diff --git a/src/utils/redis.ts b/src/utils/redis.ts
index a310e69..3144ae6 100644
--- a/src/utils/redis.ts
+++ b/src/utils/redis.ts
@@ -2,18 +2,15 @@ import {config} from '../config';
 import {Logger} from './logger';
 import redis, {Callback} from 'redis';
 
-let get, set;
+let exportObject = {
+    get: (key: string, callback?: Callback<string | null>) => callback(null, undefined),
+    set: (key: string, value: string, callback?: Callback<string | null>) => callback(null, undefined)
+};
+
 if (config.redis) {
     Logger.info('Connected to redis');
     const client = redis.createClient(config.redis);
-    get = client.get;
-    set = client.set;
-} else {
-    get = (key: string, callback?: Callback<string | null>) => callback(null, undefined);
-    set = (key: string, value: string, callback?: Callback<string | null>) => callback(null, undefined);
+    exportObject = client;
 }
 
-export {
-    get,
-    set,
-};
+export default exportObject;
diff --git a/src/utils/youtubeApi.ts b/src/utils/youtubeApi.ts
index 690bfbc..0929baf 100644
--- a/src/utils/youtubeApi.ts
+++ b/src/utils/youtubeApi.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {config} from '../config';
 import {Logger} from './logger';
-import * as redis from './redis';
+import redis from './redis';
 // @ts-ignore
 import _youTubeAPI from 'youtube-api';
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export class YouTubeAPI {
         }
 
         const redisKey = "youtube.video." + videoID;
-        redis.get(redisKey, (getErr: string, result: string) => {
+        redis.get(redisKey, (getErr, result) => {
             if (getErr || !result) {
                 Logger.debug("redis: no cache for video information: " + videoID);
                 _youTubeAPI.videos.list({
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ export class YouTubeAPI {
                     if (!ytErr) {
                         // Only set cache if data returned
                         if (data.items.length > 0) {
-                            redis.set(redisKey, JSON.stringify(data), (setErr: string) => {
+                            redis.set(redisKey, JSON.stringify(data), (setErr) => {
                                 if (setErr) {
-                                    Logger.warn(setErr);
+                                    Logger.warn(setErr.message);
                                 } else {
                                     Logger.debug("redis: video information cache set for: " + videoID);
                                 }
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export class YouTubeAPI {
                 });
             } else {
                 Logger.debug("redis: fetched video information from cache: " + videoID);
-                callback(getErr, JSON.parse(result));
+                callback(getErr.message, JSON.parse(result));
             }
         });
     };