diff --git a/operations/tests/test_worker.py b/operations/tests/test_worker.py
index 44338a54..4c7ed476 100644
--- a/operations/tests/test_worker.py
+++ b/operations/tests/test_worker.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.db import OperationalError, connection
 from django.test import TransactionTestCase
 
+from appsettings.models import AppSettings
+from appsettings.settings import app_settings
 from operations import jobs
 from operations.models import Claim, Operation, WorkerLease
 from operations.tests import fakes
@@ -63,6 +65,18 @@ class WorkerTestCase(TransactionTestCase):
         self.assertTrue(wait_for(lambda: state(op) == Operation.SUCCEEDED))
         self.assertFalse(Claim.objects.exists())
 
+    def test_a_job_sees_the_settings_page_values(self):
+        # the worker has no settings middleware: it loads the values itself
+        AppSettings.objects.create(name="t", key="TEST_WORKER_VALUE", value="42", choices="")
+        if hasattr(app_settings, "TEST_WORKER_VALUE"):
+            del app_settings.TEST_WORKER_VALUE
+        op = self.submit("test.noop", {}, "key-00000009")
+        with patch.object(fakes.NoopKind, "run", lambda kind, op, ctx: {"value": app_settings.TEST_WORKER_VALUE}):
+            self.start()
+            self.assertTrue(wait_for(lambda: state(op) in Operation.TERMINAL))
+        op.refresh_from_db()
+        self.assertEqual((op.state, op.result), (Operation.SUCCEEDED, {"value": "42"}), op.error)
+
     def test_an_error_before_effects_fails_the_job(self):
         op = self.submit("test.scripted", {"fail_before": True}, "key-00000001")
         self.start()
diff --git a/operations/worker.py b/operations/worker.py
index c0130984..49ce5429 100644
--- a/operations/worker.py
+++ b/operations/worker.py
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ from django.db import close_old_connections
 from django.utils import timezone
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_noop
 
+from appsettings.settings import get_settings
+
 from . import claims, jobs, utils
 from .models import Claim, LeaseLost, Operation, acquire, fenced, renew
 
@@ -272,6 +274,7 @@ def execute(worker, op_id):
     op = Operation.objects.get(pk=op_id)
     kind = jobs.get_kind(op.kind)
     ctx = jobs.Context(op, worker)
+    get_settings()  # the Settings page values; only requests load them otherwise (middleware)
     try:
         with claims.adopted(op):
             kind.precheck(op, ctx)