diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index b7afcad7c044d1b23a30ef02c2da9f54038ee4a3..4193394b4efe0d8a3c2dd0b78374b12505b07d60 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ from flask import Flask
 from flask.cli import AppGroup, run_command
 
 import portal.logging as logging_config
+import portal
 from management.data import DataManagement
 from portal import create_app, db
 
@@ -31,6 +32,8 @@ app.cli.add_command(devel_cli)
 
 manager = DataManagement(app, db)
 
+celery = portal.get_celery(app)
+
 
 @devel_cli.command('run', help='Runs the devel server with initializes db')
 @click.option('-p', '--port', default=8000)