diff --git a/billard/tasks.py b/billard/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fded6ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/billard/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+from celery import shared_task
+from . import models
+
+
+@shared_task
+def add(x, y):
+    return x + y
diff --git a/caromserver/__init__.py b/caromserver/__init__.py
index e69de29..3b91b07 100644
--- a/caromserver/__init__.py
+++ b/caromserver/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+
+# This will make sure the app is always imported when
+# Django starts so that shared_task will use this app.
+from .celery import app as celery_app
+
+__all__ = ['celery_app']
diff --git a/caromserver/celery.py b/caromserver/celery.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8914e86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/caromserver/celery.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
+import os
+from celery import Celery
+
+# set the default Django settings module for the 'celery' program.
+os.environ.setdefault('DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE', 'caromserver.settings')
+
+app = Celery('caromserver')
+
+# Using a string here means the worker don't have to serialize
+# the configuration object to child processes.
+# - namespace='CELERY' means all celery-related configuration keys
+#   should have a `CELERY_` prefix.
+app.config_from_object('django.conf:settings')
+
+# Load task modules from all registered Django app configs.
+#app.autodiscover_tasks()
+
+
+@app.task(bind=True)
+def debug_task(self):
+    print('Request: {0!r}'.format(self.request))
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/caromserver/settings.py b/caromserver/settings.py
index fe18ef8..df5161a 100644
--- a/caromserver/settings.py
+++ b/caromserver/settings.py
@@ -138,6 +138,15 @@ LOGOUT_URL = 'logout'
 LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = 'carom_index'
 LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL = 'carom_index'
 
+# CELERY STUFF
+BROKER_URL = 'redis://localhost:6379'
+CELERY_RESULT_BACKEND = 'redis://localhost:6379'
+CELERY_ACCEPT_CONTENT = ['application/json']
+CELERY_TASK_SERIALIZER = 'json'
+CELERY_RESULT_SERIALIZER = 'json'
+CELERY_TIMEZONE = 'Europe/Berlin'
+
+
 STATIC_ROOT = "/srv/carom/carom-server/static/"
 
 try: