diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 22cc1bd..4d38bb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: [3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8]
+        python-version: [3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8.3]
         redis-version: [3, 4, 5, 6]
         redis-py-version: [3.5.0]
 
diff --git a/rq/registry.py b/rq/registry.py
index 9cb410c..579d0c5 100644
--- a/rq/registry.py
+++ b/rq/registry.py
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ class BaseRegistry(object):
         return self.count
 
     def __eq__(self, other):
-        return (self.name == other.name and self.connection == other.connection)
+        return (
+            self.name == other.name and
+            self.connection.connection_pool.connection_kwargs == other.connection.connection_pool.connection_kwargs
+        )
 
     def __contains__(self, item):
         """
diff --git a/rq/scheduler.py b/rq/scheduler.py
index cc1b999..4d2312f 100644
--- a/rq/scheduler.py
+++ b/rq/scheduler.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ from .registry import ScheduledJobRegistry
 from .utils import current_timestamp, enum
 from .logutils import setup_loghandlers
 
+from redis import Redis
+
 
 SCHEDULER_KEY_TEMPLATE = 'rq:scheduler:%s'
 SCHEDULER_LOCKING_KEY_TEMPLATE = 'rq:scheduler-lock:%s'
@@ -43,11 +45,19 @@ class RQScheduler(object):
         self._acquired_locks = set()
         self._scheduled_job_registries = []
         self.lock_acquisition_time = None
-        self.connection = connection
+        self._connection_kwargs = connection.connection_pool.connection_kwargs
+        self._connection = None
         self.interval = interval
         self._stop_requested = False
         self._status = self.Status.STOPPED
         self._process = None
+    
+    @property
+    def connection(self):
+        if self._connection:
+            return self._connection
+        self._connection = Redis(**self._connection_kwargs)
+        return Redis(**self._connection_kwargs)
 
     @property
     def acquired_locks(self):
@@ -59,12 +69,12 @@ class RQScheduler(object):
 
     @property
     def should_reacquire_locks(self):
-        """Returns True if lock_acquisition_time is longer than 15 minutes ago"""
+        """Returns True if lock_acquisition_time is longer than 10 minutes ago"""
         if self._queue_names == self.acquired_locks:
             return False
         if not self.lock_acquisition_time:
             return True
-        return (datetime.now() - self.lock_acquisition_time).total_seconds() > 900
+        return (datetime.now() - self.lock_acquisition_time).total_seconds() > 600
 
     def acquire_locks(self, auto_start=False):
         """Returns names of queue it successfully acquires lock on"""
@@ -74,9 +84,10 @@ class RQScheduler(object):
         for name in self._queue_names:
             if self.connection.set(self.get_locking_key(name), pid, nx=True, ex=5):
                 successful_locks.add(name)
-        self._acquired_locks = self._acquired_locks.union(successful_locks)
-        if self._acquired_locks:
-            self.prepare_registries(self._acquired_locks)
+
+        # Always reset _scheduled_job_registries when acquiring locks
+        self._scheduled_job_registries = []
+        self._acquired_locks = self._acquired_locks.union(successful_locks)        
 
         self.lock_acquisition_time = datetime.now()
 
@@ -88,9 +99,11 @@ class RQScheduler(object):
 
         return successful_locks
 
-    def prepare_registries(self, queue_names):
+    def prepare_registries(self, queue_names=None):
         """Prepare scheduled job registries for use"""
         self._scheduled_job_registries = []
+        if not queue_names:
+            queue_names = self._acquired_locks
         for name in queue_names:
             self._scheduled_job_registries.append(
                 ScheduledJobRegistry(name, connection=self.connection)
@@ -104,6 +117,10 @@ class RQScheduler(object):
     def enqueue_scheduled_jobs(self):
         """Enqueue jobs whose timestamp is in the past"""
         self._status = self.Status.WORKING
+
+        if not self._scheduled_job_registries and self._acquired_locks:
+            self.prepare_registries()
+
         for registry in self._scheduled_job_registries:
             timestamp = current_timestamp()
 
@@ -158,12 +175,16 @@ class RQScheduler(object):
     
     def start(self):
         self._status = self.Status.STARTED
+        # Redis instance can't be pickled across processes so we need to
+        # clean this up before forking
+        self._connection = None
         self._process = Process(target=run, args=(self,), name='Scheduler')
         self._process.start()
         return self._process
 
     def work(self):
         self._install_signal_handlers()
+
         while True:
             if self._stop_requested:
                 self.stop()
diff --git a/rq/worker.py b/rq/worker.py
index 7cfa130..87d405f 100644
--- a/rq/worker.py
+++ b/rq/worker.py
@@ -1006,10 +1006,10 @@ class Worker(object):
 
     @property
     def should_run_maintenance_tasks(self):
-        """Maintenance tasks should run on first startup or 15 minutes."""
+        """Maintenance tasks should run on first startup or every 10 minutes."""
         if self.last_cleaned_at is None:
             return True
-        if (utcnow() - self.last_cleaned_at) > timedelta(minutes=15):
+        if (utcnow() - self.last_cleaned_at) > timedelta(minutes=10):
             return True
         return False