diff --git a/development.ini b/development.ini
--- a/development.ini
+++ b/development.ini
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ use_celery = false
 ## Example: use the message queue on the local virtual host 'kallitheavhost' as the RabbitMQ user 'kallithea':
 celery.broker_url = amqp://kallithea:thepassword@localhost:5672/kallitheavhost
 
-celery.result.backend = db+sqlite:///celery-results.db
+celery.result_backend = db+sqlite:///celery-results.db
 
 #celery.amqp.task.result.expires = 18000