try with standalone

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):