diff --git a/lib/solid_queue.rb b/lib/solid_queue.rb
index 6f1fa1ad..1dd92ad8 100644
--- a/lib/solid_queue.rb
+++ b/lib/solid_queue.rb
@@ -27,10 +27,16 @@ module SolidQueue
 
   mattr_accessor :shutdown_timeout, default: 5.seconds
 
+  mattr_accessor :silence_polling, default: false
+
   mattr_accessor :supervisor_pidfile
   mattr_accessor :supervisor, default: false
 
   def self.supervisor?
     supervisor
   end
+
+  def self.silence_polling?
+    silence_polling
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/solid_queue/configuration.rb b/lib/solid_queue/configuration.rb
index 14914223..90664515 100644
--- a/lib/solid_queue/configuration.rb
+++ b/lib/solid_queue/configuration.rb
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ def runners
     def workers
       if mode.in? %i[ work all]
         workers_options.flat_map do |worker_options|
-          worker_options = { silence_polling: silence_polling? }.merge(worker_options)
           processes = worker_options.fetch(:processes, WORKER_DEFAULTS[:processes])
           processes.times.collect { SolidQueue::Worker.new(**worker_options.with_defaults(WORKER_DEFAULTS)) }
         end
@@ -50,10 +49,6 @@ def max_number_of_threads
       workers_options.map { |options| options[:threads] }.max + 2
     end
 
-    def silence_polling?
-      @raw_config[:silence_polling].present?
-    end
-
     private
       attr_reader :raw_config, :mode
 
diff --git a/lib/solid_queue/engine.rb b/lib/solid_queue/engine.rb
index eebef756..4bf3781a 100644
--- a/lib/solid_queue/engine.rb
+++ b/lib/solid_queue/engine.rb
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class Engine < ::Rails::Engine
         SolidQueue.process_heartbeat_interval = app.config.solid_queue.process_heartbeat_interval || 60.seconds
         SolidQueue.process_alive_threshold    = app.config.solid_queue.process_alive_threshold || 5.minutes
         SolidQueue.shutdown_timeout           = app.config.solid_queue.shutdown_timeout || 5.seconds
+        SolidQueue.silence_polling            = app.config.solid_queue.silence_polling || false
         SolidQueue.supervisor_pidfile         = app.config.solid_queue.supervisor_pidfile || app.root.join("tmp", "pids", "solid_queue_supervisor.pid")
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/solid_queue/worker.rb b/lib/solid_queue/worker.rb
index c883428f..2529cf2a 100644
--- a/lib/solid_queue/worker.rb
+++ b/lib/solid_queue/worker.rb
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ def initialize(**options)
       @polling_interval = options[:polling_interval]
       @queues = options[:queues]
       @pool = Pool.new(options[:threads], on_idle: -> { wake_up })
-      @silence_polling = options[:silence_polling]
-    end
-
-    def silence_polling?
-      @silence_polling
     end
 
     private
@@ -53,7 +48,7 @@ def metadata
       end
 
       def with_polling_volume
-        if silence_polling?
+        if SolidQueue.silence_polling?
           ActiveRecord::Base.logger.silence { yield }
         else
           yield
diff --git a/test/unit/configuration_test.rb b/test/unit/configuration_test.rb
index a902fe16..0f9f6254 100644
--- a/test/unit/configuration_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/configuration_test.rb
@@ -24,14 +24,6 @@ class ConfigurationTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert 7, configuration.max_number_of_threads
   end
 
-  test "silence polling" do
-    background_worker = { queues: "background", polling_interval: 10 }
-    config_as_hash = { workers: [ background_worker, background_worker ], silence_polling: true }
-    configuration = SolidQueue::Configuration.new(mode: :all, load_from: config_as_hash)
-    assert configuration.silence_polling?
-    assert configuration.workers.map(&:silence_polling?).all?
-  end
-
   test "mulitple workers with the same configuration" do
     background_worker = { queues: "background", polling_interval: 10, processes: 3 }
     config_as_hash = { workers: [ background_worker ] }
diff --git a/test/unit/worker_test.rb b/test/unit/worker_test.rb
index 50b635d0..0f5605aa 100644
--- a/test/unit/worker_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/worker_test.rb
@@ -56,19 +56,21 @@ class WorkerTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   test "polling queries are logged" do
     log = StringIO.new
     old_logger, ActiveRecord::Base.logger = ActiveRecord::Base.logger, ActiveSupport::Logger.new(log)
+    old_silence_polling, SolidQueue.silence_polling = SolidQueue.silence_polling, false
+
     @worker.start(mode: :async)
     sleep 0.5
 
     assert_match /SELECT .* FROM .solid_queue_ready_executions. WHERE \(.solid_queue_ready_executions...queue_name./, log.string
   ensure
     ActiveRecord::Base.logger = old_logger
+    SolidQueue.silence_polling = old_silence_polling
   end
 
   test "polling queries can be silenced" do
-    @worker = SolidQueue::Worker.new(queues: "background", threads: 3, polling_interval: 4, silence_polling: true)
-
     log = StringIO.new
     old_logger, ActiveRecord::Base.logger = ActiveRecord::Base.logger, ActiveSupport::Logger.new(log)
+    old_silence_polling, SolidQueue.silence_polling = SolidQueue.silence_polling, true
 
     @worker.start(mode: :async)
     sleep 0.5
@@ -76,5 +78,6 @@ class WorkerTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     assert_no_match /SELECT .* FROM .solid_queue_ready_executions. WHERE \(.solid_queue_ready_executions...queue_name./, log.string
   ensure
     ActiveRecord::Base.logger = old_logger
+    SolidQueue.silence_polling = old_silence_polling
   end
 end