diff --git a/config.default.js b/config.default.js
index 5393551a9e..d66f4cd60a 100644
--- a/config.default.js
+++ b/config.default.js
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 var config = {
 	"base_url": "http://localhost",
 	"port": 4567,
-	"url": undefined,	// Leave this alone
 	"mailer": {
 		host: 'localhost',
 		port: '25',
 		from: 'mailer@localhost.lan'
+	},
+	"redis": {
+		port: "6379",
+		host: "127.0.0.1",
+		options: {
+			
+		}
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/redis.js b/src/redis.js
index 1be1d28f4f..0a6e633272 100644
--- a/src/redis.js
+++ b/src/redis.js
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 		ERROR_LOGS = true,
 
 		redis = require('redis'),
-		db = redis.createClient();
+		config = require('../config.js'),
+		db = redis.createClient(config.redis.port, config.redis.host, config.redis.options);
 
 	// todo (holy cow): append,auth,bgrewriteaof,bgsave,bitcount,bitop,blpop,brpop,brpoplpush,client kill,client list,client getname,client setname,config get,config set,config resetstat,dbsize,debug object,debug segfault,decrby,discard,dump,echo,eval,evalsha,exec,exists,expireat,flushall,flushdb,getbit,getrange,getset,hdel,hexists,hget,hgetall,hincrby,hincrbyfloat,hkeys,hlen,hmget,hmset,hset,hsetnx,hvals,incrby,incrbyfloat,info,lastsave,lindex,linsert,llen,lpop,lpushx,lrem,lset,ltrim,migrate,monitor,move,mset,msetnx,object,persist,pexpire,pexpireat,ping,psetex,psubscribe,pttl,publish,punsubscribe,quit,randomkey,rename,renamenx,restore,rpop,rpoplpush,rpush,rpushx,sadd,save,scard,script exists,script flush,script kill,script load,sdiff,sdiffstore,select,setbit,setex,setnx,setrange,shutdown,sinter,sinterstore,sismember,slaveof,slowlog,smembers,smove,sort,spop,srandmember,srem,strlen,subscribe,sunion,sunionstore,sync,time,ttl,type,unsubscribe,unwatch,watch,zadd,zcard,zcount,zincrby,zinterstore,zrange,zrangebyscore,zrank,zrem,zremrangebyrank,zremrangebyscore,zrevrange,zrevrangebyscore,zrevrank,zscore,zunionstore
 	// done: get, set, incr, decr, del, mget, multi, expire, lpush, lrange, keys
diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index 1499a72825..e2ac44dd95 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ var express = require('express'),
 	server = require('http').createServer(WebServer),
 	RedisStore = require('connect-redis')(express),
 	path = require('path'),
-    config = require('../config.js');
+    config = require('../config.js'),
+    redis = require('redis'),
+	redisServer = redis.createClient(config.redis.port, config.redis.host, config.redis.options);
 
 (function(app) {
 	var templates = global.templates;
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ var express = require('express'),
 	app.use(express.compress());
 	app.use(express.session({
 		store: new RedisStore({
+			client: redisServer,
 			ttl: 60*60*24*14
 		}),
 		secret: 'nodebb',