diff --git a/backend/application/__init__.py b/backend/application/__init__.py
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..b7ddb6f4e6c8780c810d6f0d10facaa46e01f735 100644
--- a/backend/application/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/application/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# This will make sure the app is always imported when
+# Django starts so that shared_task will use this app.
+from .celery import app as celery_app
+
+__all__ = ('celery_app',)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/backend/application/celery.py b/backend/application/celery.py
index d57b92ada7e3cc3c2e569a9b549d1ea2c52c2b31..10bce56c5f643ba19c776409ee2d5482e2fc3560 100644
--- a/backend/application/celery.py
+++ b/backend/application/celery.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ else:
     from celery import Celery
 
     app = Celery(f"application")
-app.config_from_object('django.conf:settings')
+app.config_from_object('django.conf:settings', namespace='CELERY')
 app.autodiscover_tasks(lambda: settings.INSTALLED_APPS)
 platforms.C_FORCE_ROOT = True