diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start
index acd6f157..d7b63cd4 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 
 
-celery -A config.celery_app worker -l INFO
+watchgod celery.__main__.main --args -A config.celery_app worker -l INFO
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index ea8f38c3..70e9090f 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ psycopg2==2.8.6  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 {%- else %}
 psycopg2-binary==2.8.6  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
 {%- endif %}
-{%- if cookiecutter.use_async == 'y' %}
+{%- if cookiecutter.use_async == 'y' or cookiecutter.use_celery == 'y' %}
 watchgod==0.6  # https://github.com/samuelcolvin/watchgod
 {%- endif %}