diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 18c7e478..a92b92b4 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ COPY backend/app ./app
 # In-repo these live at `backend/templates/`; runtime path is `/app/templates`.
 COPY backend/templates ./templates
 
+# Copy worker scripts.
+# In-repo these live at `scripts/`; runtime path is `/app/scripts`.
+COPY scripts ./scripts
+
 # Default API port
 EXPOSE 8000
 
diff --git a/compose.yml b/compose.yml
index e852dc49..d55a4428 100644
--- a/compose.yml
+++ b/compose.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ services:
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: backend/Dockerfile
-    command: ["rq", "worker", "--with-scheduler", "-u", "redis://redis:6379/0"]
+    command: ["python", "scripts/rq-docker", "worker"]
     env_file:
       - ./backend/.env
     depends_on:
diff --git a/scripts/rq-docker b/scripts/rq-docker
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ec53742
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/rq-docker
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""RQ worker entrypoint for Docker containers."""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import argparse
+import sys
+from pathlib import Path
+
+# In Docker, the working directory is /app and app code is at /app/app/
+# Add /app to sys.path so we can import app.services.queue_worker
+WORKDIR = Path.cwd()
+sys.path.insert(0, str(WORKDIR))
+
+from app.services.queue_worker import run_worker
+
+
+def cmd_worker(args: argparse.Namespace) -> int:
+    try:
+        run_worker()
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        return 0
+    return 0
+
+
+def build_parser() -> argparse.ArgumentParser:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="RQ background worker helpers.")
+    subparsers = parser.add_subparsers(dest="command", required=True)
+
+    worker_parser = subparsers.add_parser(
+        "worker",
+        help="Continuously process queued background work.",
+    )
+    worker_parser.set_defaults(func=cmd_worker)
+
+    return parser
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    parser = build_parser()
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    sys.exit(args.func(args))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()