diff --git a/ansible/roles/trmm_dev/templates/local_settings.j2 b/ansible/roles/trmm_dev/templates/local_settings.j2
index a231680d..eb996590 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/trmm_dev/templates/local_settings.j2
+++ b/ansible/roles/trmm_dev/templates/local_settings.j2
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ DATABASES = {
         'PORT': '5432',
     }
 }
-REDIS_HOST    = "localhost"
 ADMIN_ENABLED = True
 CERT_FILE = "{{ fullchain_dest }}"
 KEY_FILE = "{{ privkey_dest }}"
diff --git a/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/celery.py b/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/celery.py
index 100d7ba5..e92ccc32 100644
--- a/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/celery.py
+++ b/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/celery.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ from django.conf import settings
 
 os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "tacticalrmm.settings")
 
-app = Celery("tacticalrmm", backend="redis://" + settings.REDIS_HOST, broker="redis://" + settings.REDIS_HOST)  # type: ignore
+redis_host = f"redis://{settings.REDIS_HOST}"
+app = Celery("tacticalrmm", backend=redis_host, broker=redis_host)
 app.accept_content = ["application/json"]
 app.result_serializer = "json"
 app.task_serializer = "json"