diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_dev.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_dev.yml
index 36d199f1..d4d4a509 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_dev.yml
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ jobs:
               --build-arg OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI="${{ secrets.OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI }}" \
               --build-arg AWS_SQS_URL="${{ secrets.AWS_SQS_URL }}" \
               --build-arg MESSAGE_BROKER="aws_sqs" \
+              --build-arg CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND="${{ secrets.CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND }}" \ 
               --target production \
               -t $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG .
           docker push $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG
@@ -218,6 +219,7 @@ jobs:
               --build-arg OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI="${{ secrets.OAUTH_REDIRECT_URI }}" \
               --build-arg AWS_SQS_URL="${{ secrets.AWS_SQS_URL }}" \
               --build-arg MESSAGE_BROKER="aws_sqs" \
+              --build-arg CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND="${{ secrets.CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND }}" \ 
               --target prodworker \
               -t $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG .
           docker push $ECR_REGISTRY/$ECR_REPOSITORY:$IMAGE_TAG
diff --git a/backend/api/__init__.py b/backend/api/__init__.py
index 6ae5d3d4..61988b00 100644
--- a/backend/api/__init__.py
+++ b/backend/api/__init__.py
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ def create_app(debug: bool = False) -> Flask:
         app.config.from_mapping(
             CELERY=dict(
                 broker_url="sqs://",
+                result_backend=os.getenv("CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND"),
                 task_ignore_result=True,
                 task_default_queue = "dirtviz-task-queue",
                 broker_transport_options={