diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/celerypylons/commands.py b/rhodecode/lib/celerypylons/commands.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/celerypylons/commands.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/celerypylons/commands.py
@@ -1,11 +1,35 @@
 from rhodecode.lib.utils import BasePasterCommand, Command
-
+from celery.app import app_or_default
+from celery.bin import camqadm, celerybeat, celeryd, celeryev
 
 __all__ = ['CeleryDaemonCommand', 'CeleryBeatCommand',
            'CAMQPAdminCommand', 'CeleryEventCommand']
 
 
-class CeleryDaemonCommand(BasePasterCommand):
+class CeleryCommand(BasePasterCommand):
+    """Abstract class implements run methods needed for celery
+
+    Starts the celery worker that uses a paste.deploy configuration
+    file.
+    """
+
+    def update_parser(self):
+        """
+        Abstract method.  Allows for the class's parser to be updated
+        before the superclass's `run` method is called.  Necessary to
+        allow options/arguments to be passed through to the underlying
+        celery command.
+        """
+
+        cmd = self.celery_command(app_or_default())
+        for x in cmd.get_options():
+            self.parser.add_option(x)
+
+    def command(self):
+        cmd = self.celery_command(app_or_default())
+        return cmd.run(**vars(self.options))
+
+class CeleryDaemonCommand(CeleryCommand):
     """Start the celery worker
 
     Starts the celery worker that uses a paste.deploy configuration
@@ -16,18 +40,10 @@ class CeleryDaemonCommand(BasePasterComm
     description = "".join(__doc__.splitlines()[2:])
 
     parser = Command.standard_parser(quiet=True)
-
-    def update_parser(self):
-        from celery.bin import celeryd
-        for x in celeryd.WorkerCommand().get_options():
-            self.parser.add_option(x)
-
-    def command(self):
-        from celery.bin import celeryd
-        return celeryd.WorkerCommand().run(**vars(self.options))
+    celery_command = celeryd.WorkerCommand
 
 
-class CeleryBeatCommand(BasePasterCommand):
+class CeleryBeatCommand(CeleryCommand):
     """Start the celery beat server
 
     Starts the celery beat server using a paste.deploy configuration
@@ -38,17 +54,10 @@ class CeleryBeatCommand(BasePasterComman
     description = "".join(__doc__.splitlines()[2:])
 
     parser = Command.standard_parser(quiet=True)
-
-    def update_parser(self):
-        from celery.bin import celerybeat
-        for x in celerybeat.BeatCommand().get_options():
-            self.parser.add_option(x)
+    celery_command = celerybeat.BeatCommand
 
-    def command(self):
-        from celery.bin import celerybeat
-        return celerybeat.BeatCommand(**vars(self.options))
 
-class CAMQPAdminCommand(BasePasterCommand):
+class CAMQPAdminCommand(CeleryCommand):
     """CAMQP Admin
 
     CAMQP celery admin tool.
@@ -58,19 +67,10 @@ class CAMQPAdminCommand(BasePasterComman
     description = "".join(__doc__.splitlines()[2:])
 
     parser = Command.standard_parser(quiet=True)
-
-    def update_parser(self):
-        from celery.bin import camqadm
-        for x in camqadm.OPTION_LIST:
-            self.parser.add_option(x)
+    celery_command = camqadm.AMQPAdminCommand
 
-    def command(self):
-        from celery.bin import camqadm
-        return camqadm.camqadm(*self.args, **vars(self.options))
-
-
-class CeleryEventCommand(BasePasterCommand):
-    """Celery event commandd.
+class CeleryEventCommand(CeleryCommand):
+    """Celery event command.
 
     Capture celery events.
     """
@@ -79,12 +79,4 @@ class CeleryEventCommand(BasePasterComma
     description = "".join(__doc__.splitlines()[2:])
 
     parser = Command.standard_parser(quiet=True)
-
-    def update_parser(self):
-        from celery.bin import celeryev
-        for x in celeryev.OPTION_LIST:
-            self.parser.add_option(x)
-
-    def command(self):
-        from celery.bin import celeryev
-        return celeryev.run_celeryev(**vars(self.options))
+    celery_command = celeryev.EvCommand