diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 88c6562..ec44960 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { createServer } from "./app";
 import { Logger } from "./utils/logger";
 import { startAllCrons } from "./cronjob";
 import { getCommit } from "./utils/getCommit";
+import { connectionPromise } from "./utils/redis";
 
 async function init() {
     process.on("unhandledRejection", (error: any) => {
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ async function init() {
 
     try {
         await initDb();
+        await connectionPromise;
     } catch (e) {
         Logger.error(`Init Db: ${e}`);
         process.exit(1);
diff --git a/src/utils/redis.ts b/src/utils/redis.ts
index 13002c6..01761ae 100644
--- a/src/utils/redis.ts
+++ b/src/utils/redis.ts
@@ -42,12 +42,14 @@ const writeResponseTime: number[] = [];
 let lastResponseTimeLimit = 0;
 const maxStoredTimes = 200;
 
+export let connectionPromise = Promise.resolve();
+
 if (config.redis?.enabled) {
     Logger.info("Connected to redis");
     const client = createClient(config.redis);
     const readClient = config.redisRead?.enabled ? createClient(config.redisRead) : null;
-    void client.connect(); // void as we don't care about the promise
-    void readClient?.connect();
+    connectionPromise = client.connect();
+    void readClient?.connect(); // void as we don't care about the promise
     exportClient = client as RedisSB;