diff --git a/apps/web/src/lib/redis.ts b/apps/web/src/lib/redis.ts
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+import IORedis from "ioredis";
+
+let redis: IORedis | null = null;
+
+export function getRedis(): IORedis {
+  if (!redis) {
+    redis = new IORedis(process.env.REDIS_URL ?? "redis://localhost:6379", {
+      maxRetriesPerRequest: null,
+    });
+  }
+  return redis;
+}