diff --git a/dds_web/__init__.py b/dds_web/__init__.py
index 55d7e51cb..4334cec18 100644
--- a/dds_web/__init__.py
+++ b/dds_web/__init__.py
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import sqlalchemy
 import structlog
 import werkzeug
+from celery import Celery
 
 ####################################################################################################
 # GLOBAL VARIABLES ############################################################## GLOBAL VARIABLES #
@@ -62,6 +63,8 @@
 # Migration
 migrate = flask_migrate.Migrate()
 
+# Celery
+celery = Celery()
 
 ####################################################################################################
 # FUNCTIONS ############################################################################ FUNCTIONS #
@@ -280,6 +283,10 @@ def load_user(user_id):
         # Initialize migrations
         migrate.init_app(app, db)
 
+        # Celery
+        celery = Celery(app.name, broker=app.config["CELERY_BROKER_URL"])
+        celery.conf.update(app.config)
+
         # initialize OIDC
         oauth.init_app(app)
         oauth.register(
diff --git a/dds_web/config.py b/dds_web/config.py
index be2aa4254..2636b1542 100644
--- a/dds_web/config.py
+++ b/dds_web/config.py
@@ -91,3 +91,6 @@ class Config(object):
     # Logging setup; 0 means no log rotation
     LOG_MAX_SIZE = os.environ.get("LOG_MAX_SIZE", 0x100000)
     LOG_BACKUP_COUNT = os.environ.get("LOG_BACKUP_COUNT", 15)
+
+    CELERY_BROKER_URL = 'redis://localhost:6379/0'
+    CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = 'redis://localhost:6379/0'
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diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7cda25b4a..e3196a9b2 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -174,3 +174,11 @@ services:
       - type: bind
         source: ../dds_cli
         target: /code
+
+  worker:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfiles/backend.Dockerfile
+    command: celery -A run.celery worker --loglevel=info
+    links:
+      - redis
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6a8f66aab..b615d189d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ blinker==1.4
 boto3==1.20.47
 botocore==1.23.47
 cachetools==5.2.0
-celery==5.4.0
+celery[redis]==5.4.0
 certifi==2024.7.4
 cffi==1.15.0
 charset-normalizer==2.0.11
-click==8.0.3
+click==8.1.2 # Celery requires >=8.1.2
 cryptography==42.0.4
 Deprecated==1.2.13
 dnspython==2.2.0
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ python-dateutil==2.8.2
 pytz==2021.3
 pytz-deprecation-shim==0.1.0.post0
 qrcode==7.3.1
-redis==4.5.5
+redis==4.6.0 # Celery requires != 4.5.5, <6.0.0, >=4.5.2
 requests==2.32.0
 requests_cache==0.9.4
 rich==12.5.1
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ simplejson==3.17.6
 six==1.16.0
 SQLAlchemy==1.4.31
 structlog==21.5.0
-tzdata==2021.5
+tzdata==2022.7 # Celery requires >=2022.7
 tzlocal==4.1
 urllib3==1.26.18
 visitor==0.1.3