Trying to add an auto reload to celery on a docker , as i need to develop and test task, changes in configuration i'd like to have auto reload option without need to reload the docker each time. following search i got to watchmedo but it doesn't work , still need to reload the docker on every change. see compose file: worker: build: dockerfile: DockerfileCelery context: . command: watchmedo auto-restart --directory=./ --pattern=*.py --recursive -- celery worker --app=worker.celery --loglevel=info --logfile=logs/celery.log volumes: - ./multi/celery_app:/usr/src/app environment: - CELERY_BROKER_URL=redis://redisjson:6379 - CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND=redis://redisjson:6379 depends_on: - redisjson - ws would appreciate any help ########################################## ########################################## Update : still not working. I run a virtual env (Ubuntu). cellery.py from decouple import AutoConfig cwd = os.getcwd() DOTENV_FILE = cwd + '/proj/config/.env' config = AutoConfig(search_path='DOTENV_FILE') app = Celery('proj', broker=config('CELERY_BROKER_URL'), backend=config('CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND'), include=['proj.tasks']) app.conf.update( result_expires=3600, ) if __name__ == '__main__': app.start() tasks.py from .celery import app @app.task def add(x, y): return x + y spinning celery as : watchmedo auto-restart --directory=proj/ -p '*.py' --recursive -- celery -A proj worker --concurrency=1 --loglevel=INFO It's running and task being processed by worker. But , if make change in tasks.py - no reload. I need to restart celery. Continue reading...