diff --git a/backend/scripts/repl b/backend/scripts/repl
index e30a4aafd..c615032e9 100755
--- a/backend/scripts/repl
+++ b/backend/scripts/repl
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ export PENPOT_FLAGS="\
        enable-login-with-google \
        enable-login-with-github \
        enable-login-with-gitlab \
-       disable-backend-worker \
+       enable-backend-worker \
        enable-backend-asserts \
        enable-feature-fdata-pointer-map \
        enable-feature-fdata-objects-map \