diff --git a/modules/cache.js b/modules/cache.js
index c18ff15..2e66ca7 100644
--- a/modules/cache.js
+++ b/modules/cache.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var redis = null;
 function connect_redis() {
   console.log("connecting to redis");
   if (process.env.REDISTOGO_URL) {
-    var rtg   = require("url").parse(process.env.REDISTOGO_URL);
+    var rtg = require("url").parse(process.env.REDISTOGO_URL);
     redis = require("redis").createClient(rtg.port, rtg.hostname);
     redis.auth(rtg.auth.split(":")[1]);
   } else {
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 3f99612..d9ed148 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ var networking = require('../modules/networking');
 var helpers = require('../modules/helpers');
 var config = require('../modules/config');
 var skins = require('../modules/skins');
-var redis = require('redis').createClient();
+var url = require('url');
+var redisURL = url.parse(process.env.REDISCLOUD_URL);
+var redis = require("redis").createClient(redisURL.port, redisURL.hostname, {no_ready_check: true});
+redis.auth(redisURL.auth.split(":")[1]);
 
 var uuids = fs.readFileSync('test/uuids.txt').toString().split("\r\n");
 // Get a random UUID in order to prevent rate limiting