diff --git a/awx/settings/development.py b/awx/settings/development.py
index 83cab77d85..4bebee113c 100644
--- a/awx/settings/development.py
+++ b/awx/settings/development.py
@@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ MONGO_USERNAME = None
 MONGO_PASSWORD = None
 MONGO_DB = 'system_tracking_dev'
 
+# Override django.template.loaders.cached.Loader in defaults.py
+TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
+    'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
+    'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
+)
+
 # Disable capturing all SQL queries when running celeryd in development.
 if 'celeryd' in sys.argv:
     SQL_DEBUG = False