diff --git a/backend/danswer/background/celery/celery_redis.py b/backend/danswer/background/celery/celery_redis.py
index d9d61b6c8a6..f08bfd17e2f 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/background/celery/celery_redis.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/background/celery/celery_redis.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 )
 from danswer.db.document_set import construct_document_select_by_docset
 from danswer.utils.variable_functionality import fetch_versioned_implementation
+from danswer.utils.variable_functionality import global_version
 
 
 class RedisObjectHelper(ABC):
@@ -172,6 +173,9 @@ def generate_tasks(
 
         async_results = []
 
+        if not global_version.is_ee_version():
+            return 0
+
         try:
             construct_document_select_by_usergroup = fetch_versioned_implementation(
                 "danswer.db.user_group",
diff --git a/backend/danswer/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py b/backend/danswer/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py
index 62806c7b81d..3f347cbab3d 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/background/celery/tasks/vespa/tasks.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 from danswer.utils.variable_functionality import (
     fetch_versioned_implementation_with_fallback,
 )
+from danswer.utils.variable_functionality import global_version
 from danswer.utils.variable_functionality import noop_fallback
 
 
@@ -87,21 +88,24 @@ def check_for_vespa_sync_task() -> None:
                 )
 
             # check if any user groups are not synced
-            try:
-                fetch_user_groups = fetch_versioned_implementation(
-                    "danswer.db.user_group", "fetch_user_groups"
-                )
+            if global_version.is_ee_version():
+                try:
+                    fetch_user_groups = fetch_versioned_implementation(
+                        "danswer.db.user_group", "fetch_user_groups"
+                    )
 
-                user_groups = fetch_user_groups(
-                    db_session=db_session, only_up_to_date=False
-                )
-                for usergroup in user_groups:
-                    try_generate_user_group_sync_tasks(
-                        usergroup, db_session, r, lock_beat
+                    user_groups = fetch_user_groups(
+                        db_session=db_session, only_up_to_date=False
                     )
-            except ModuleNotFoundError:
-                # Always exceptions on the MIT version, which is expected
-                pass
+                    for usergroup in user_groups:
+                        try_generate_user_group_sync_tasks(
+                            usergroup, db_session, r, lock_beat
+                        )
+                except ModuleNotFoundError:
+                    # Always exceptions on the MIT version, which is expected
+                    # We shouldn't actually get here if the ee version check works
+                    pass
+
     except SoftTimeLimitExceeded:
         task_logger.info(
             "Soft time limit exceeded, task is being terminated gracefully."
diff --git a/backend/danswer/background/update.py b/backend/danswer/background/update.py
index 57d05513ac2..773165c5161 100755
--- a/backend/danswer/background/update.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/background/update.py
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ def kickoff_indexing_jobs(
                     run_indexing_entrypoint,
                     attempt.id,
                     attempt.connector_credential_pair_id,
-                    global_version.get_is_ee_version(),
+                    global_version.is_ee_version(),
                     pure=False,
                 )
                 if not run:
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ def kickoff_indexing_jobs(
                     run_indexing_entrypoint,
                     attempt.id,
                     attempt.connector_credential_pair_id,
-                    global_version.get_is_ee_version(),
+                    global_version.is_ee_version(),
                     pure=False,
                 )
                 if not run:
diff --git a/backend/danswer/main.py b/backend/danswer/main.py
index b9231a9c561..d3aa8b00efd 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/main.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/main.py
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ def get_application() -> FastAPI:
         f"Starting Danswer Backend version {__version__} on http://{APP_HOST}:{str(APP_PORT)}/"
     )
 
-    if global_version.get_is_ee_version():
+    if global_version.is_ee_version():
         logger.notice("Running Enterprise Edition")
 
     uvicorn.run(app, host=APP_HOST, port=APP_PORT)
diff --git a/backend/danswer/utils/variable_functionality.py b/backend/danswer/utils/variable_functionality.py
index 55f296aa8e7..dfe6def2a56 100644
--- a/backend/danswer/utils/variable_functionality.py
+++ b/backend/danswer/utils/variable_functionality.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
     def set_ee(self) -> None:
         self._is_ee = True
 
-    def get_is_ee_version(self) -> bool:
+    def is_ee_version(self) -> bool:
         return self._is_ee
 
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def get_is_ee_version(self) -> bool:
 
 
 def set_is_ee_based_on_env_variable() -> None:
-    if ENTERPRISE_EDITION_ENABLED and not global_version.get_is_ee_version():
+    if ENTERPRISE_EDITION_ENABLED and not global_version.is_ee_version():
         logger.notice("Enterprise Edition enabled")
         global_version.set_ee()
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ def fetch_versioned_implementation(module: str, attribute: str) -> Any:
         implementation cannot be found or loaded.
     """
     logger.debug("Fetching versioned implementation for %s.%s", module, attribute)
-    is_ee = global_version.get_is_ee_version()
+    is_ee = global_version.is_ee_version()
 
     module_full = f"ee.{module}" if is_ee else module
     try: