diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b284ad4..a764bc2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ WORKDIR /taiko-web
 #python virtualenv
 RUN bash -c 'virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python2 .venv2 && \
     source .venv2/bin/activate && \
-    pip install Flask Flask-Caching ffmpy gunicorn && \
+    pip install Flask Flask-Caching ffmpy gunicorn redis && \
     deactivate'
 
 RUN bash -c 'virtualenv -p /usr/bin/python3 .venv3 && \
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index a1caf7b..66d9218 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -10,13 +10,6 @@ from flask import Flask, g, jsonify, render_template, request, abort, redirect
 from flask_caching import Cache
 from ffmpy import FFmpeg
 
-app = Flask(__name__)
-try:
-    app.cache = Cache(app, config={'CACHE_TYPE': 'redis'})
-except RuntimeError:
-    import tempfile
-    app.cache = Cache(app, config={'CACHE_TYPE': 'filesystem', 'CACHE_DIR': tempfile.gettempdir()})
-
 DATABASE = 'taiko.db'
 DEFAULT_URL = 'https://github.com/purerosefallen/taiko-web-another/'
 
@@ -70,6 +63,21 @@ def get_version():
 
     return version
 
+app = Flask(__name__)
+try:
+    config = get_config()
+    app.cache = Cache(app, config={
+        'CACHE_TYPE': 'redis',
+        'CACHE_REDIS_HOST': config['redis_host'],
+        'CACHE_REDIS_PORT': config['redis_port'],
+        'CACHE_REDIS_PASSWORD': config['redis_password'],
+        'CACHE_REDIS_DB': config['redis_db']
+    })
+    print("redis enabled")
+except RuntimeError:
+    print("redis disabled")
+    import tempfile
+    app.cache = Cache(app, config={'CACHE_TYPE': 'filesystem', 'CACHE_DIR': tempfile.gettempdir()})
 
 @app.teardown_appcontext
 def close_connection(exception):
diff --git a/config.example.json b/config.example.json
index 9bfd207..27da0de 100644
--- a/config.example.json
+++ b/config.example.json
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 {
     "songs_baseurl": "",
-    "assets_baseurl": ""
+    "assets_baseurl": "",
+    "redis_host": "127.0.0.1",
+    "redis_port": 6379,
+    "redis_password": "",
+    "redis_db": 0
 }