diff --git a/archivebox/actors/management/commands/orchestrator.py b/archivebox/actors/management/commands/orchestrator.py
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+
+
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
+
+from actors.orchestrator import ArchivingOrchestrator
+
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+    help = 'Run the archivebox orchestrator'
+
+    # def add_arguments(self, parser):
+    #     parser.add_argument('subcommand', type=str, help='The subcommand you want to run')
+    #     parser.add_argument('command_args', nargs='*', help='Arguments to pass to the subcommand')
+
+
+    def handle(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        orchestrator = ArchivingOrchestrator()
+        orchestrator.start()