diff --git a/.fides/celery.toml b/.fides/celery.toml
index 71e19044f7..a8f1df9ed3 100644
--- a/.fides/celery.toml
+++ b/.fides/celery.toml
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 event_queue_prefix = "fidesops_worker"
 task_default_queue = "fidesops"
+task_always_eager = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d1e70fb8e4..ca27cb3977 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ The types of changes are:
 
 * Repository dispatch events are sent to fidesctl-plus and fidesops-plus [#1263](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/1263)
 * Only the `docs-authors` team members are specified as `CODEOWNERS` [#1446](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/1446)
+* Updates the default local configuration to not defer tasks to a worker node [#1552](https://github.com/ethyca/fides/pull/1552/)
 
 ### Fixed
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.worker.yml b/docker-compose.worker.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7fab2fd883
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.worker.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+services:
+  worker:
+    image: ethyca/fides:local
+    command: fides worker
+    depends_on:
+      redis:
+        condition: service_started
+    restart: always
+    environment:
+      FIDES__CONFIG_PATH: ${FIDES__CONFIG_PATH:-/fides/.fides/fides.toml}
+      FIDES__TEST_MODE: "True"
+      FIDES__USER__ANALYTICS_OPT_OUT: "True"
+    volumes:
+      - type: bind
+        source: ./
+        target: /fides
+        read_only: False
+      - /fides/src/fides.egg-info
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 033c02704d..81cd74ca60 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 services:
   fides:
     image: ethyca/fides:local
-    command: uvicorn --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080 --reload fides.api.main:app
+    command: uvicorn --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080 --reload --reload-dir src fides.api.main:app
     healthcheck:
       test: [ "CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://0.0.0.0:8080/health" ]
       interval: 20s
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       fides-db:
         condition: service_healthy
-      worker:
+      redis:
         condition: service_started
     expose:
       - 8080
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ services:
       FIDES__CLI__SERVER_PORT: "8080"
       FIDES__DATABASE__SERVER: "fides-db"
       FIDES__DEV_MODE: "True"
-      FIDES__EXECUTION__WORKER_ENABLED: "True"
       FIDES__REDIS__ENABLED: "True"
       FIDES__TEST_MODE: "True"
       FIDES__USER__ANALYTICS_OPT_OUT: "True"
@@ -114,24 +113,6 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "0.0.0.0:6379:6379"
 
-  worker:
-    image: ethyca/fides:local
-    command: fides worker
-    depends_on:
-      redis:
-        condition: service_started
-    restart: always
-    environment:
-      FIDES__CONFIG_PATH: ${FIDES__CONFIG_PATH:-/fides/.fides/fides.toml}
-      FIDES__TEST_MODE: "True"
-      FIDES__USER__ANALYTICS_OPT_OUT: "True"
-    volumes:
-      - type: bind
-        source: ./
-        target: /fides
-        read_only: False
-      - /fides/src/fides.egg-info
-
 volumes:
   postgres: null
 
diff --git a/docs/fides/docs/installation/configuration.md b/docs/fides/docs/installation/configuration.md
index 637b7deec0..dc14f9ce03 100644
--- a/docs/fides/docs/installation/configuration.md
+++ b/docs/fides/docs/installation/configuration.md
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ task_retry_backoff = 1
 subject_identity_verification_required = false
 task_retry_count = 0
 task_retry_delay = 1
-worker_enabled = false
 
 [admin_ui]
 enabled = true
@@ -142,7 +141,6 @@ The `fides.toml` file should specify the following variables:
 |`require_manual_request_approval` | bool | `False` | Whether privacy requests require explicit approval to execute. |
 |`masking_strict` | bool | `True` | If set to `True`, only use UPDATE requests to mask data. If `False`, Fides will use any defined DELETE or GDPR DELETE endpoints to remove PII, which may extend beyond the specific data categories that configured in your execution policy. |
 |`celery_config_path` | string | N/A | An optional override for the [Celery](#celery-configuration) configuration file path. |
-|`worker_enabled` | bool | `True` | By default, Fides uses a dedicated [Celery worker](#celery-configuration) to process privacy requests asynchronously. Setting `worker_enabled` to `False` will run the worker on the same node as the webserver. |
 
