diff --git a/rowers/tasks.py b/rowers/tasks.py
index 39ed253f..d4009972 100644
--- a/rowers/tasks.py
+++ b/rowers/tasks.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import rowingdata
 from rowingdata import main as rmain
 from rowingdata import rowingdata as rdata
 import rowingdata
+from async_messages import message_user,messages
 
 from matplotlib.backends.backend_agg import FigureCanvas
 #from matplotlib.backends.backend_cairo import FigureCanvasCairo as FigureCanvas
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@ import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 from matplotlib import figure
 
 import stravalib
+    
+from django_rq import job
 
 from utils import serialize_list,deserialize_list
 
@@ -25,6 +28,10 @@ from rowers.dataprepnodjango import new_workout_from_file
 
 from django.core.mail import send_mail, BadHeaderError,EmailMessage
 
+
+
+
+
 # testing task
 @app.task
 def add(x, y):
diff --git a/rowers/tasks_standalone.py b/rowers/tasks_standalone.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eefcba08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rowers/tasks_standalone.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import django
+    from django.conf import settings
+    django.setup()
+
+import time
+from celery import app
+from django_rq import job
+from async_messages import message_user,messages
+from rowers.models import Workout
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+
+@app.task
+@job
+def addcomment2(userid,id):
+    print 'aap'
+    time.sleep(5)
+    w = Workout.objects.get(id=id)
+    w.notes += '\n the task has run'
+    w.save()
+    u = User.objects.get(id=userid)
+    messages.info(u,' The task has run')
+    return 1
diff --git a/rowers/views.py b/rowers/views.py
index dfe743d3..63340e0c 100644
--- a/rowers/views.py
+++ b/rowers/views.py
@@ -2182,15 +2182,15 @@ def workout_forcecurve_view(request,id=0,workstrokesonly=False):
                       'teams':get_my_teams(request.user),
                   })
 
-from rowers.tpstuff import addcomment
+from rowers.tasks_standalone import addcomment2
 from django.contrib import messages
 # Test asynchronous tasking and messaging
 @login_required()
 def workout_test_task_view(request,id=0):
     row = Workout.objects.get(id=id)
-    res = addcomment(request.user.id,row.id)
+    res = addcomment2(request.user.id,row.id)
 
-    res = addcomment.delay(request.user.id,row.id)
+    res = addcomment2.delay(request.user.id,row.id)
 
 
     messages.error(request,'Let op, Sander!')