diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5cc79cbb1..88ab8483e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ The types of changes are:
 
 * Fix issue with fideslog event loop errors [#1174](https://github.com/ethyca/fidesops/pull/1174)
 * Allow passwords to be sent either base64 encode or as plaintext. [#1236](https://github.com/ethyca/fidesops/pull/1236)
+* Allow worker to start up successfully for dev and dev_with_worker nox commands [#1250](https://github.com/ethyca/fidesops/pull/1250)
 
 ## [1.7.2](https://github.com/ethyca/fidesops/compare/1.7.1...1.7.2)
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 3ba72451f..820c50d6b 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ services:
       - FIDESOPS__LOG_PII=${FIDESOPS__LOG_PII}
       - FIDESOPS__HOT_RELOAD=${FIDESOPS__HOT_RELOAD}
       - FIDESOPS__ROOT_USER__ANALYTICS_ID=${FIDESOPS__ROOT_USER__ANALYTICS_ID}
-      - FIDESOPS__EXECUTION__WORKER_ENABLED=True
 
   db:
     image: postgres:12
diff --git a/noxfiles/dev_nox.py b/noxfiles/dev_nox.py
index 0ae31559c..227a2e8d7 100644
--- a/noxfiles/dev_nox.py
+++ b/noxfiles/dev_nox.py
@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ def dev(session: nox.Session) -> None:
 
 @nox.session()
 def dev_with_worker(session: nox.Session) -> None:
-    """Spin up the entire application and open a development shell."""
+    """Spin up the entire application with the celery worker in a separate container."""
     build(session, "dev")
     session.notify("teardown")
-    session.run("docker-compose", "up", "worker", "--wait", external=True)
+    session.run("docker-compose", "up", "--detach", "worker", external=True)
     session.run(
         "docker-compose",
         "run",