diff --git a/api/tasks_app.py b/api/tasks_app.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb801db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/tasks_app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# projects/tasks_app.py
+from procrastinate import App
+from procrastinate.contrib.django import django_connector
+
+app = App(
+    connector=django_connector.DjangoConnector(),
+    periodic_defaults={"max_delay": 86400},  # accept up to 24h delay
+)
+
+
+def on_app_ready(app):
+    app.periodic_defaults = {"max_delay": 86400}
+    app.import_paths.append("api.tasks")
+    app.import_paths.append("billing.tasks")
diff --git a/apibase/settings.py b/apibase/settings.py
index a9bc9ca..80bda73 100644
--- a/apibase/settings.py
+++ b/apibase/settings.py
@@ -371,8 +371,5 @@ PASSWORDLESS_AUTH = {
 }
 
 
-# CELERY CONFIGURATION
-CELERY_BROKER_URL = f"redis://{REDIS_HOST}:6379/0"
-CELERY_ACCEPT_CONTENT = ["json"]
-CELERY_TASK_SERIALIZER = "json"
-CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = f"redis://{REDIS_HOST}:6379/0"
+PROCRASTINATE_ON_APP_READY = "api.tasks_app.on_app_ready"
+PROCRASTINATE_APP = "api.tasks_app.app"