diff --git a/src/CloudTasksJob.php b/src/CloudTasksJob.php
index fc83cbe..63f1e12 100644
--- a/src/CloudTasksJob.php
+++ b/src/CloudTasksJob.php
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ public function __construct(array $job, CloudTasksQueue $cloudTasksQueue)
         $this->job = $job;
         $this->container = Container::getInstance();
         $this->cloudTasksQueue = $cloudTasksQueue;
-        /** @var \stdClass $command */
-        $command = unserialize($job['data']['command']);
-        $this->queue = $command->queue;
+        
+        $command = TaskHandler::getCommandProperties($job['data']['command']);
+        $this->queue = $command['queue'] ?? config('queue.connections.' .config('queue.default') . '.queue');
     }
 
     public function getJobId(): string
diff --git a/src/TaskHandler.php b/src/TaskHandler.php
index 9c1ba50..989679c 100644
--- a/src/TaskHandler.php
+++ b/src/TaskHandler.php
@@ -5,8 +5,10 @@
 use Google\Cloud\Tasks\V2\CloudTasksClient;
 use Google\Cloud\Tasks\V2\RetryConfig;
 use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Encryption\Encrypter;
 use Illuminate\Queue\Jobs\Job;
 use Illuminate\Queue\WorkerOptions;
+use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 use stdClass;
 use UnexpectedValueException;
 use function Safe\json_decode;
@@ -56,8 +58,8 @@ private function loadQueueConnectionConfiguration(array $task): void
         /**
          * @var stdClass $command
          */
-        $command = unserialize($task['data']['command']);
-        $connection = $command->connection ?? config('queue.default');
+        $command = self::getCommandProperties($task['data']['command']);
+        $connection = $command['connection'] ?? config('queue.default');
         $this->config = array_merge(
             (array) config("queue.connections.{$connection}"),
             ['connection' => $connection]
@@ -131,4 +133,17 @@ private function loadQueueRetryConfig(CloudTasksJob $job): void
 
         $this->retryConfig = CloudTasksApi::getRetryConfig($queueName);
     }
+
+    public static function getCommandProperties(string $command): array
+    {
+        if (Str::startsWith($command, 'O:')) {
+            return (array) unserialize($command, ['allowed_classes' => false]);
+        }
+
+        if (app()->bound(Encrypter::class)) {
+            return (array) unserialize(app(Encrypter::class)->decrypt($command), ['allowed_classes' => false]);
+        }
+
+        return [];
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/QueueTest.php b/tests/QueueTest.php
index 0a89bda..cdd303f 100644
--- a/tests/QueueTest.php
+++ b/tests/QueueTest.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 use Google\Cloud\Tasks\V2\HttpMethod;
 use Google\Cloud\Tasks\V2\Task;
 use Stackkit\LaravelGoogleCloudTasksQueue\CloudTasksApi;
+use Stackkit\LaravelGoogleCloudTasksQueue\TaskHandler;
 use Tests\Support\FailingJob;
 use Tests\Support\SimpleJob;
 
@@ -137,19 +138,19 @@ public function it_posts_the_task_the_correct_queue()
         // Assert
         CloudTasksApi::assertTaskCreated(function (Task $task, string $queueName): bool {
             $decoded = json_decode($task->getHttpRequest()->getBody(), true);
-            $command = unserialize($decoded['data']['command']);
+            $command = TaskHandler::getCommandProperties($decoded['data']['command']);
 
             return $decoded['displayName'] === SimpleJob::class
-                && $command->queue === null
+                && $command['queue'] === null
                 && $queueName === 'projects/my-test-project/locations/europe-west6/queues/barbequeue';
         });
 
         CloudTasksApi::assertTaskCreated(function (Task $task, string $queueName): bool {
             $decoded = json_decode($task->getHttpRequest()->getBody(), true);
-            $command = unserialize($decoded['data']['command']);
+            $command = TaskHandler::getCommandProperties($decoded['data']['command']);
 
             return $decoded['displayName'] === FailingJob::class
-                && $command->queue === 'my-special-queue'
+                && $command['queue'] === 'my-special-queue'
                 && $queueName === 'projects/my-test-project/locations/europe-west6/queues/my-special-queue';
         });
     }
diff --git a/tests/Support/EncryptedJob.php b/tests/Support/EncryptedJob.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f8e4ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Support/EncryptedJob.php
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Support;
+
+use Illuminate\Bus\Queueable;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldBeEncrypted;
+use Illuminate\Contracts\Queue\ShouldQueue;
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\Dispatchable;
+use Illuminate\Queue\InteractsWithQueue;
+use Illuminate\Queue\SerializesModels;
+
+class EncryptedJob implements ShouldQueue, ShouldBeEncrypted
+{
+    use Dispatchable, InteractsWithQueue, Queueable, SerializesModels;
+
+    public function handle()
+    {
+        logger('EncryptedJob:success');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/TaskHandlerTest.php b/tests/TaskHandlerTest.php
index b70331f..ad6f4a6 100644
--- a/tests/TaskHandlerTest.php
+++ b/tests/TaskHandlerTest.php
@@ -5,21 +5,16 @@
 use Firebase\JWT\ExpiredException;
 use Google\Cloud\Tasks\V2\RetryConfig;
 use Google\Protobuf\Duration;
-use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
-use Illuminate\Queue\Events\JobExceptionOccurred;
-use Illuminate\Queue\Events\JobFailed;
 use Illuminate\Queue\Events\JobProcessed;
 use Illuminate\Queue\Events\JobProcessing;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Queue;
 use Stackkit\LaravelGoogleCloudTasksQueue\CloudTasksApi;
 use Stackkit\LaravelGoogleCloudTasksQueue\CloudTasksException;
-use Stackkit\LaravelGoogleCloudTasksQueue\CloudTasksJob;
 use Stackkit\LaravelGoogleCloudTasksQueue\LogFake;
 use Stackkit\LaravelGoogleCloudTasksQueue\OpenIdVerificator;
 use Stackkit\LaravelGoogleCloudTasksQueue\StackkitCloudTask;
+use Tests\Support\EncryptedJob;
 use Tests\Support\FailingJob;
 use Tests\Support\SimpleJob;
 use UnexpectedValueException;
@@ -272,4 +267,22 @@ public function test_max_attempts_in_combination_with_retry_until()
 
         $this->assertEquals('failed', $task->fresh()->status);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function it_can_handle_encrypted_jobs()
+    {
+        // Arrange
+        OpenIdVerificator::fake();
+        Log::swap(new LogFake());
+
+        // Act
+        $job = $this->dispatch(new EncryptedJob());
+        $job->run();
+
+        // Assert
+        $this->assertEquals('O:26:"Tests\Support\EncryptedJob":0:{}', decrypt($job->payload['data']['command']));
+        Log::assertLogged('EncryptedJob:success');
+    }
 }