diff --git a/backend/common/src/helper.py b/backend/common/src/helper.py
index 3a487e63..90b9e068 100644
--- a/backend/common/src/helper.py
+++ b/backend/common/src/helper.py
@@ -218,7 +218,12 @@ def ta_host_parser(ta_host: str) -> tuple[list[str], list[str]]:
 
         parsed = urlparse(host_clean)
         allowed_hosts.append(f"{parsed.hostname}")
-        csrf_trusted_origins.append(f"{parsed.scheme}://{parsed.hostname}")
+        cors_url = f"{parsed.scheme}://{parsed.hostname}"
+
+        if parsed.port:
+            cors_url = f"{cors_url}:{parsed.port}"
+
+        csrf_trusted_origins.append(cors_url)
 
     return allowed_hosts, csrf_trusted_origins
 
diff --git a/backend/task/celery.py b/backend/task/celery.py
index b7af1ba0..68e36559 100644
--- a/backend/task/celery.py
+++ b/backend/task/celery.py
@@ -5,12 +5,21 @@ import os
 from celery import Celery
 from common.src.env_settings import EnvironmentSettings
 
+
+def con_parser():
+    """allow for unix socket parsing"""
+    redis_con = EnvironmentSettings.REDIS_CON
+    if redis_con.startswith("unix://"):
+        redis_con = EnvironmentSettings.REDIS_CON.replace(
+            "unix://", "redis+socket://", 1
+        )
+
+    return redis_con
+
+
 os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "config.settings")
 app = Celery(
-    "tasks",
-    broker=EnvironmentSettings.REDIS_CON,
-    backend=EnvironmentSettings.REDIS_CON,
-    result_extended=True,
+    "tasks", broker=con_parser(), backend=con_parser(), result_extended=True
 )
 app.config_from_object(
     "django.conf:settings", namespace=EnvironmentSettings.REDIS_NAME_SPACE