diff --git a/api/funkwhale_api/taskapp/celery.py b/api/funkwhale_api/taskapp/celery.py
index 92fb2a0d9..e86cf0eae 100644
--- a/api/funkwhale_api/taskapp/celery.py
+++ b/api/funkwhale_api/taskapp/celery.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ logger = logging.getLogger("celery")
 if not settings.configured:
     # set the default Django settings module for the 'celery' program.
     os.environ.setdefault(
-        "DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings.local"
+        "DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings.production"
     )  # pragma: no cover
 
 app = celery.Celery("funkwhale_api")
diff --git a/changes/changelog.d/celery.bugfix b/changes/changelog.d/celery.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..448a536e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/changelog.d/celery.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fixed celery worker defaulting to development settings instead of production