diff --git a/defender/tasks.py b/defender/tasks.py
index db3498a..b7d9ff9 100644
--- a/defender/tasks.py
+++ b/defender/tasks.py
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-from . import config
 from .data import store_login_attempt
 
 # not sure how to get this to look better. ideally we want to dynamically
 # apply the celery decorator based on the USE_CELERY setting.
 
-if config.USE_CELERY:
-    from celery import shared_task
+from celery import shared_task
 
-    @shared_task()
-    def add_login_attempt_task(user_agent, ip_address, username,
-                               http_accept, path_info, login_valid):
-        """ Create a record for the login attempt """
-        store_login_attempt(user_agent, ip_address, username,
-                            http_accept, path_info, login_valid)
+
+@shared_task()
+def add_login_attempt_task(user_agent, ip_address, username,
+                           http_accept, path_info, login_valid):
+    """ Create a record for the login attempt """
+    store_login_attempt(user_agent, ip_address, username,
+                        http_accept, path_info, login_valid)