diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fadc44e8..55fac12c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Fixed
 
+- Celery Redis connections using unpatched sockets under gevent: `dispatcharr/__init__.py` imports `celery.py` as part of `django.setup()`, initialising the Redis connection pool before uWSGI's gevent plugin patches stdlib sockets. Added `gevent.monkey.patch_all()` at the top of `wsgi.py` to guarantee all broker connections are gevent-aware. - Thanks [@endoze](https://github.com/endoze)
 - TS proxy streams dying after 30–200 seconds in multi-worker uWSGI/Celery deployments, caused by three interrelated bugs. (Fixes #992, #980) - Thanks [@PFalko](https://github.com/PFalko)
   - **Double ProxyServer instantiation**: `ProxyConfig.ready()` called `TSProxyServer()` directly while `TSProxyConfig.ready()` also called `TSProxyServer.get_instance()`, creating two instances per worker — each with its own cleanup thread. The orphaned thread could not extend ownership because it had no entries in `stream_managers`. Fixed by using `TSProxyServer.get_instance()` in `ProxyConfig.ready()`.
   - **`flushdb()` on every Redis client init**: `RedisClient.get_client()` called `client.flushdb()` whenever `_client` was `None`. Celery autoscale (`--autoscale=6,1`) spawning new workers mid-stream triggered this path, nuking all Redis keys including active ownership keys, client records, and channel metadata. Removed the `flushdb()` call entirely.
diff --git a/dispatcharr/tests/__init__.py b/dispatcharr/tests/__init__.py
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index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/dispatcharr/tests/test_wsgi.py b/dispatcharr/tests/test_wsgi.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cdf7a2e9
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+++ b/dispatcharr/tests/test_wsgi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+"""Tests for dispatcharr/wsgi.py gevent monkey-patching."""
+
+import os
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import unittest
+
+
+class TestWSGIGeventPatching(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Verify that wsgi.py applies gevent monkey-patching before Django imports.
+
+    These tests run in subprocesses because monkey.patch_all() must execute
+    before any other imports.  By the time Django's test runner loads this
+    file, ssl/socket are already imported, so calling patch_all() in-process
+    would fail.  A subprocess mirrors how uWSGI actually loads wsgi.py.
+    """
+
+    def test_socket_is_patched_after_wsgi_import(self):
+        """Loading wsgi.py first (as uWSGI does) should patch sockets."""
+        result = subprocess.run(
+            [
+                sys.executable, "-c",
+                "import dispatcharr.wsgi; "
+                "from gevent import monkey; "
+                "assert monkey.is_module_patched('socket'), "
+                "'socket module was not patched by wsgi.py'; "
+                "print('PASS')",
+            ],
+            capture_output=True,
+            text=True,
+            env={**os.environ, "DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE": "dispatcharr.settings"},
+            timeout=60,
+            cwd="/app",
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(
+            result.returncode,
+            0,
+            f"monkey-patching check failed:\n{result.stderr}",
+        )
diff --git a/dispatcharr/wsgi.py b/dispatcharr/wsgi.py
index 29c2ba01..6e8860af 100644
--- a/dispatcharr/wsgi.py
+++ b/dispatcharr/wsgi.py
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 """
 WSGI config for dispatcharr project.
 """
+# When running under uWSGI with gevent, ensure monkey-patching is fully
+# applied before any other imports.  Django's setup triggers the import of
+# dispatcharr/__init__.py → celery.py, which initialises the Celery broker
+# transport.  If those imports happen before sockets are patched, Celery's
+# Redis connection pool holds unpatched sockets that silently fail under
+# gevent's cooperative scheduling.  Calling patch_all() here—before the
+# Django import chain—guarantees every socket (including pooled broker
+# connections) is gevent-aware.  The call is idempotent, so it's harmless
+# if uWSGI's gevent plugin has already patched.
+try:
+    from gevent import monkey
+    monkey.patch_all()
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
 import os
 from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application