[SOLVED] My custom django-admin command won't call celery task

I am trying to write a custom django-admin command that executes a celery task, however the task doesn't execute and django just hangs when I try.

from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
from myapp.tasks import my_celery_task

class Command(BaseCommand):
    def handle(self, *args, **options):
        print "starting task"
        my_celery_task.delay()
        print "task has been sent"

The output I receive when calling the command is:

starting task

I never reach the "task has been sent" line. It just hangs. I'm not sure why the task isn't running. Celery tasks are called perfectly when called by a view.