diff --git a/apps/common/management/commands/services/services/celery_default.py b/apps/common/management/commands/services/services/celery_default.py
index eb5ea8096..f8f4b5417 100644
--- a/apps/common/management/commands/services/services/celery_default.py
+++ b/apps/common/management/commands/services/services/celery_default.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import os
 import subprocess
 
 from .celery_base import CeleryBaseService
+from django.conf import settings
 
 __all__ = ['CeleryDefaultService']
 
@@ -14,7 +15,13 @@ class CeleryDefaultService(CeleryBaseService):
 
     def open_subprocess(self):
         env = os.environ.copy()
+        env['LC_ALL'] = 'C.UTF-8'
+        env['PYTHONOPTIMIZE'] = '1'
+        env['ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR'] = 'True'
+        env['PYTHONPATH'] = settings.APPS_DIR
         env['SERVER_NAME'] = 'celery'
+        if os.getuid() == 0:
+            env.setdefault('C_FORCE_ROOT', '1')
         kwargs = {
             'cwd': self.cwd,
             'stderr': self.log_file,