diff --git a/sefaria/settings.py b/sefaria/settings.py
index 7eea25ff70..6b9f96fcc6 100644
--- a/sefaria/settings.py
+++ b/sefaria/settings.py
@@ -334,6 +334,9 @@
     }
 
 }
+CELERY_ENABLED = False
+SLACK_URL = ''
+
 DATA_UPLOAD_MAX_MEMORY_SIZE = 24000000
 
 BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__))