diff --git a/scripts/run_celery.sh b/scripts/run_celery.sh
index 2b3d4a1bc0..46146203ac 100755
--- a/scripts/run_celery.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_celery.sh
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 set -e
 
 # Check and see if this is running in K8s and if so, wait for cloudwatch agent
-if [[ -z "${STATSD_HOST}" ]]; then
+if [[ ! -z "${STATSD_HOST}" ]]; then
+
     echo "Initializing... Waiting for CWAgent to become ready."
     while :
     do
diff --git a/scripts/run_celery_no_sms_sending.sh b/scripts/run_celery_no_sms_sending.sh
index f0fe622681..9b948e53d4 100755
--- a/scripts/run_celery_no_sms_sending.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_celery_no_sms_sending.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 set -e
 
 # Check and see if this is running in K8s and if so, wait for cloudwatch agent
-if [[ -z "${STATSD_HOST}" ]]; then
+if [[ ! -z "${STATSD_HOST}" ]]; then
     echo "Initializing... Waiting for CWAgent to become ready."
     while :
     do
diff --git a/scripts/run_celery_send_sms.sh b/scripts/run_celery_send_sms.sh
index ee0101cdd4..7146d46b0c 100755
--- a/scripts/run_celery_send_sms.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_celery_send_sms.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # runs celery with only the send-sms-* queues
 set -e
 
-if [[ -z "${STATSD_HOST}" ]]; then
+if [[ ! -z "${STATSD_HOST}" ]]; then
     echo "Initializing... Waiting for CWAgent to become ready."
     while :
     do
diff --git a/scripts/run_celery_sms.sh b/scripts/run_celery_sms.sh
index 0afca890d2..0eac65942a 100755
--- a/scripts/run_celery_sms.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_celery_sms.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 set -e
 
-if [[ -z "${STATSD_HOST}" ]]; then
+
+if [[ ! -z "${STATSD_HOST}" ]]; then
     echo "Initializing... Waiting for CWAgent to become ready."
     while :
     do