diff --git a/bookwyrm/settings.py b/bookwyrm/settings.py
index d694e33fd..b1deed8fb 100644
--- a/bookwyrm/settings.py
+++ b/bookwyrm/settings.py
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     "django_rename_app",
     "bookwyrm",
     "celery",
+    "imagekit",
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
diff --git a/bw-dev b/bw-dev
index c2b63bc17..1dd4c0ff7 100755
--- a/bw-dev
+++ b/bw-dev
@@ -107,7 +107,10 @@ case "$CMD" in
     populate_streams)
         runweb python manage.py populate_streams
         ;;
+    generateimages)
+        runweb python manage.py generateimages
+        ;;
     *)
-        echo "Unrecognised command. Try: build, clean, up, initdb, resetdb, makemigrations, migrate, bash, shell, dbshell, restart_celery, test, pytest, test_report, black, populate_feeds"
+        echo "Unrecognised command. Try: build, clean, up, initdb, resetdb, makemigrations, migrate, bash, shell, dbshell, restart_celery, test, pytest, test_report, black, populate_feeds, generateimages"
         ;;
 esac
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 289d6fe68..7a458094e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 celery==4.4.2
 Django==3.2.0
+django-imagekit==4.0.2
 django-model-utils==4.0.0
 environs==7.2.0
 flower==0.9.4