diff --git a/core/taskmanager.py b/core/taskmanager.py
index 8a1c087f4..8050993e1 100644
--- a/core/taskmanager.py
+++ b/core/taskmanager.py
@@ -22,9 +22,11 @@ def register_task(cls, task_class: Type[Task], task_name: str | None = None):
             task_name = task_class.__name__
         logging.info(f"Registering task: {task_name}")
         task = task_class.find(name=task_name)
-        if not task:
+        if not task and task_class != ExportTask:
             logging.info(f"Task {task_name} not found in database, creating.")
             task_dict = task_class._defaults.copy()
+            print(task_dict)
+            print(task_class)
             task_dict["name"] = task_name
             task = task_class(**task_dict).save()
         cls._store[task_name] = task
@@ -88,7 +90,6 @@ def run_task(cls, task_name: str, task_params: TaskParams):
         task.save()
 
         try:
-            logging.info(f"Running task {task_name}")
             if task_params.params:
                 logging.debug(
                     f"Running task {task_name} with params {task_params.params}"
diff --git a/core/taskscheduler.py b/core/taskscheduler.py
index 479d836f3..2224b06a0 100644
--- a/core/taskscheduler.py
+++ b/core/taskscheduler.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ def setup_periodic_tasks(sender, **kwargs):
     return
 
 
-@app.task
+@app.task(name="run_task")
 def run_task(task_name: str, params: str):
     """Runs a task.
 
diff --git a/core/web/apiv2/system.py b/core/web/apiv2/system.py
index cf9942d98..12e3fe49e 100644
--- a/core/web/apiv2/system.py
+++ b/core/web/apiv2/system.py
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
+from celery import Celery
 from fastapi import APIRouter, Depends
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
 
 from core.config.config import yeti_config
-from core.taskscheduler import app
 from core.web.apiv2.auth import get_current_active_user
 
 # API endpoints
@@ -49,6 +49,12 @@ def get_config() -> SystemConfigResponse:
 
 @router.get("/workers", dependencies=[Depends(get_current_active_user)])
 def get_worker_status() -> WorkerStatusResponse:
+    app = Celery(
+        "tasks",
+        broker=f"redis://{yeti_config.get('redis', 'host')}/",
+        worker_pool_restarts=True,
+    )
+
     inspect = app.control.inspect(timeout=5, destination=None)
 
     registered = {}
@@ -73,6 +79,12 @@ def get_worker_status() -> WorkerStatusResponse:
 def restart_worker(worker_name: str) -> WorkerRestartResponse:
     """Restarts a single or all Celery workers."""
     destination = [worker_name] if worker_name != "all" else None
+    app = Celery(
+        "tasks",
+        broker=f"redis://{yeti_config.get('redis', 'host')}/",
+        worker_pool_restarts=True,
+    )
+
     response = app.control.broadcast(
         "pool_restart",
         arguments={"reload": True},
diff --git a/core/web/apiv2/tasks.py b/core/web/apiv2/tasks.py
index fd3dc31f7..ad0f665fb 100644
--- a/core/web/apiv2/tasks.py
+++ b/core/web/apiv2/tasks.py
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 import io
 
+from celery import Celery, signature
 from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException
 from fastapi.responses import StreamingResponse
 from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict
 
-from core import taskscheduler
+from core.config.config import yeti_config
 from core.schemas.task import ExportTask, Task, TaskParams, TaskType, TaskTypes
 from core.schemas.template import Template
 
@@ -48,7 +49,14 @@ def run(task_name, params: TaskParams | None = None) -> dict[str, str]:
     """Runs a task asynchronously."""
     if params is None:
         params = TaskParams()
-    taskscheduler.run_task.delay(task_name, params.model_dump_json())
+
+    Celery(
+        "tasks",
+        broker=f"redis://{yeti_config.get('redis', 'host')}/",
+        worker_pool_restarts=True,
+    )
+    sig = signature("run_task", (task_name, params.model_dump_json()))
+    sig.apply_async()
     return {"status": "ok"}
 
 
diff --git a/tests/apiv2/tasks.py b/tests/apiv2/tasks.py
index 224caee8c..85237df8d 100644
--- a/tests/apiv2/tasks.py
+++ b/tests/apiv2/tasks.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import unittest
 from unittest import mock
 
+import celery
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
 
 from core import database_arango, taskmanager
@@ -72,15 +73,18 @@ def test_run_task(self, mock_delay):
         self.assertEqual(data["status"], "ok")
         mock_delay.assert_called_once_with("FakeTask", '{"params":{}}')
 
-    @mock.patch("core.taskscheduler.run_task.delay")
-    def test_run_task_with_params(self, mock_delay):
+    # @mock.patch("core.taskscheduler.run_task.delay")
+    @mock.patch("celery.signature")
+    def test_run_task_with_params(self, mock_signature):
         response = client.post(
             "/api/v2/tasks/FakeTask/run", json={"params": {"value": "test"}}
         )
         data = response.json()
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200, data)
         self.assertEqual(data["status"], "ok")
-        mock_delay.assert_called_once_with("FakeTask", '{"params":{"value":"test"}}')
+        mock_signature.assert_called_once_with(
+            "run_task", '{"params":{"value":"test"}}'
+        )
 
 
 class ExportTaskTest(unittest.TestCase):