diff --git a/oyster/bin/__init__.py b/oyster/bin/__init__.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/oyster/bin/oysterd.py b/oyster/bin/oysterd.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1463164..0000000
--- a/oyster/bin/oysterd.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,116 +0,0 @@
-import argparse
-import multiprocessing
-import threading
-import time
-import urllib
-
-import flask
-
-from oyster.client import Client
-from oyster.web import app
-
-
-class UpdateProcess(multiprocessing.Process):
-
-    def __init__(self, task_q, client):
-        super(UpdateProcess, self).__init__()
-        self.task_q = task_q
-        self.client = client
-
-
-    def run(self):
-        while True:
-            task = self.task_q.get()
-
-            # break on 'None' poison pill -- doesn't actually happen currently
-            if task is None:
-                self.task_q.task_done()
-                break
-
-            # update tracked document
-            self.client.update(task)
-
-            # decrement count for semaphore
-            self.task_q.task_done()
-
-
-def _client_from_args(args):
-    return Client(mongo_host=args.mongo_host,
-                  mongo_port=args.mongo_port,
-                  mongo_db=args.mongo_db,
-                  mongo_log_maxsize=args.logsize,
-                  user_agent=args.useragent,
-                  rpm=args.rpm,
-                  timeout=args.timeout,
-                  retry_attempts=args.retry_attempts,
-                  retry_wait_seconds=args.retry_wait)
-
-
-def main():
-
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='oyster daemon')
-    parser.add_argument('-w', '--workers', type=int, default=0,
-        help='number of worker processes to use (default: # processors)')
-    parser.add_argument('-p', '--port', type=int, default=31687,
-        help='port for HTTP service to run on')
-    parser.add_argument('--debug', action='store_true',
-        help='enable debug mode')
-    # client config options
-    parser.add_argument('--mongo_host', default='localhost',
-        help='host or IP for mongodb server')
-    parser.add_argument('--mongo_port', default=27017,
-        help='port for mongodb server')
-    parser.add_argument('--mongo_db', default='oyster',
-        help='mongodb database name')
-    parser.add_argument('--logsize', default=100000000,
-        help='mongodb maximum log size (bytes)')
-    parser.add_argument('--useragent', default='oyster',
-        help='user agent to use when fetching pages')
-    parser.add_argument('--rpm', default=600,
-        help='maximum requests per minute to make')
-    parser.add_argument('--timeout', default=None,
-        help='timeout (seconds) when making requests (default: none)')
-    parser.add_argument('--retry_attempts', default=0,
-        help='retries when making requests (default: 0)')
-    parser.add_argument('--retry_wait', default=5,
-        help='retry wait period (seconds) when making requests (default: 5)')
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    work_queue = multiprocessing.JoinableQueue()
-    client = _client_from_args(args)
-
-    # workers defaults to cpu_count
-    if not args.workers:
-        args.workers = multiprocessing.cpu_count()
-    workers = [UpdateProcess(work_queue, _client_from_args(args))
-               for i in xrange(args.workers)]
-
-    # separate process for Flask app
-    def flask_process():
-        app.run(debug=args.debug, port=args.port)
-    server = multiprocessing.Process(target=flask_process)
-
-    # give flask access to our work_queue
-    app.work_queue = work_queue
-
-    # start all processes
-    for worker in workers:
-        worker.start()
-    server.start()
-
-    while True:
-        # get everything overdue and put it into the queue
-        next_set = client.get_update_queue()
-        if next_set:
-            for item in next_set:
-                work_queue.put(item)
-
-            # do all queued work
-            work_queue.join()
-
-        # sleep for a minute between attempts to check the queue
-        time.sleep(60)
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7836693..0fe3f21 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ scrapelib
 pymongo>=1.11
 flask
 nose
+celery