diff --git a/geonode/settings.py b/geonode/settings.py
index b97075d476b..a710ccc5321 100644
--- a/geonode/settings.py
+++ b/geonode/settings.py
@@ -1677,7 +1677,7 @@ def get_geonode_catalogue_service():
 # Set this to False in order to run async
 _EAGER_FLAG = 'False' if ASYNC_SIGNALS else 'True'
 CELERY_TASK_ALWAYS_EAGER = ast.literal_eval(os.environ.get('CELERY_TASK_ALWAYS_EAGER', _EAGER_FLAG))
-CELERY_TASK_EAGER_PROPAGATES = ast.literal_eval(os.environ.get('CELERY_TASK_EAGER_PROPAGATES', _EAGER_FLAG))
+CELERY_TASK_EAGER_PROPAGATES = ast.literal_eval(os.environ.get('CELERY_TASK_EAGER_PROPAGATES', 'True'))
 CELERY_TASK_IGNORE_RESULT = ast.literal_eval(os.environ.get('CELERY_TASK_IGNORE_RESULT', 'True'))
 
 # I use these to debug kombu crashes; we get a more informative message.