 #### User 
 
diff --git a/src/fides/api/main.py b/src/fides/api/main.py
index 3995f5a40f..448fc8f34d 100644
--- a/src/fides/api/main.py
+++ b/src/fides/api/main.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 Contains the code that sets up the API.
 """
 import logging
-import subprocess
 from datetime import datetime, timezone
 from logging import WARNING
 from os import getenv
@@ -184,18 +183,16 @@ def configure_routes() -> None:
 @app.on_event("startup")
 async def setup_server() -> None:
     "Run all of the required setup steps for the webserver."
-    logger.warning(
-        "Startup configuration: reloading = %s, dev_mode = %s",
-        CONFIG.hot_reloading,
-        CONFIG.dev_mode,
+    log.warning(
+        f"Startup configuration: reloading = {CONFIG.hot_reloading}, dev_mode = {CONFIG.dev_mode}",
     )
-    logger.warning(
-        "Startup configuration: pii logging = %s",
-        getenv("FIDES__LOG_PII", "").lower() == "true",
+    log_pii = getenv("FIDES__LOG_PII", "").lower() == "true"
+    log.warning(
+        f"Startup configuration: pii logging = {log_pii}",
     )
 
     if logger.getEffectiveLevel() == logging.DEBUG:
-        logger.warning(
+        log.warning(
             "WARNING: log level is DEBUG, so sensitive or personal data may be logged. "
             "Set FIDES__LOGGING__LEVEL to INFO or higher in production."
         )
@@ -206,7 +203,7 @@ async def setup_server() -> None:
 
     await configure_db(CONFIG.database.sync_database_uri)
 
-    logger.info("Validating SaaS connector templates...")
+    log.info("Validating SaaS connector templates...")
     registry = load_registry(registry_file)
     try:
         db = get_api_session()
@@ -214,18 +211,18 @@ async def setup_server() -> None:
     finally:
         db.close()
 
-    logger.info("Running Redis connection test...")
+    log.info("Running Redis connection test...")
 
     try:
         get_cache()
     except (RedisConnectionError, ResponseError) as e:
-        logger.error("Connection to cache failed: %s", Pii(str(e)))
+        log.error("Connection to cache failed: %s", Pii(str(e)))
         return
 
     if not scheduler.running:
         scheduler.start()
 
-    logging.debug("Sending startup analytics events...")
+    log.debug("Sending startup analytics events...")
     await send_analytics_event(
         AnalyticsEvent(
             docker=in_docker_container(),
@@ -234,10 +231,6 @@ async def setup_server() -> None:
         )
     )
 
-    if not CONFIG.execution.worker_enabled:
-        logger.info("Starting worker...")
-        subprocess.Popen(["fides", "worker"])  # pylint: disable=consider-using-with
-
     setup_logging(
         CONFIG.logging.level,
         serialize=CONFIG.logging.serialization,
diff --git a/src/fides/ctl/core/config/__init__.py b/src/fides/ctl/core/config/__init__.py
index f9ecd3cc31..99e127e2e5 100644
--- a/src/fides/ctl/core/config/__init__.py
+++ b/src/fides/ctl/core/config/__init__.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 import toml
 from fideslib.core.config import load_toml
+from loguru import logger as log
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 from fides.ctl.core.utils import echo_red
@@ -26,8 +27,6 @@
 from .user_settings import UserSettings
 from .utils import DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH, get_test_mode
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
 
 class FidesConfig(BaseModel):
     """Umbrella class that encapsulates all of the config subsections."""
@@ -65,11 +64,8 @@ def log_all_config_values(self) -> None:
             self.admin_ui,
         ]:
             for key, value in settings.dict().items():  # type: ignore
-                logger.debug(
-                    "Using config: %s%s = %s",
-                    settings.Config.env_prefix,  # type: ignore
-                    key.upper(),
-                    value,
+                log.debug(
+                    f"Using config: {settings.Config.env_prefix}{key.upper()} = {value}",  # type: ignore
                 )
 
 
diff --git a/src/fides/ctl/core/config/execution_settings.py b/src/fides/ctl/core/config/execution_settings.py
index 73e54dafc1..487192ca20 100644
--- a/src/fides/ctl/core/config/execution_settings.py
+++ b/src/fides/ctl/core/config/execution_settings.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ class ExecutionSettings(FidesSettings):
     subject_identity_verification_required: bool = False
     require_manual_request_approval: bool = False
     masking_strict: bool = True
-    worker_enabled: bool = False
     celery_config_path: str = ".fides/celery.toml"
 
     class Config:
diff --git a/tests/ops/conftest.py b/tests/ops/conftest.py
index c441a9feca..4b42b7fc17 100644
--- a/tests/ops/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/ops/conftest.py
@@ -204,6 +204,11 @@ def integration_config():
     yield load_toml(["tests/ops/integration_test_config.toml"])
 
 
+@pytest.fixture(scope="session")
+def celery_config():
+    return {"task_always_eager": False}
+
+
 @pytest.fixture(autouse=True, scope="session")
 def celery_enable_logging():
     """Turns on celery output logs."""