diff --git a/app/apps/common/procrastinate.py b/app/apps/common/procrastinate.py
index c6f3c3d..8e27e28 100644
--- a/app/apps/common/procrastinate.py
+++ b/app/apps/common/procrastinate.py
@@ -1,6 +1,47 @@
+import functools
+import inspect
+
 import procrastinate
+from django.db import close_old_connections
+
+
+_CONNECTION_CLEANUP_WRAPPED = "_wygiwyh_connection_cleanup_wrapped"
+
+
+def _wrap_task_with_django_connection_cleanup(task):
+    if getattr(task.func, _CONNECTION_CLEANUP_WRAPPED, False):
+        return
+
+    func = task.func
+
+    if inspect.iscoroutinefunction(func):
+
+        @functools.wraps(func)
+        async def async_wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
+            close_old_connections()
+            try:
+                return await func(*args, **kwargs)
+            finally:
+                close_old_connections()
+
+        wrapped = async_wrapped
+    else:
+
+        @functools.wraps(func)
+        def sync_wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
+            close_old_connections()
+            try:
+                return func(*args, **kwargs)
+            finally:
+                close_old_connections()
+
+        wrapped = sync_wrapped
+
+    setattr(wrapped, _CONNECTION_CLEANUP_WRAPPED, True)
+    task.func = wrapped
 
 
 def on_app_ready(app: procrastinate.App):
     """This function is ran upon procrastinate initialization."""
-    ...
+    for task in set(app.tasks.values()):
+        _wrap_task_with_django_connection_cleanup(task)
diff --git a/app/apps/common/tests/__init__.py b/app/apps/common/tests/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b13789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/apps/common/tests/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+
diff --git a/app/apps/common/tests/test_procrastinate.py b/app/apps/common/tests/test_procrastinate.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be175bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/apps/common/tests/test_procrastinate.py
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+from unittest.mock import patch
+
+import procrastinate
+from django.db import connection
+from django.test import SimpleTestCase, TransactionTestCase
+from procrastinate.testing import InMemoryConnector
+
+from apps.common.procrastinate import on_app_ready
+
+
+def make_app_with_task(func):
+    app = procrastinate.App(connector=InMemoryConnector())
+    task = app.task(name="sample_task")(func)
+
+    return app, task
+
+
+class ProcrastinateConnectionCleanupTests(SimpleTestCase):
+    def test_app_ready_closes_old_connections_around_sync_tasks(self):
+        calls = []
+
+        def sample_task(value):
+            calls.append(("task", value))
+            return value * 2
+
+        app, task = make_app_with_task(sample_task)
+
+        with patch(
+            "apps.common.procrastinate.close_old_connections",
+            create=True,
+            side_effect=lambda: calls.append(("cleanup", None)),
+        ):
+            on_app_ready(app)
+
+            result = task.func(3)
+
+        self.assertEqual(result, 6)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            calls,
+            [
+                ("cleanup", None),
+                ("task", 3),
+                ("cleanup", None),
+            ],
+        )
+
+    def test_app_ready_closes_old_connections_when_sync_task_raises(self):
+        calls = []
+
+        def sample_task():
+            calls.append(("task", None))
+            raise RuntimeError("boom")
+
+        app, task = make_app_with_task(sample_task)
+
+        with patch(
+            "apps.common.procrastinate.close_old_connections",
+            create=True,
+            side_effect=lambda: calls.append(("cleanup", None)),
+        ):
+            on_app_ready(app)
+
+            with self.assertRaises(RuntimeError):
+                task.func()
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            calls,
+            [
+                ("cleanup", None),
+                ("task", None),
+                ("cleanup", None),
+            ],
+        )
+
+
+class ProcrastinateConnectionRecoveryTests(TransactionTestCase):
+    def test_wrapped_task_recovers_from_closed_django_connection(self):
+        def sample_task():
+            with connection.cursor() as cursor:
+                cursor.execute("SELECT 1")
+                return cursor.fetchone()[0]
+
+        app, task = make_app_with_task(sample_task)
+        on_app_ready(app)
+
+        connection.ensure_connection()
+        connection.connection.close()
+
+        self.assertEqual(task.func(), 1)