diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start
index c04a7365e..3c66b47b5 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
+exec celery -A config.celery_app beat -l INFO
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/flower/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/flower/start
index bd3c9f2fd..4180d6778 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/flower/start
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/flower/start
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 
 
-celery \
+exec celery \
     -A config.celery_app \
     -b "${CELERY_BROKER_URL}" \
     flower \
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start
index 4ddcfa137..16341fdd1 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
 
 
-watchfiles celery.__main__.main --args '-A config.celery_app worker -l INFO'
+exec watchfiles celery.__main__.main --args '-A config.celery_app worker -l INFO'
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start
index 3fe547357..0810c0286 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start
@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ python manage.py migrate
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_async == 'y' %}
 uvicorn config.asgi:application --host 0.0.0.0 --reload --reload-include '*.html'
 {%- else %}
-python manage.py runserver_plus 0.0.0.0:8000
+exec python manage.py runserver_plus 0.0.0.0:8000
 {%- endif %}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/docs/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/docs/start
index fd2e0de6a..96a94f566 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/docs/start
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/docs/start
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
 set -o nounset
 
-make livehtml
+exec make livehtml
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/start
index 2ba79501c..73f686bd7 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/start
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/start
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if compress_enabled; then
 fi
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_async == 'y' %}
-/usr/local/bin/gunicorn config.asgi --bind 0.0.0.0:5000 --chdir=/app -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker
+exec /usr/local/bin/gunicorn config.asgi --bind 0.0.0.0:5000 --chdir=/app -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker
 {%- else %}
-/usr/local/bin/gunicorn config.wsgi --bind 0.0.0.0:5000 --chdir=/app
+exec /usr/local/bin/gunicorn config.wsgi --bind 0.0.0.0:5000 --chdir=/app
 {%- endif %}