diff --git a/src/celery_app/app.py b/src/celery_app/app.py
index 421037544..05bd706c6 100644
--- a/src/celery_app/app.py
+++ b/src/celery_app/app.py
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 from celery import Celery, signals
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.celery import CeleryIntegration
 
+from seer.bootup import bootup_celery
 from celery_app.config import CeleryConfig
-from seer.bootup import bootup
 from seer.dependency_injection import inject, injected
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def setup_celery_entrypoint(app: Celery):
 def init_celery_app(*args: Any, sender: Celery, config: CeleryConfig = injected, **kwargs: Any):
     for k, v in config.items():
         setattr(sender.conf, k, v)
-    bootup(start_model_loading=False, integrations=[CeleryIntegration(propagate_traces=True)])
+    bootup_celery(integrations=[CeleryIntegration(propagate_traces=True)])
     from celery_app.tasks import setup_periodic_tasks
 
     sender.on_after_finalize.connect(setup_periodic_tasks)
diff --git a/src/seer/bootup.py b/src/seer/bootup.py
index 2bd03b18f..b3c6489ef 100644
--- a/src/seer/bootup.py
+++ b/src/seer/bootup.py
@@ -32,13 +32,27 @@ class DisablePreparedStatementConnection(Connection):
 
 
 @inject
-def bootup(
+def bootup_something(
     *, start_model_loading: bool, integrations: list[Integration], config: AppConfig = injected
 ):
     initialize_sentry_sdk(integrations)
     with sentry_sdk.metrics.timing(key="seer_bootup_time"):
         initialize_logs(["seer.", "celery_app."])
         config.do_validation()
+
+@inject
+def bootup(
+    *, start_model_loading: bool, integrations: list[Integration], config: AppConfig = injected
+):
+    bootup_core(start_model_loading=start_model_loading, integrations=integrations)
+    initialize_database()
+    initialize_models(start_model_loading)
+
+@inject
+def bootup_celery(*, integrations: list[Integration], config: AppConfig = injected):
+    """Celery-specific initialization that avoids database setup"""
+    bootup_core(start_model_loading=False, integrations=integrations)
+    initialize_models(start_model_loading=False)
         initialize_database()
         initialize_models(start_model_loading)