diff --git a/kuyruk/__init__.py b/kuyruk/__init__.py
index 23469441..9c42c923 100644
--- a/kuyruk/__init__.py
+++ b/kuyruk/__init__.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 from kuyruk.task import Task
 from kuyruk.config import Config
 
-__version__ = '0.16.0'
+__version__ = '0.16.1'
 
 try:
     # not available in python 2.6
diff --git a/kuyruk/kuyruk.py b/kuyruk/kuyruk.py
index 82d093c0..8c23cc84 100644
--- a/kuyruk/kuyruk.py
+++ b/kuyruk/kuyruk.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def __init__(self, config=None, task_class=Task):
             self.config.from_object(config)
 
     def task(self, queue='kuyruk', eager=False, retry=0, task_class=None,
-             max_run_time=None):
+             max_run_time=None, local=False):
         """
         Wrap functions with this decorator to convert them to background
         tasks. After wrapping, calling the function will send a message to
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ def inner(f):
                 task_class_ = task_class or self.task_class
                 return task_class_(
                     f, self,
-                    queue=queue_, eager=eager,
+                    queue=queue_, eager=eager, local=local,
                     retry=retry, max_run_time=max_run_time)
             return inner