diff --git a/celeryconfig.py b/celeryconfig.py
--- a/celeryconfig.py
+++ b/celeryconfig.py
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ CELERY_IMPORTS = ("pylons_app.lib.celery
 ## Result store settings.
 CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = "database"
 CELERY_RESULT_DBURI = dict(config.items('app:main'))['sqlalchemy.db1.url']
+CELERY_RESULT_SERIALIZER = 'json'
+
 
 BROKER_CONNECTION_MAX_RETRIES = 30
 
@@ -36,7 +38,37 @@ CELERYD_CONCURRENCY = 2
 CELERYD_LOG_LEVEL = "DEBUG"
 CELERYD_MAX_TASKS_PER_CHILD = 1
 
-#CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER = True
-#rabbitmqctl add_user rabbitmq qweqwe
-#rabbitmqctl add_vhost rabbitmqhost
-#rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p rabbitmqhost rabbitmq ".*" ".*" ".*"
+#Tasks will never be sent to the queue, but executed locally instead.
+CELERY_ALWAYS_EAGER = False
+
+#===============================================================================
+# EMAIL SETTINGS
+#===============================================================================
+pylons_email_config = dict(config.items('DEFAULT'))
+
+CELERY_SEND_TASK_ERROR_EMAILS = True
+
+#List of (name, email_address) tuples for the admins that should receive error e-mails.
+ADMINS = [('Administrator', pylons_email_config.get('email_to'))]
+
+#The e-mail address this worker sends e-mails from. Default is "celery@localhost".
+SERVER_EMAIL = pylons_email_config.get('error_email_from')
+
+#The mail server to use. Default is "localhost".
+MAIL_HOST = pylons_email_config.get('smtp_server')
+
+#Username (if required) to log on to the mail server with.
+MAIL_HOST_USER = pylons_email_config.get('smtp_username')
+
+#Password (if required) to log on to the mail server with.
+MAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = pylons_email_config.get('smtp_password')
+
+MAIL_PORT = pylons_email_config.get('smtp_port')
+
+
+#===============================================================================
+# INSTRUCTIONS FOR RABBITMQ
+#===============================================================================
+# rabbitmqctl add_user rabbitmq qweqwe
+# rabbitmqctl add_vhost rabbitmqhost
+# rabbitmqctl set_permissions -p rabbitmqhost rabbitmq ".*" ".*" ".*"