diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/celerylib/loader.py b/rhodecode/lib/celerylib/loader.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/celerylib/loader.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/celerylib/loader.py
@@ -118,7 +118,12 @@ celery_app.user_options['preload'].add(p
 
 @signals.setup_logging.connect
 def setup_logging_callback(**kwargs):
-    ini_file = celery_app.conf['RC_INI_FILE']
+
+    if 'RC_INI_FILE' in celery_app.conf:
+        ini_file = celery_app.conf['RC_INI_FILE']
+    else:
+        ini_file = celery_app.user_options['RC_INI_FILE']
+
     setup_logging(ini_file)
 
 
@@ -137,7 +142,11 @@ def on_preload_parsed(options, **kwargs)
         options = parse_ini_vars(ini_vars)
 
     celery_app.conf['RC_INI_FILE'] = ini_file
+    celery_app.user_options['RC_INI_FILE'] = ini_file
+
     celery_app.conf['RC_INI_OPTIONS'] = options
+    celery_app.user_options['RC_INI_OPTIONS'] = options
+
     setup_logging(ini_file)