diff --git a/api/routes/file.js b/api/routes/file.js
index 06b0139..20b92db 100644
--- a/api/routes/file.js
+++ b/api/routes/file.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import path from 'path';
 import fs from 'fs';
 import crypto from 'crypto';
 import gm from 'gm';
-import redis from 'redis-url';
+import redis from 'redis';
 import parse from 'co-busboy';
 import { upload as s3Upload } from '../../lib/s3';
 import { sniff } from '../../lib/type';
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ export function* del() {
 
 
 export function* events() {
-  const pubsub = redis.connect(redisUrl);
+  const pubsub = redis.createClient(redisUrl);
   pubsub.on('ready', () => {
     pubsub.subscribe(this.path);
   });
diff --git a/api/routes/user.js b/api/routes/user.js
index 389f67a..e71dd6d 100644
--- a/api/routes/user.js
+++ b/api/routes/user.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import uuid from 'node-uuid';
-import redis from 'redis-url';
+import redis from 'redis';
 import co from 'co';
 import passwords from 'passwords';
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export function* settings() {
 }
 
 export function* events() {
-  const pubsub = redis.connect(redisUrl);
+  const pubsub = redis.createClient(redisUrl);
   pubsub.on('message', (channel, message) => {
     this.websocket.send(message);
   });
diff --git a/lib/redis.js b/lib/redis.js
index 94b6e84..50c9b8c 100644
--- a/lib/redis.js
+++ b/lib/redis.js
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
-import redis from 'redis-url';
+import redis from 'redis';
 import coRedis from 'co-redis';
 import koaRedis from 'koa-redis';
 import session from 'koa-generic-session';
 import debugname from 'debug';
 const debug = debugname('hostr:redis');
 
-const redisUrl = process.env.REDIS_URL;
-
 const connection = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
   debug('Connecting to Redis');
-  const client = redis.connect(redisUrl);
+  const client = redis.createClient(process.env.REDIS_URL);
   client.on('error', reject);
   resolve(client);
 }).catch((err) => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 936672b..7e2a658 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,8 +60,7 @@
     "node-uuid": "~1.4.3",
     "passwords": "~1.3.0",
     "raven": "~0.8.1",
-    "redis": "~0.12.1",
-    "redis-url": "~1.2.1",
+    "redis": "~1.0.0",
     "s3-upload-stream": "~1.0.7",
     "statsy": "~0.2.0",
     "stripe": "~3.7.1",