diff --git a/app/celery/scheduled_tasks.py b/app/celery/scheduled_tasks.py
index 87eb3ba2f..27b2b8953 100644
--- a/app/celery/scheduled_tasks.py
+++ b/app/celery/scheduled_tasks.py
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ def run_scheduled_jobs():
 @statsd(namespace="tasks")
 def send_scheduled_notifications():
     try:
-        for notification in dao_get_scheduled_notifications():
+        scheduled_notifications = dao_get_scheduled_notifications()
+        for notification in scheduled_notifications:
             send_notification_to_queue(notification, notification.service.research_mode)
-
+        current_app.logger.info(
+            "Sent {} scheudled notifications to the provider queue".format(len(scheduled_notifications)))
     except SQLAlchemyError as e:
         current_app.logger.exception("Failed to send scheduled notifications")
         raise
diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 807d31071..b87f4d031 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -109,11 +109,6 @@ class Config(object):
             'schedule': crontab(minute=1),
             'options': {'queue': 'periodic'}
         },
-        'send-scheduled-notifications': {
-            'task': 'send-scheduled-notifications',
-            'schedule': crontab(minute=1),
-            'options': {'queue': 'periodic'}
-        },
         'delete-verify-codes': {
             'task': 'delete-verify-codes',
             'schedule': timedelta(minutes=63),
diff --git a/celerybeat.pid b/celerybeat.pid
deleted file mode 100644
index d2acb3a18..000000000
--- a/celerybeat.pid
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-9772