diff --git a/Classes/Command/JobCommandController.php b/Classes/Command/JobCommandController.php
index ee10638..f3dc811 100644
--- a/Classes/Command/JobCommandController.php
+++ b/Classes/Command/JobCommandController.php
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 use Flowpack\JobQueue\Common\Job\JobManager;
 use Flowpack\JobQueue\Common\Queue\Message;
 use Flowpack\JobQueue\Common\Queue\QueueManager;
+use Neos\Cache\Frontend\VariableFrontend;
 use Neos\Flow\Annotations as Flow;
 use Neos\Flow\Cli\CommandController;
 
@@ -35,6 +36,12 @@ class JobCommandController extends CommandController
      */
     protected $queueManager;
 
+    /**
+     * @Flow\Inject
+     * @var VariableFrontend
+     */
+    protected $messageCache;
+
     /**
      * Work on a queue and execute jobs
      *
@@ -135,14 +142,19 @@ public function listCommand($queue, $limit = 1)
      * Execute one job
      *
      * @param string $queue
-     * @param string $serializedMessage An instance of Message serialized and base64-encoded
+     * @param string $messageCacheIdentifier An identifier to receive the message from the cache
      * @return void
      * @internal This command is mainly used by the JobManager and FakeQueue in order to execute commands in sub requests
+     * @throws JobQueueException
      */
-    public function executeCommand($queue, $serializedMessage)
+    public function executeCommand($queue, $messageCacheIdentifier)
     {
+        if(!$this->messageCache->has($messageCacheIdentifier)) {
+            throw new JobQueueException(sprintf('No message with identifier %s was found in the message cache.', $messageCacheIdentifier), 1517868903);
+        }
+
         /** @var Message $message */
-        $message = unserialize(base64_decode($serializedMessage));
+        $message = unserialize($this->messageCache->get($messageCacheIdentifier));
         $queue = $this->queueManager->getQueue($queue);
         $this->jobManager->executeJobForMessage($queue, $message);
     }
diff --git a/Classes/Job/JobManager.php b/Classes/Job/JobManager.php
index 3af7c0d..14027b0 100644
--- a/Classes/Job/JobManager.php
+++ b/Classes/Job/JobManager.php
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 
 use Flowpack\JobQueue\Common\Queue\QueueInterface;
+use Neos\Cache\Frontend\VariableFrontend;
 use Neos\Flow\Annotations as Flow;
 use Neos\Flow\Core\Booting\Scripts;
 use Neos\Flow\Property\PropertyMapper;
@@ -38,6 +39,12 @@ class JobManager
      */
     protected $propertyMapper;
 
+    /**
+     * @Flow\Inject
+     * @var VariableFrontend
+     */
+    protected $messageCache;
+
     /**
      * @Flow\InjectConfiguration
      * @var array
@@ -92,7 +99,10 @@ public function waitAndExecute($queueName, $timeout = null)
         $queueSettings = $this->queueManager->getQueueSettings($queueName);
         try {
             if (isset($queueSettings['executeIsolated']) && $queueSettings['executeIsolated'] === true) {
-                Scripts::executeCommand('flowpack.jobqueue.common:job:execute', $this->flowSettings, false, [$queue->getName(), base64_encode(serialize($message))]);
+                $messageCacheIdentifier = sha1(serialize($message));
+                $this->messageCache->set($messageCacheIdentifier, serialize($message));
+                Scripts::executeCommand('flowpack.jobqueue.common:job:execute', $this->flowSettings, false, [$queue->getName(), $messageCacheIdentifier]);
+                $this->messageCache->remove($messageCacheIdentifier);
             } else {
                 $this->executeJobForMessage($queue, $message);
             }
@@ -235,4 +245,4 @@ protected function emitMessageFailed(QueueInterface $queue, Message $message, \E
     {
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/Configuration/Caches.yaml b/Configuration/Caches.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d231cfd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Configuration/Caches.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FlowPackJobQueueCommon_MessageCache:
+  frontend: Neos\Cache\Frontend\VariableFrontend
+  persistent: true
diff --git a/Configuration/Objects.yaml b/Configuration/Objects.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8fb3856
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Configuration/Objects.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Flowpack\JobQueue\Common\Job\JobManager:
+  properties:
+    messageCache:
+      object:
+        factoryObjectName: Neos\Flow\Cache\CacheManager
+        factoryMethodName: getCache
+        arguments:
+          1:
+            value: FlowPackJobQueueCommon_MessageCache
+
+Flowpack\JobQueue\Common\Command\JobCommandController:
+  properties:
+    messageCache:
+      object:
+        factoryObjectName: Neos\Flow\Cache\CacheManager
+        factoryMethodName: getCache
+        arguments:
+          1:
+            value: FlowPackJobQueueCommon_MessageCache