diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index fda5bae..bc57a86 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ MQTT_KEEPALIVE=15
 MQTT_USERNAME=
 MQTT_PASSWORD=
 MQTT_TOPIC='msh/#'
-REDIS_HOST=localhost
-REDIS_PORT=6379
+REDIS_URL='redis://localhost:6379'
 PROMETHEUS_ENDPOINT='http://grafana/api/v1/push'
 PROMETHEUS_TOKEN='changeme'
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 1cf2879..a8d5fe5 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -39,8 +39,7 @@ services:
 #      - MQTT_USERNAME=changeme
 #      - MQTT_PASSWORD=changeme
       - MQTT_TOPIC=msh/EU_433/#
-      - REDIS_HOST=redis
-      - REDIS_PORT=6379
+      - REDIS_URL=redis://redis:6379
     networks:
       - mesh-bridge
   # Redis is being utilised for storing persistent state
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index f13a9e3..45844d1 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -50,8 +50,7 @@
     "prometheus_token": os.environ.get("PROMETHEUS_TOKEN"),
     "prometheus_server_addr": os.environ.get("PROMETHEUS_SERVER_ADDR", "0.0.0.0"),
     "prometheus_server_port": os.environ.get("PROMETHEUS_SERVER_PORT", 9464),
-    "redis_host": os.environ.get("REDIS_HOST", "localhost"),
-    "redis_port": os.environ.get("REDIS_PORT", 6379),
+    "redis_url": os.environ.get("REDIS_URL", "redis://localhost:6379"),
     "log_level": os.environ.get("LOG_LEVEL", "INFO"),
     "flood_expire_time": os.environ.get("FLOOD_EXPIRE_TIME", 10 * 60),
 }
@@ -69,9 +68,7 @@
 
 logger.addHandler(handler)
 
-redis = redis.Redis(
-    host=config["redis_host"], port=config["redis_port"], db=0, protocol=3
-)
+redis = redis.from_url(config["redis_url"], db=0, protocol=3)
 
 headers = {}
 if config["prometheus_token"]: