diff --git a/pod/video_encode_transcript/importing_transcript_tasks.py b/pod/video_encode_transcript/importing_transcript_tasks.py
index ef22e0af7e..c528561f15 100644
--- a/pod/video_encode_transcript/importing_transcript_tasks.py
+++ b/pod/video_encode_transcript/importing_transcript_tasks.py
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 from celery import Celery
 from .. import settings
 import logging
+import io
+import webvtt
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 ENCODING_TRANSCODING_CELERY_BROKER_URL = getattr(
@@ -20,12 +22,17 @@
 }
 
 
-# celery -A pod.video_encode_transcript.importing_tasks worker -l INFO -Q importing
+# celery \
+# -A pod.video_encode_transcript.importing_transcript_tasks worker \
+# -l INFO -Q importing_transcript
 @importing_transcript_app.task
-def start_importing_transcript_task(video_id, msg, webvtt):
+def start_importing_transcript_task(video_id, msg, textwebvtt):
     """Start the encoding of the video."""
     print("Start the importing transcript of the video ID : %s" % video_id)
     from pod.video.models import Video
     from .transcript import save_vtt_and_notify
     video_to_encode = Video.objects.get(id=video_id)
-    save_vtt_and_notify(video_to_encode, msg, webvtt)
+    textwebvtt = "WEBVTT\\n\\n" + textwebvtt
+    f = io.StringIO(textwebvtt)
+    new_vtt = webvtt.read_buffer(f)
+    save_vtt_and_notify(video_to_encode, msg, new_vtt)
diff --git a/pod/video_encode_transcript/transcript.py b/pod/video_encode_transcript/transcript.py
index c42fa67b4d..8e33da31e1 100644
--- a/pod/video_encode_transcript/transcript.py
+++ b/pod/video_encode_transcript/transcript.py
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ def main_threaded_transcript(video_to_encode_id):
         else:
             mp3filepath = mp3file.path
             if USE_DISTANT_ENCODING_TRANSCODING:
-                start_transcripting_task(
+                start_transcripting_task.delay(
                     video_to_encode.id,
                     mp3filepath,
                     video_to_encode.duration,
diff --git a/pod/video_encode_transcript/transcripting_tasks.py b/pod/video_encode_transcript/transcripting_tasks.py
index 5fecf8d429..53ed38fd45 100644
--- a/pod/video_encode_transcript/transcripting_tasks.py
+++ b/pod/video_encode_transcript/transcripting_tasks.py
@@ -26,11 +26,13 @@
 }
 
 
-# celery -A pod.video_encode_transcript.encoding_tasks worker -l INFO -Q encoding
+# celery \
+# -A pod.video_encode_transcript.transcripting_tasks worker \
+# -l INFO -Q transcripting
 @transcripting_app.task
 def start_transcripting_task(video_id, mp3filepath, duration, lang):
     """Start the encoding of the video."""
     print("Start the transcripting of the video %s" % video_id)
     msg, webvtt = start_transcripting(mp3filepath, duration, lang)
     print("End of the transcripting of the video")
-    start_importing_transcript_task.delay(video_id, msg, webvtt)
+    start_importing_transcript_task.delay(video_id, msg, str(webvtt))