diff --git a/chess_backend/__init__.py b/chess_backend/__init__.py
index e69de29..5568b6d 100644
--- a/chess_backend/__init__.py
+++ b/chess_backend/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# This will make sure the app is always imported when
+# Django starts so that shared_task will use this app.
+from .celery import app as celery_app
+
+__all__ = ("celery_app",)
diff --git a/chess_backend/celery.py b/chess_backend/celery.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20f73ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chess_backend/celery.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import os
+
+from celery import Celery
+
+os.environ.setdefault("DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE", "chess_backend.settings")
+
+app = Celery("chess_backend")
+
+# Using a string here means the worker doesn't have to serialize
+# the configuration object to child processes.
+# - namespace='CELERY' means all celery-related configuration keys
+#   should have a `CELERY_` prefix.
+app.config_from_object("django.conf:settings", namespace="CELERY")
+
+# Load task modules from all registered Django apps.
+app.autodiscover_tasks()
+
+
+@app.task(bind=True, ignore_result=True)
+def debug_task(self):
+    print(f"Request: {self.request!r}")
diff --git a/chess_backend/settings.py b/chess_backend/settings.py
index a426581..712aa2c 100644
--- a/chess_backend/settings.py
+++ b/chess_backend/settings.py
@@ -124,3 +124,9 @@ LOGGING = {
         },
     },
 }
+
+# Celery Configuration Options
+CELERY_TIMEZONE = "Europe/Moscow"
+CELERY_TASK_TRACK_STARTED = True
+CELERY_TASK_TIME_LIMIT = 30 * 60
+CELERY_BROKER_URL = 'redis://localhost:6379/0'
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index af49290..c274de8 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ djangorestframework==3.13.1
 Pillow==9.1.1
 PyJWT==2.4.0
 channels-redis==3.4.1
+celery==5.2.7
+redis==4.3.4
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diff --git a/room/tasks.py b/room/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c41f66a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/room/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from celery import shared_task
+
+# TODO: add timeout for state