diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start
index ef32dd69..898dca5d 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
 
 
-watchmedo auto-restart --directory=./ --pattern="*tasks.py;*celery_app.py" --recursive -- celery -A config.celery_app worker -l INFO
+watchgod celery.__main__.main --args -A config.celery_app beat -l INFO
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
index a8e7e550..98bbbc5b 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/requirements/local.txt
@@ -5,14 +5,10 @@ ipdb==0.13.3  # https://github.com/gotcha/ipdb
 Sphinx==3.1.1  # https://github.com/sphinx-doc/sphinx
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_docker == 'y' %}
 psycopg2==2.8.5 --no-binary psycopg2  # https://github.com/psycopg/psycopg2
-{%- if cookiecutter.use_celery == 'y' %}
-argh==0.26.2  # http://github.com/neithere/argh/
-watchdog==0.10.2  # http://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog
-{%- endif %}
 {%- else %}
 psycopg2-binary==2.8.5  # 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 %}