diff --git a/.docker/Dockerfile b/.docker/Dockerfile
index 9ecc858..d00a424 100644
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile
@@ -6,15 +6,23 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip git && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Install requirements
+COPY requirements.txt /workspace/requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r /workspace/requirements.txt
+
 # Set working directory
 WORKDIR /workspace
 
+# Ensure Python can import from this path
+#ENV PYTHONPATH=/workspace/src
+ENV PYTHONPATH=/workspace:/workspace/src
+
 
 # Copy the entrypoint from the .docker folder into the image
 COPY .docker/entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
 RUN chmod +x /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
 
-ENTRYPOINT ["/use/local/bin/entrypoint.sh"]
+ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh"]
 CMD ["bash"]
 
 
diff --git a/.docker/entrypoint.sh b/.docker/entrypoint.sh
index 51b26ba..2d62628 100644
--- a/.docker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/.docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-# Hand off to whatever was passed in (e.g. bash)
 exec "${@:-bash}"
 
diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..477abcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+celerybeat-schedule.*
+src/celerybeat-schedule.*
+.github
+.gitignore
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..96dd22a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+celerybeat-schedule.*
+src/celerybeat-schedule.*
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diff --git a/docker-compose.gpu.yml b/docker-compose.gpu.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bda9d46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker-compose.gpu.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+version: "3.8"
+services:
+  justinsight_service:
+    gpus: all
+  celery_worker:
+    gpus: all
+  celery_beat:
+    gpus: all
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7d18737..3e59160 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 version: '3.8'
-
+ 
 services:
   justinsight_service:
     build:
       context: .
       dockerfile: .docker/Dockerfile
-    gpus: all
 
     # bind-mount your repo and the shared EBS volume
     volumes:
@@ -13,10 +12,25 @@ services:
       - ./shared:/workspace/shared:cached
 
     # ensure entrypoint.sh runs (clones & checks out the right branch)
-    entrypoint: ["/usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh"]
+    #entrypoint: ["/usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh"]
     command: ["bash"]
     stdin_open: true
     tty: true
+    
+  redis:
+    image: redis:7-alpine
+    ports:
+      - "6379:6379"
 
-
+  celery_worker:
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: .docker/Dockerfile
+    volumes:
+      - .:/workspace:cached
+    depends_on:
+      - redis
+    #entrypoint: ["/usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh"]
+    command: ["celery", "-A", justinsight.celery, "worker", "--loglevel=info"] #the lowercase j is actually so important
+=======
 
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 455c2a5..c52820d 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -19,4 +19,20 @@ A lightweight, news intelligence service for ingesting free news sources, taggin
 1. **Clone** the repo:
    ```bash
    git clone https://github.com/JustInternetAI/JustInsight.git
-   cd justinsight
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+   cd justinsight
+
+
+## Setting up Celery Beat:
+- On MacOS
+   - run: docker compose up --build
+      - OR for running in the background: docker compose up -d
+   - use local development section of entrypoint.sh
+   - to shut down celery: docker compose down
+- On the EC2
+   - run: docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.gpu.yml up --build
+      - OR for running in the background: docker compose up -d
+   - use EC2 section of entrypoint.sh
+   - to shut down celery: docker compose down
+
+*When running in background you can use "docker logs <container_name_or_id>" to see the log and "docker ps"
+to find the ID.
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diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index e69de29..1ce978e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+celery[redis]
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diff --git a/src/__init__.py b/src/ingest/__init__.py
similarity index 100%
rename from src/__init__.py
rename to src/ingest/__init__.py
diff --git a/src/ingest/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc b/src/ingest/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
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diff --git a/src/ingest/bbc_rss.py b/src/ingest/bbc_rss.py
index 1dc45ac..ff7e4a7 100644
--- a/src/ingest/bbc_rss.py
+++ b/src/ingest/bbc_rss.py
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-print("Hello World!")
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+
+def testTask():
+    print("Hello World! From the RSS file")
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diff --git a/src/justInsight/__init__.py b/src/justInsight/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/src/justInsight/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc b/src/justInsight/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
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diff --git a/src/justInsight/celery.py b/src/justInsight/celery.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a92454
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/justInsight/celery.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# celery.py
+from celery import Celery
+
+app = Celery(
+    "justInsight",
+    broker="redis://redis:6379/0",
+    backend="redis://redis:6379/0",
+    include=["justInsight.tasks"],  # adjust this to your tasks file
+)
+
+# Optional beat schedule
+app.conf.beat_schedule = {
+    "sample-task-every-10-seconds": {
+        "task": "justInsight.tasks.sample_task",
+        "schedule": 10.0,
+        "args": (),
+    },
+}
diff --git a/src/justInsight/tasks.py b/src/justInsight/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9378f65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/justInsight/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# tasks.py
+from celery import shared_task
+from ingest.bbc_rss import testTask
+
+
+@shared_task
+def sample_task():
+    testTask()
+    return "done!"
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