diff --git a/lib/job.js b/lib/job.js
index dcdbcec60..1e02cac2c 100644
--- a/lib/job.js
+++ b/lib/job.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ const errors = require('./errors');
 const backoffs = require('./backoffs');
 
 const FINISHED_WATCHDOG = 5000;
+const DEFAULT_JOB_NAME = '__default__';
 
 /**
 interface JobOptions
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ const Job = function(queue, name, data, opts) {
   if (typeof name !== 'string') {
     opts = data;
     data = name;
-    name = '__default__';
+    name = DEFAULT_JOB_NAME;
   }
 
   // defaults
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ function setDefaultOpts(opts) {
   return _opts;
 }
 
-Job.DEFAULT_JOB_NAME = '__default__';
+Job.DEFAULT_JOB_NAME = DEFAULT_JOB_NAME;
 
 function addJob(queue, client, job) {
   const opts = job.opts;