff --git a/neoq.go b/neoq.go
index b79397c..3749506 100644
--- a/neoq.go
+++ b/neoq.go
@@ -29,13 +29,14 @@ var ErrBackendNotSpecified = errors.New("a backend must be specified")
 // per-handler basis.
 type Config struct {
 	BackendInitializer     BackendInitializer
-	BackendAuthPassword    string           // password with which to authenticate to the backend's data provider
+	BackendAuthPassword    string           // password with which to authenticate to the backend
 	BackendConcurrency     int              // total number of backend processes available to process jobs
 	ConnectionString       string           // a string containing connection details for the backend
 	JobCheckInterval       time.Duration    // the interval of time between checking for new future/retry jobs
 	FutureJobWindow        time.Duration    // time duration between current time and job.RunAfter that goroutines schedule for future jobs
 	IdleTransactionTimeout int              // the number of milliseconds PgBackend transaction may idle before the connection is killed
 	ShutdownTimeout        time.Duration    // duration to wait for jobs to finish during shutdown
+	SynchronousCommit      bool             // Postgres: Enable synchronous commits (increases durability, decreases performance)
 	LogLevel               logging.LogLevel // the log level of the default logger
 }