diff --git a/conf/loader.yml b/conf/loader.yml
--- a/conf/loader.yml
+++ b/conf/loader.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@
           directory: 1000
           revision: 1000
 
+scheduler:
+  cls: remote
+  args:
+    url: http://swh-scheduler-api:5008/
+
 celery:
   task_broker: amqp://guest:guest@amqp//
   task_modules:
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@
     entrypoint: /entrypoint.sh
     depends_on:
       - swh-storage
+      - swh-scheduler-api
       - amqp
     volumes:
       - "./conf/loader.yml:/loader.yml:ro"
diff --git a/services/swh-listers-worker/entrypoint.sh b/services/swh-listers-worker/entrypoint.sh
--- a/services/swh-listers-worker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/services/swh-listers-worker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
         echo Initialize database
         swh lister -C ${SWH_CONFIG_FILENAME} db-init
 
-        echo Register lister task types in scheduler database
-        swh lister -C ${SWH_CONFIG_FILENAME} register-task-types
+        echo Register task types in scheduler database
+        swh scheduler -C ${SWH_CONFIG_FILENAME} task-type register
 
         echo Waiting for RabbitMQ to start
         wait-for-it amqp:5672 -s --timeout=0
diff --git a/services/swh-loaders-worker/entrypoint.sh b/services/swh-loaders-worker/entrypoint.sh
--- a/services/swh-loaders-worker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/services/swh-loaders-worker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
         echo Waiting for RabbitMQ to start
         wait-for-it amqp:5672 -s --timeout=0
 
+        echo Register task types in scheduler database
+        swh scheduler -C ${SWH_CONFIG_FILENAME} task-type register
+
         echo Starting the swh-loader Celery worker for ${SWH_WORKER_INSTANCE}
         exec python -m celery worker \
                     --app=swh.scheduler.celery_backend.config.app \