diff --git a/backend/danswer/background/celery/celery.py b/backend/danswer/background/celery/celery.py
index 902aaac8ca8..b2f3c28cc34 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/background/celery/celery.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/background/celery/celery.py
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@
 connection_string = build_connection_string(db_api=SYNC_DB_API)
 # celery_broker_url = f"sqla+{connection_string}"
 celery_broker_url = "redis://redis-server-service:6379/0"
-celery_backend_url = f"db+{connection_string}"
+# celery_backend_url = f"db+{connection_string}"
+celery_backend_url = "redis://redis-server-service:6379/0"
 celery_app = Celery(__name__, broker=celery_broker_url, backend=celery_backend_url)