diff --git a/application/app.py b/application/app.py
index 7350c498..348a578c 100644
--- a/application/app.py
+++ b/application/app.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ from werkzeug.utils import secure_filename
 
 from error import bad_request
 from worker import ingest_worker
+import celeryconfig
 
 # os.environ["LANGCHAIN_HANDLER"] = "langchain"
 
@@ -92,8 +93,8 @@ app.config['UPLOAD_FOLDER'] = UPLOAD_FOLDER = "inputs"
 app.config['CELERY_BROKER_URL'] = os.getenv("CELERY_BROKER_URL")
 app.config['CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND'] = os.getenv("CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND")
 app.config['MONGO_URI'] = os.getenv("MONGO_URI")
-celery = Celery(app.name, broker=app.config['CELERY_BROKER_URL'], backend=app.config['CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND'])
-celery.conf.update(app.config)
+celery = Celery()
+celery.config_from_object(celeryconfig)
 mongo = MongoClient(app.config['MONGO_URI'])
 db = mongo["docsgpt"]
 vectors_collection = db["vectors"]
diff --git a/application/celeryconfig.py b/application/celeryconfig.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..efa10f07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/application/celeryconfig.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import os
+broker_url = os.getenv("CELERY_BROKER_URL")
+result_backend = os.getenv("CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND")
+
+task_serializer = 'json'
+result_serializer = 'json'
+accept_content = ['json']
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