diff --git a/augur/tasks/start_tasks.py b/augur/tasks/start_tasks.py
index 91e05c6fc1..8387e6746c 100644
--- a/augur/tasks/start_tasks.py
+++ b/augur/tasks/start_tasks.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #from celery.result import AsyncResult
 from celery import group, chain
 from sqlalchemy import and_,update
+import sqlalchemy as s
 
 
 from augur.tasks.github import *