diff --git a/scripts/run_celery.sh b/scripts/run_celery.sh
index c089bcc69b..5ef1dd9411 100755
--- a/scripts/run_celery.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_celery.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 set -e
 
 # Necessary to run as exec so the PID is transferred to Celery for the `SIGTERM` sent from ECS
-ddtrace-run celery -A run_celery.notify_celery worker --pidfile="/tmp/celery.pid" --loglevel=INFO --concurrency=16
+exec ddtrace-run celery -A run_celery.notify_celery worker --pidfile="/tmp/celery.pid" --loglevel=INFO --concurrency=16