diff --git a/engineapi/engineapi/rc.py b/engineapi/engineapi/rc.py
index 9919cda1..e7961bf9 100644
--- a/engineapi/engineapi/rc.py
+++ b/engineapi/engineapi/rc.py
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
-import os
 from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
 
 from redis import ConnectionPool, Redis
 from redis import asyncio as aioredis
 
-from .settings import ENGINE_REDIS_URI
+from .settings import ENGINE_REDIS_PASSWORD, ENGINE_REDIS_URL
 
 REDIS_CONFIG_CORS_KEY = "configs:cors:engineapi"
 
 
 def create_redis_client() -> Redis:
     rc_pool = ConnectionPool.from_url(
-        url=ENGINE_REDIS_URI, max_connections=10, decode_responses=True
+        url=f"redis://:{ENGINE_REDIS_PASSWORD}@{ENGINE_REDIS_URL}",
+        max_connections=10,
+        decode_responses=True,
+        socket_timeout=0.5,
     )
     return Redis(connection_pool=rc_pool)
 
@@ -21,7 +23,10 @@ rc_client = create_redis_client()
 
 def create_async_redis_client() -> Redis:
     rc_pool_async: ConnectionPool = aioredis.ConnectionPool.from_url(
-        url=ENGINE_REDIS_URI, max_connections=10, decode_responses=True
+        url=f"redis://:{ENGINE_REDIS_PASSWORD}@{ENGINE_REDIS_URL}",
+        max_connections=10,
+        decode_responses=True,
+        socket_timeout=0.5,
     )
 
     return aioredis.Redis(connection_pool=rc_pool_async)
diff --git a/engineapi/engineapi/settings.py b/engineapi/engineapi/settings.py
index bffad212..90780c6f 100644
--- a/engineapi/engineapi/settings.py
+++ b/engineapi/engineapi/settings.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import warnings
-from typing import Set
+from typing import Optional, Set
 
 from bugout.app import Bugout
 from bugout.data import BugoutUser
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ for o_raw in RAW_ORIGINS_LST:
 BUGOUT_RESOURCE_TYPE_APPLICATION_CONFIG = "application-config"
 BUGOUT_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_SECONDS = 5
 
-ENGINE_REDIS_URI = os.environ.get("ENGINE_REDIS_URI")
+ENGINE_REDIS_URL = os.environ.get("ENGINE_REDIS_URL")
+ENGINE_REDIS_PASSWORD = os.environ.get("ENGINE_REDIS_PASSWORD")
 
 # Open API documentation path
 DOCS_TARGET_PATH = os.environ.get("DOCS_TARGET_PATH", "docs")
@@ -193,8 +194,9 @@ MOONSTREAM_ADMIN_ACCESS_TOKEN = os.environ.get("MOONSTREAM_ADMIN_ACCESS_TOKEN",
 if MOONSTREAM_ADMIN_ACCESS_TOKEN == "":
     raise ValueError("MOONSTREAM_ADMIN_ACCESS_TOKEN environment variable must be set")
 
+MOONSTREAM_ADMIN_USER: Optional[BugoutUser] = None
 try:
-    MOONSTREAM_ADMIN_USER: BugoutUser = bugout_client.get_user(
+    MOONSTREAM_ADMIN_USER = bugout_client.get_user(
         token=MOONSTREAM_ADMIN_ACCESS_TOKEN,
     )
 except Exception as err:
diff --git a/engineapi/sample.env b/engineapi/sample.env
index cfd716e3..d910d071 100644
--- a/engineapi/sample.env
+++ b/engineapi/sample.env
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ export ENGINE_DB_URI="postgresql://<username>:<password>@<db_host>:<db_port>/<db
 export ENGINE_DB_URI_READ_ONLY="postgresql://<username>:<password>@<db_host>:<db_port>/<db_name>"
 export MOONSTREAM_ADMIN_ACCESS_TOKEN="<admin access token>"
 export MOONSTREAM_APPLICATION_ID="<moonstream application id>"
-export ENGINE_REDIS_URI="redis://localhost:6380"
+export ENGINE_REDIS_PASSWORD="<redis_requirepass_password>"
+export ENGINE_REDIS_URL="localhost:6380"
 
 # Web3 Provider URIs
 export MOONSTREAM_ETHEREUM_WEB3_PROVIDER_URI="<JSON_RPC_API_URL>"