diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index f598c1bb..10872178 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - '.:/app'
     depends_on:
-      - dramatiq-worker
       - otel-collector
     command:
       - opentelemetry-instrument
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ services:
       context: .
       target: http_app
     depends_on:
-      - dramatiq-worker
       - otel-collector
     env_file: local.env
     environment:
diff --git a/local.env b/local.env
index c33c1ba3..1f196a80 100644
--- a/local.env
+++ b/local.env
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+ENVIRONMENT: "local"
 AUTH__JWKS_URL: "http://oathkeeper:4456/.well-known/jwks.json"
-DRAMATIQ__REDIS_URL: "redis://redis:6379/0"
+#DRAMATIQ__REDIS_URL: "redis://redis:6379/0"
 OTEL_EXPORTER_OTLP_ENDPOINT: "http://otel-collector:4317"
diff --git a/src/common/dramatiq.py b/src/common/dramatiq.py
index 53cee427..cf9234d8 100644
--- a/src/common/dramatiq.py
+++ b/src/common/dramatiq.py
@@ -37,8 +37,11 @@ def init_dramatiq(config: AppConfig):
     else:
         broker = StubBroker()
         # broker.emit_after("process_boot")
-        if config.ENVIRONMENT != "test":
-            logging.critical("Running a non-test environment without Redis URL set")
+        if config.ENVIRONMENT not in ["test", "local"]:
+            logging.critical(
+                "Running a non-test/non-local environment without Redis URL set",
+                extra={"ENVIRONMENT": config.ENVIRONMENT},
+            )
     broker.add_middleware(AsyncIO())
     set_broker(broker)
     set_encoder(ORJSONEncoder())
diff --git a/tests/common/test_dramatiq.py b/tests/common/test_dramatiq.py
index 4b1dbb12..4fba5ad0 100644
--- a/tests/common/test_dramatiq.py
+++ b/tests/common/test_dramatiq.py
@@ -70,4 +70,6 @@ def test_init_dramatiq_without_redis_url(caplog):
     with caplog.at_level(logging.CRITICAL):
         init_dramatiq(config)
 
-    assert "Running a non-test environment without Redis URL set" in caplog.text
+    assert (
+        "Running a non-test/non-local environment without Redis URL set" in caplog.text
+    )