diff --git a/cmd/init.go b/cmd/init.go
index 9220421..b263096 100644
--- a/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/init.go
@@ -47,18 +47,23 @@ func loadConfig(configFilePath string, k *koanf.Koanf) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func connectDbs(dsn string) error {
+func connectDb(dsn string) error {
 	var err error
 	db, err = pgxpool.Connect(context.Background(), dsn)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	rClient = asynq.RedisClientOpt{
-		Addr: conf.Db.Redis,
+	return nil
+}
+
+func parseRedis(dsn string) (asynq.RedisConnOpt, error) {
+	rconn, err := asynq.ParseRedisURI(dsn)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return rconn, nil
 }
 
 func connectCicNet(rpcProvider string, tokenIndex common.Address) error {
@@ -82,7 +87,7 @@ func loadQueries(sqlFile string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func bootstrapScheduler(redis asynq.RedisClientOpt) (*asynq.Scheduler, error) {
+func bootstrapScheduler(redis asynq.RedisConnOpt) (*asynq.Scheduler, error) {
 	scheduler := asynq.NewScheduler(redis, nil)
 
 	for k, v := range conf.Syncers {
@@ -99,7 +104,7 @@ func bootstrapScheduler(redis asynq.RedisClientOpt) (*asynq.Scheduler, error) {
 	return scheduler, nil
 }
 
-func bootstrapProcessor(redis asynq.RedisClientOpt) (*asynq.Server, *asynq.ServeMux) {
+func bootstrapProcessor(redis asynq.RedisConnOpt) (*asynq.Server, *asynq.ServeMux) {
 	processorServer := asynq.NewServer(
 		redis,
 		asynq.Config{
diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
index 13be23c..a8dea9c 100644
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/main.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"cic-dw/pkg/cicnet"
-	"github.com/hibiken/asynq"
 	"github.com/jackc/pgx/v4/pgxpool"
 	"github.com/knadh/koanf"
 	"github.com/lmittmann/w3"
@@ -17,7 +16,6 @@ import (
 var (
 	k = koanf.New(".")
 
-	rClient      asynq.RedisClientOpt
 	queries      goyesql.Queries
 	conf         config
 	db           *pgxpool.Pool
@@ -35,7 +33,7 @@ func init() {
 		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to load sql file")
 	}
 
-	if err := connectDbs(conf.Db.Postgres); err != nil {
+	if err := connectDb(conf.Db.Postgres); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to connect to postgres")
 	}
 
@@ -46,6 +44,11 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func main() {
+	rClient, err := parseRedis(conf.Db.Redis)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("could not parse redis connection string")
+	}
+
 	scheduler, err := bootstrapScheduler(rClient)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("could not bootstrap scheduler")
diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index 816ac92..252d949 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [db]
 postgres = "postgresql://postgres:postgres@127.0.0.1:5432/cic_dw"
-redis    = "127.0.0.1:6379"
+redis    = "redis://127.0.0.1:6379/0"
 
 [chain]
 index = "0x5A1EB529438D8b3cA943A45a48744f4c73d1f098"
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ rpc   = "http://127.0.0.1:8545"
 
 [syncers]
 cache = "@every 20s"
-ussd  = "@every 30"
+ussd  = "@every 30s"
 token = "@every 1m"
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