diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f8e7583113..48c7149d3c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 Note: Breaking changes between versions are indicated by "💥".
 
+## Unreleased
+
+- [Bugfix] Fix unsent activation emails and other asynchronous tasks
+
 ## v10.0.5 (2020-06-21)
 
 - [Security] Apply edx-platform upstream xss security fixes ([pull request](https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/pull/24258))
diff --git a/tutor/templates/local/docker-compose.yml b/tutor/templates/local/docker-compose.yml
index 456d96db79..c0184a909d 100644
--- a/tutor/templates/local/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/tutor/templates/local/docker-compose.yml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ services:
       SERVICE_VARIANT: cms
       SETTINGS: ${EDX_PLATFORM_SETTINGS:-tutor.production}
       C_FORCE_ROOT: "1" # run celery tasks as root #nofear
-    command: ./manage.py cms celery worker --loglevel=info --hostname=edx.cms.core.default.%%h --maxtasksperchild 100
+    command: ./manage.py cms celery worker --loglevel=info --hostname=edx.cms.core.default.%%h --maxtasksperchild 100 --exclude-queues=edx.lms.core.default
     restart: unless-stopped
     volumes:
       - ../apps/openedx/settings/lms/:/openedx/edx-platform/lms/envs/tutor/