diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start
index f954960f..389e2baf 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ set -o nounset
 
 
 rm -f './celerybeat.pid'
-celery -A config.celery_app beat -l INFO --scheduler django_celery_beat.schedulers:DatabaseScheduler
+celery -A config.celery_app beat -l INFO
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/beat/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/beat/start
index a549c6b2..0e793e38 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/beat/start
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/beat/start
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ set -o pipefail
 set -o nounset
 
 
-celery -A config.celery_app beat -l INFO --scheduler django_celery_beat.schedulers:DatabaseScheduler
+celery -A config.celery_app beat -l INFO
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py
index 4a522fdd..5f489389 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/config/settings/base.py
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ THIRD_PARTY_APPS = [
     "allauth.account",
     "allauth.socialaccount",
     "rest_framework",
+{% if cookiecutter.use_celery == 'y' -%}
+    "django_celery_beat",
+{%- endif %}
 ]
 LOCAL_APPS = [
     "{{ cookiecutter.project_slug }}.users.apps.UsersConfig",
@@ -270,6 +273,8 @@ CELERY_TASK_TIME_LIMIT = 5 * 60
 # http://docs.celeryproject.org/en/latest/userguide/configuration.html#task-soft-time-limit
 # TODO: set to whatever value is adequate in your circumstances
 CELERY_TASK_SOFT_TIME_LIMIT = 60
+# http://docs.celeryproject.org/en/latest/userguide/configuration.html#beat-scheduler
+CELERY_BEAT_SCHEDULER = "django_celery_beat.schedulers:DatabaseScheduler"
 
 {%- endif %}
 # django-allauth
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
index ddd8f041..2ec5fdf4 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/base.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ whitenoise==4.1.2  # https://github.com/evansd/whitenoise
 redis==3.2.1  # https://github.com/antirez/redis
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_celery == "y" %}
 celery==4.3.0  # pyup: < 5.0  # https://github.com/celery/celery
+django-celery-beat==1.5.0  # https://github.com/celery/django-celery-beat
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
 flower==0.9.3  # https://github.com/mher/flower
 {%- endif %}