diff --git a/celerywyrm/settings.py b/celerywyrm/settings.py
index 20f194a12..a5816919d 100644
--- a/celerywyrm/settings.py
+++ b/celerywyrm/settings.py
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ REDIS_BROKER_DB_INDEX = env.int("REDIS_BROKER_DB_INDEX", 0)
 REDIS_BROKER_URL = env(
     "REDIS_BROKER_URL",
     f"redis://:{REDIS_BROKER_PASSWORD}@{REDIS_BROKER_HOST}:{REDIS_BROKER_PORT}/{REDIS_BROKER_DB_INDEX}",
-)
+).replace("unix:", "redis+socket:")
 
-CELERY_BROKER_URL = REDIS_BROKER_URL.replace("unix:", "redis+socket:")
-CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = REDIS_BROKER_URL.replace("unix:", "redis+socket:")
+CELERY_BROKER_URL = env("CELERY_BROKER_URL", REDIS_BROKER_URL)
+CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = env("CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND", REDIS_BROKER_URL)
 
 CELERY_DEFAULT_QUEUE = "low_priority"
 CELERY_CREATE_MISSING_QUEUES = True