diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start
index c04a7365..61f83968 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/beat/start
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ set -o nounset
 
 
 rm -f './celerybeat.pid'
-celery -A config.celery_app beat -l INFO
+exec watchfiles celery.__main__.main --args '-A config.celery_app beat -l INFO'
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/flower/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/flower/start
index bd3c9f2f..8ff56d11 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/flower/start
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/flower/start
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@
 set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 
-
-celery \
-    -A config.celery_app \
-    -b "${CELERY_BROKER_URL}" \
-    flower \
-    --basic_auth="${CELERY_FLOWER_USER}:${CELERY_FLOWER_PASSWORD}"
+exec watchfiles celery.__.main__.main \
+    --args \
+    "-A config.celery_app -b \"${CELERY_BROKER_URL}\" flower --basic_auth=\"${CELERY_FLOWER_USER}:${CELERY_FLOWER_PASSWORD}\""
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start
index 4ddcfa13..16341fdd 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/celery/worker/start
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 
 
-watchfiles celery.__main__.main --args '-A config.celery_app worker -l INFO'
+exec watchfiles celery.__main__.main --args '-A config.celery_app worker -l INFO'
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start
index 3fe54735..ec57dc8e 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/django/start
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set -o nounset
 
 python manage.py migrate
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_async == 'y' %}
-uvicorn config.asgi:application --host 0.0.0.0 --reload --reload-include '*.html'
+exec uvicorn config.asgi:application --host 0.0.0.0 --reload --reload-include '*.html'
 {%- else %}
-python manage.py runserver_plus 0.0.0.0:8000
+exec python manage.py runserver_plus 0.0.0.0:8000
 {%- endif %}
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/docs/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/docs/start
index fd2e0de6..96a94f56 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/docs/start
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/local/docs/start
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -o errexit
 set -o pipefail
 set -o nounset
 
-make livehtml
+exec make livehtml
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/start b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/start
index 2ba79501..73f686bd 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/start
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.project_slug}}/compose/production/django/start
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if compress_enabled; then
 fi
 {%- endif %}
 {%- if cookiecutter.use_async == 'y' %}
-/usr/local/bin/gunicorn config.asgi --bind 0.0.0.0:5000 --chdir=/app -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker
+exec /usr/local/bin/gunicorn config.asgi --bind 0.0.0.0:5000 --chdir=/app -k uvicorn.workers.UvicornWorker
 {%- else %}
-/usr/local/bin/gunicorn config.wsgi --bind 0.0.0.0:5000 --chdir=/app
+exec /usr/local/bin/gunicorn config.wsgi --bind 0.0.0.0:5000 --chdir=/app
 {%- endif %}