diff --git a/pandora/annotation/management/commands/import_srt.py b/pandora/annotation/management/commands/import_srt.py
index cb647fdc..011591c6 100644
--- a/pandora/annotation/management/commands/import_srt.py
+++ b/pandora/annotation/management/commands/import_srt.py
@@ -20,19 +20,14 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
     """
     help = 'import annotations from srt or vtt'
     args = 'username item layername filename.srt'
-
-    def add_arguments(self, parser):
-        parser.add_argument('username', help='username')
-        parser.add_argument('item', help='item')
-        parser.add_argument('layername', help='layer')
-        parser.add_argument('filename', help='filename.srt')
+    option_list = BaseCommand.option_list + (
+    )
 
     def handle(self, *args, **options):
-        username = options['username']
-        public_id = options['item']
-        layer_id = options['layer']
-        filename = options['filename']
-
+        if len(args) != 4:
+            print(self.usage('import_srt'))
+            return 
+        username, public_id, layer_id, filename = args
         user = User.objects.get(username=username)
         item = Item.objects.get(public_id=public_id)
         layer = list(filter(lambda l: l['id'] == layer_id, settings.CONFIG['layers']))[0]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d26eb648..6e92b824 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,3 @@ html5lib
 requests==2.9.1
 tornado==4.1
 geoip2==2.2.0
-youtube-dl