diff --git a/web/reNgine/settings.py b/web/reNgine/settings.py
index 3a17e487c..4d0e4fa08 100644
--- a/web/reNgine/settings.py
+++ b/web/reNgine/settings.py
@@ -145,6 +145,9 @@
 USE_L10N = True
 USE_TZ = True
 
+# Temporary fix for celery beat crash
+# See https://github.com/yogeshojha/rengine/issues/971
+DJANGO_CELERY_BEAT_TZ_AWARE = False
 
 MEDIA_URL = '/media/'
 FILE_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE = 100000000