diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/create.py b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/create.py
index 6ceb811..8802549 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/create.py
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/runnable/create.py
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ argparser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
 argparser.add_argument('--no-register', dest='no_register', action='store_true', help='Do not register new account in on-chain accounts index')
 argparser.add_argument('-c', type=str, default=default_config_dir, help='config file')
 argparser.add_argument('-i', '--chain-spec', dest='i', type=str, help='chain spec')
-argparser.add_argument('--redis-host', dest='redis_host', default='localhost', type=str, help='redis host to use for task submission')
-argparser.add_argument('--redis-port', dest='redis_port', default=6379, type=int, help='redis host to use for task submission')
-argparser.add_argument('--redis-db', dest='redis_db', default=0, type=int, help='redis db to use for task submission and callback')
+argparser.add_argument('--redis-host', dest='redis_host', type=str, help='redis host to use for task submission')
+argparser.add_argument('--redis-port', dest='redis_port', type=int, help='redis host to use for task submission')
+argparser.add_argument('--redis-db', dest='redis_db', type=int, help='redis db to use for task submission and callback')
 argparser.add_argument('--redis-host-callback', dest='redis_host_callback', default='localhost', type=str, help='redis host to use for callback')
 argparser.add_argument('--redis-port-callback', dest='redis_port_callback', default=6379, type=int, help='redis port to use for callback')
 argparser.add_argument('--timeout', default=20.0, type=float, help='Callback timeout')
diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py
index 891deeb..41d70b6 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/cic_eth/version.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ version = (
         0,
         10,
         0,
-        'alpha.23',
+        'alpha.24',
         )
 
 version_object = semver.VersionInfo(