diff --git a/app/celery/celery.py b/app/celery/celery.py
index 506de84d8..28ff6fb5f 100644
--- a/app/celery/celery.py
+++ b/app/celery/celery.py
@@ -2,13 +2,20 @@ import time
 
 from celery import Celery, Task
 from celery.signals import worker_process_shutdown
-from flask import current_app, g, request
+from flask import g, request
 from flask.ctx import has_request_context
 
 
 @worker_process_shutdown.connect
-def worker_process_shutdown(sender, signal, pid, exitcode, **kwargs):
-    current_app.logger.info('worker shutdown: PID: {} Exitcode: {}'.format(pid, exitcode))
+def log_on_worker_shutdown(sender, signal, pid, exitcode, **kwargs):
+    # imported here to avoid circular imports
+    from app import notify_celery
+
+    # if the worker has already restarted at least once, then we no longer have app context and current_app won't work
+    # to create a new one. Instead we have to create a new app context from the original flask app and use that instead.
+    with notify_celery._app.app_context():
+        # if the worker has restarted
+        notify_celery._app.logger.info('worker shutdown: PID: {} Exitcode: {}'.format(pid, exitcode))
 
 
 def make_task(app):
@@ -60,3 +67,4 @@ class NotifyCelery(Celery):
         )
 
         self.conf.update(app.config)
+        self._app = app
diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index fa0b6cd6e..3e38d8521 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -174,6 +174,8 @@ class Config(object):
     CELERY_TIMEZONE = 'Europe/London'
     CELERY_ACCEPT_CONTENT = ['json']
     CELERY_TASK_SERIALIZER = 'json'
+    # on reporting worker, restart workers after each task is executed to help prevent memory leaks
+    CELERYD_MAX_TASKS_PER_CHILD = os.getenv('CELERYD_MAX_TASKS_PER_CHILD')
     CELERY_IMPORTS = (
         'app.celery.tasks',
         'app.celery.scheduled_tasks',
diff --git a/manifest.yml.j2 b/manifest.yml.j2
index da9f67be7..918b4b50e 100644
--- a/manifest.yml.j2
+++ b/manifest.yml.j2
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
   'notify-delivery-worker-research': {},
   'notify-delivery-worker-sender': {'disk_quota': '2G', 'memory': '3G'},
   'notify-delivery-worker-periodic': {},
-  'notify-delivery-worker-reporting': {},
+  'notify-delivery-worker-reporting': {'additional_env_vars': {'CELERYD_MAX_TASKS_PER_CHILD': 1}},
   'notify-delivery-worker-priority': {},
   'notify-delivery-worker-letters': {},
   'notify-delivery-worker-retry-tasks': {},
@@ -112,3 +112,7 @@ applications:
 
       TEMPLATE_PREVIEW_API_HOST: '{{ TEMPLATE_PREVIEW_API_HOST }}'
       TEMPLATE_PREVIEW_API_KEY: '{{ TEMPLATE_PREVIEW_API_KEY }}'
+
+      {% for key, value in app.get('additional_env_vars', {}).items() %}
+      {{key}}: '{{value}}'
+      {% endfor %}