diff --git a/celery_dev.sh b/celery_dev.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..74fe3d21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/celery_dev.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export REDIS_HOST=redis
+export REDIS_PORT=6379
+
+celery --app=service:celery beat --loglevel=INFO &
+celery --app=service:celery worker --loglevel=INFO &
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index bb2fd405..41a5aa39 100644
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 redis-server --daemonize yes
 
 # Run celery beat and worker
-celery beat --app=service:celery --loglevel=INFO &
-celery worker --app=service:celery --loglevel=INFO &
+celery --app=service:celery beat --loglevel=INFO &
+celery --app=service:celery worker --loglevel=INFO &
 
 # Run the gunicorn server
-exec gunicorn -b :8000 --timeout 300 --graceful-timeout 60 --access-logfile - --error-logfile - service:app
+#exec gunicorn -b :8000  --certfile=service.crt --keyfile=service.key --timeout 300 --graceful-timeout 60 --access-logfile - --error-logfile - service:app
+exec gunicorn -b :8000  --timeout 300 --graceful-timeout 60 --access-logfile - --error-logfile - service:app
diff --git a/platipy/backend/application.py b/platipy/backend/application.py
index a49c99d8..680d8d85 100644
--- a/platipy/backend/application.py
+++ b/platipy/backend/application.py
@@ -14,13 +14,8 @@
 
 import json
 import os
-import tempfile
 
 from flask import Flask
-from celery import current_app
-from celery.bin import worker
-from celery.bin import beat
-from multiprocessing import Process
 from loguru import logger
 import pydicom
 
@@ -57,42 +52,6 @@ def decorator(f):
 
         return decorator
 
-    def run_celery(self):
-
-        if self.celery_started:
-            return
-
-        application = current_app._get_current_object()
-
-        celery_worker = worker.worker(app=application)
-
-        options = {
-            "broker": self.config["CELERY_BROKER_URL"],
-            "loglevel": "INFO",
-            "traceback": True,
-        }
-
-        celery_worker.run(**options)
-
-    def run_beat(self):
-
-        if self.beat_started:
-            return
-
-        application = current_app._get_current_object()
-
-        celery_beat = beat.beat(app=application)
-
-        options = {
-            "broker": self.config["CELERY_BROKER_URL"],
-            "loglevel": "INFO",
-            "traceback": True,
-            "beat": True,
-            "schedule": os.path.join(str(tempfile.mkdtemp()), "celery-beat-schedule"),
-        }
-
-        celery_beat.run(**options)
-
     def run(
         self,
         host=None,
@@ -106,14 +65,6 @@ def run(
 
         logger.info("Starting APP!")
 
-        process_celery = Process(target=self.run_celery)
-        process_celery.start()
-        self.celery_started = True
-
-        process_beat = Process(target=self.run_beat)
-        process_beat.start()
-        self.beat_started = True
-
         self.dicom_listener_port = dicom_listener_port
         self.dicom_listener_aetitle = dicom_listener_aetitle
 
@@ -128,9 +79,6 @@ def run(
             **options
         )
 
-        process_celery.join()
-        process_beat.join()
-
     def run_dicom_listener(self, listen_port, listen_ae_title):
         """
         Background task that listens at a specific port for incoming dicom series
diff --git a/requirements-backend.txt b/requirements-backend.txt
index f4998c97..dc60968c 100644
--- a/requirements-backend.txt
+++ b/requirements-backend.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 flask >= 1.1.2
 flask-restful >= 0.3.8
 flask-sqlalchemy >= 2.4.4
-celery >= 4.4.7,< 5.0.0
+celery >= 5.2.3
 redis >= 3.5.3
 psutil >= 5.8.0
 gunicorn >= 20.0.4