diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start
index 389e2baf1..f954960fe 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
+celery -A config.celery_app beat -l INFO --scheduler django_celery_beat.schedulers:DatabaseScheduler
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/beat/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/celery/beat/start
index 0e793e38e..a549c6b2b 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
+celery -A config.celery_app beat -l INFO --scheduler django_celery_beat.schedulers:DatabaseScheduler