diff --git a/rowers/tasks.py b/rowers/tasks.py
index d802a565..c2d05fe5 100644
--- a/rowers/tasks.py
+++ b/rowers/tasks.py
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 from rowsandall_app.settings import SITE_URL
 from rowsandall_app.settings_dev import SITE_URL as SITE_URL_DEV
 from rowsandall_app.settings import PROGRESS_CACHE_SECRET
+from rowsandall_app.settings import SETTINGS_NAME
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', SETTINGS_NAME)
 
 import pandas as pd
 
diff --git a/rowsandall_app/settings.py b/rowsandall_app/settings.py
index 3842800d..05a52223 100644
--- a/rowsandall_app/settings.py
+++ b/rowsandall_app/settings.py
@@ -402,3 +402,5 @@ try:
     WARNING_MESSAGE = CFG['warning_message']
 except KeyError:
     WARNING_MESSAGE = ''
+
+SETTINGS_NAME = 'rowsandall_app.settings'
diff --git a/rowsandall_app/settings_dev.py b/rowsandall_app/settings_dev.py
index ab878ab7..8443b40a 100644
--- a/rowsandall_app/settings_dev.py
+++ b/rowsandall_app/settings_dev.py
@@ -95,4 +95,4 @@ EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = CFG['aws_smtp_password']
 EMAIL_USE_TLS = CFG['email_use_tls']
 DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = 'info@rowsandall.com'
 
-
+SETTINGS_NAME = 'rowsandall_app.settings_dev'