diff --git a/mayan/settings/production.py b/mayan/settings/production.py
index 20be234b5f..f5cc3f6af5 100644
--- a/mayan/settings/production.py
+++ b/mayan/settings/production.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 
 from . import *  # NOQA
 
+CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER = False
+
 TEMPLATES[0]['OPTIONS']['loaders'] = (
     (
         'django.template.loaders.cached.Loader', (