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-rw-r--r--synapse/app/homeserver.py7
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diff --git a/synapse/app/homeserver.py b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
index 52541faab2..dd76e07321 100644
--- a/synapse/app/homeserver.py
+++ b/synapse/app/homeserver.py
@@ -358,6 +358,13 @@ def setup(config_options: List[str]) -> SynapseHomeServer:
         # generating config files and shouldn't try to continue.
         sys.exit(0)
 
+    if config.worker.worker_app:
+        raise ConfigError(
+            "You have specified `worker_app` in the config but are attempting to start a non-worker "
+            "instance. Please use `python -m synapse.app.generic_worker` instead (or remove the option if this is the main process)."
+        )
+        sys.exit(1)
+
     events.USE_FROZEN_DICTS = config.server.use_frozen_dicts
     synapse.util.caches.TRACK_MEMORY_USAGE = config.caches.track_memory_usage