diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+*.pyc
+build/
+.coverage
+*.egg-info
+dist/
diff --git a/django_pyres/__init__.py b/django_pyres/__init__.py
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+++ b/django_pyres/__init__.py
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+VERSION = (0, 1, 0)
+__version__ = '.'.join(map(str, VERSION))
+
diff --git a/django_pyres/conf.py b/django_pyres/conf.py
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+++ b/django_pyres/conf.py
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+from django.conf import settings #noqa
+from appconf import AppConf
+
+class PyresConf(AppConf):
+    HOST = "localhost:6379"
+    PASSWORD = None
+    WORKER_PIDFILE = None
+    WORKER_INTERVAL = None
+    WORKER_LOGFILE = None
+    WORKER_TIMEOUT= None
+    MANAGER_POOL_SIZE=2
+
+    class Meta:
+        prefix = 'pyres'
diff --git a/django_pyres/core.py b/django_pyres/core.py
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+++ b/django_pyres/core.py
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+from pyres import ResQ
+from django.conf import settings
+pyres = ResQ(getattr(settings,'PYRES_HOST','localhost:6379'),getattr(settings,'PYRES_PASSWORD',None))
+
diff --git a/django_pyres/management/__init__.py b/django_pyres/management/__init__.py
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diff --git a/django_pyres/management/commands/__init__.py b/django_pyres/management/commands/__init__.py
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diff --git a/django_pyres/management/commands/pyres_manager.py b/django_pyres/management/commands/pyres_manager.py
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+++ b/django_pyres/management/commands/pyres_manager.py
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+import logging
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from django_pyres.conf import settings
+
+from optparse import make_option
+from pyres.horde import Khan
+from pyres import setup_pidfile
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    option_list = BaseCommand.option_list + (
+        make_option("--pool", type="int", dest="pool_size", default=0, help="Number of minions to spawn under the manager."),
+        make_option('-l', '--log-level', dest='log_level', default='info', help='log level.  Valid values are "debug", "info", "warning", "error", "critical", in decreasing order of verbosity. Defaults to "info" if parameter not specified.'),
+        make_option('-f', dest='logfile', help='If present, a logfile will be used.  "stderr", "stdout", and "syslog" are all special values.'),
+    )
+    help = 'Closes the specified poll for voting'
+
+    def handle(self, queue_list, **options):
+        queues = queue_list.split(',')
+        log_level = getattr(logging, options['log_level'].upper(), 'INFO')
+        pool_size = options.get('pool_size')
+        if pool_size == 0:
+            pool_size = settings.PYRES_MANAGER_POOL_SIZE
+        setup_pidfile(settings.PYRES_WORKER_PIDFILE)
+        Khan.run(
+            pool_size=pool_size, 
+            queues=queues, 
+            server=settings.PYRES_HOST, 
+            logging_level=log_level, 
+            log_file=None)
diff --git a/django_pyres/management/commands/pyres_worker.py b/django_pyres/management/commands/pyres_worker.py
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+++ b/django_pyres/management/commands/pyres_worker.py
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+import logging
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from django_pyres.conf import settings
+
+from optparse import make_option
+from pyres.worker import Worker
+from pyres import setup_logging, setup_pidfile
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    option_list = BaseCommand.option_list + (
+        make_option('-l', '--log-level', dest='log_level', default='info', help='log level.  Valid values are "debug", "info", "warning", "error", "critical", in decreasing order of verbosity. Defaults to "info" if parameter not specified.'),
+    )
+    help = 'Closes the specified poll for voting'
+
+    def handle(self, queue_list, **options):
+        queues = queue_list.split(',')
+        log_level = getattr(logging, options['log_level'].upper(), 'INFO')
+        setup_logging(procname="pyres_worker", log_level=log_level, filename=None)
+        setup_pidfile(settings.PYRES_WORKER_PIDFILE)
+        Worker.run(
+            queues, 
+            settings.PYRES_HOST,
+            settings.PYRES_WORKER_INTERVAL, 
+            timeout=settings.PYRES_WORKER_TIMEOUT
+        )
+
+
diff --git a/django_pyres/models.py b/django_pyres/models.py
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+++ b/django_pyres/models.py
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+from django.db import models
+# Create your models here.
diff --git a/django_pyres/views.py b/django_pyres/views.py
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+++ b/django_pyres/views.py
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+# Create your views here.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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+++ b/setup.py
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+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+version=__import__('django_pyres').__version__
+setup(
+    name='django_pyres',
+    version=version,
+    description='django pyres ',
+    author='Matt George',
+    author_email='mgeorge@gmail.com',
+    maintainer='Matt George',
+    license='MIT',
+    url='http://github.com/Pyres/django_pyres',
+    packages=find_packages(exclude=['ez_setup', 'example','testapp','tests']),
+    include_package_data=True,
+    install_requires=[
+        'pyres>=1.3',
+    ],
+    classifiers = [
+            'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+            'Environment :: Console',
+            'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+            'License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License',
+            'Operating System :: OS Independent',
+            'Programming Language :: Python'],
+)
+