diff --git a/cms/envs/devstack_with_worker.py b/cms/envs/devstack_with_worker.py
index f9cf40316e..c152991c20 100644
--- a/cms/envs/devstack_with_worker.py
+++ b/cms/envs/devstack_with_worker.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ of tasks onto the appropriate workers.
 
 In two separate processes on devstack:
     paver devstack studio --settings=devstack_with_worker
-    ./manage.py cms celery worker --settings=devstack_with_worker
+    celery worker --app=cms.envs.devstack_with_worker
 """
 
 
diff --git a/lms/envs/devstack_with_worker.py b/lms/envs/devstack_with_worker.py
index f0e64dff54..43ee9f953c 100644
--- a/lms/envs/devstack_with_worker.py
+++ b/lms/envs/devstack_with_worker.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ of tasks onto the appropriate workers.
 
 In two separate processes on devstack:
     paver devstack lms --settings=devstack_with_worker
-    ./manage.py lms celery worker --settings=devstack_with_worker
+    celery worker --app=lms.envs.devstack_with_worker
 """
 
 
diff --git a/pavelib/paver_tests/test_servers.py b/pavelib/paver_tests/test_servers.py
index 0c0e6d0caf..aa4e1fd32b 100644
--- a/pavelib/paver_tests/test_servers.py
+++ b/pavelib/paver_tests/test_servers.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ EXPECTED_COLLECT_STATIC_COMMAND = (
     u'--noinput {log_string}'
 )
 EXPECTED_CELERY_COMMAND = (
-    u"python manage.py lms --settings={settings} celery worker --beat --loglevel=INFO --pythonpath=."
+    u"celery worker --app=lms.envs.{settings} --beat --loglevel=INFO --pythonpath=."
 )
 EXPECTED_RUN_SERVER_COMMAND = (
     u"python manage.py {system} --settings={settings} runserver --traceback --pythonpath=. 0.0.0.0:{port}"
diff --git a/pavelib/servers.py b/pavelib/servers.py
index 7eacd27592..905df44ca7 100644
--- a/pavelib/servers.py
+++ b/pavelib/servers.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import sys
 from paver.easy import call_task, cmdopts, consume_args, needs, sh, task
 
 from .assets import collect_assets
-from .utils.cmd import django_cmd
+from .utils.cmd import cmd, django_cmd
 from .utils.envs import Env
 from .utils.process import run_multi_processes, run_process
 from .utils.timer import timed
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ def celery(options):
     Runs Celery workers.
     """
     settings = getattr(options, 'settings', 'devstack_with_worker')
-    run_process(django_cmd('lms', settings, 'celery', 'worker', '--beat', '--loglevel=INFO', '--pythonpath=.'))
+    run_process(cmd('celery', 'worker', '--app=lms.envs.{}'.format(settings),
+                    '--beat', '--loglevel=INFO', '--pythonpath=.'))
 
 
 @task
@@ -234,8 +235,9 @@ def run_all_servers(options):
         django_cmd(
             'studio', settings_cms, 'runserver', '--traceback', '--pythonpath=.', *cms_runserver_args
         ),
-        django_cmd(
-            'lms', worker_settings, 'celery', 'worker', '--beat', '--loglevel=INFO', '--pythonpath=.'
+        cmd(
+            'celery', 'worker', "--app=lms.envs.{}".format(worker_settings),
+            '--beat', '--loglevel=INFO', '--pythonpath=.'
         )
     ])