diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b82a2747be..fc502747a8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "socket.io": "~0.9.16",
     "redis": "0.8.3",
+	"hiredis" : "~0.1.15",
     "express": "3.2.0",
     "express-namespace": "~0.1.1",
     "emailjs": "0.3.4",
diff --git a/src/posts.js b/src/posts.js
index 07c20371d8..e824088237 100644
--- a/src/posts.js
+++ b/src/posts.js
@@ -153,7 +153,61 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 	}
 
 
+
+
+	/* getPostsByPids using redis's multi pipeline */
 	Posts.getPostsByPids = function(pids, callback) {
+		var posts = []
+		var multi = RDB.multi();
+
+		for (v in pids) {
+			var _pid = pids[v]
+			multi.hgetall("post:"+_pid);
+		}
+
+		multi.exec(function (err, replies) {
+			async.eachSeries(replies, function(postData, _callback) {
+				if(postData) {
+					postData.relativeTime = utils.relativeTime(postData.timestamp);
+					postData.post_rep = postData.reputation;
+					postData['edited-class'] = postData.editor !== '' ? '' : 'none';
+					postData['relativeEditTime'] = postData.edited !== '0' ? utils.relativeTime (postData.edited) : '';
+
+					if(postData.uploadedImages) {
+						try {
+							postData.uploadedImages = JSON.parse(postData.uploadedImages);
+						} catch(err) {
+							postData.uploadedImages = [];
+							winston.err(err);
+						}
+					} else {
+						postData.uploadedImages = [];
+					}
+
+                    postTools.toHTML(postData.content, function(err, content) {
+                        postData.content = content;
+                        posts.push(postData);
+                    });
+					return _callback(null)
+				}
+				else {
+					return _callback(null)
+				}
+			}, function(err) {
+				if(!err) {
+					return callback(null, posts);
+				} else {
+					return callback(err, null);
+				}
+			});
+		})
+	}
+
+
+
+
+
+	Posts.getPostsByPids_original = function(pids, callback) {
 		var posts = [];
 
 		async.eachSeries(pids, function(pid, callback) {
@@ -432,4 +486,4 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 		});
 	}
 
-}(exports));
\ No newline at end of file
+}(exports));
diff --git a/src/redis.js b/src/redis.js
index 5413f58651..91bd583f85 100644
--- a/src/redis.js
+++ b/src/redis.js
@@ -4,7 +4,15 @@
 		winston = require('winston'),
 		nconf = require('nconf');
 
-	RedisDB.exports = redis.createClient(nconf.get('redis:port'), nconf.get('redis:host'));
+	var redis_socket_or_host = nconf.get('redis:host')
+	if(redis_socket_or_host.indexOf('/')>=0) {
+		/* If redis.host contains a path name character, use the unix dom sock connection. ie, /tmp/redis.sock */
+		RedisDB.exports = redis.createClient(nconf.get('redis:host'))
+	}
+	else {
+		/* Else, connect over tcp/ip */
+		RedisDB.exports = redis.createClient(nconf.get('redis:port'), nconf.get('redis:host'));
+	}
 
 	if (nconf.get('redis:password')) {
 		RedisDB.exports.auth(nconf.get('redis:password'));
@@ -55,4 +63,4 @@
 
 
 
-}(module));
\ No newline at end of file
+}(module));