diff --git a/config/jest.config.js b/config/jest.config.js
index 67e8891..b7b2420 100644
--- a/config/jest.config.js
+++ b/config/jest.config.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 module.exports = {
   preset: 'ts-jest',
   testEnvironment: 'node',
-  rootDir: './',
+  rootDir: '../',
   testRegex: '\\.test\\.ts$',
   reporters: ['default']
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/document-stores/redis.ts b/src/lib/document-stores/redis.ts
index f0368d7..c2e3101 100644
--- a/src/lib/document-stores/redis.ts
+++ b/src/lib/document-stores/redis.ts
@@ -30,23 +30,18 @@ class RedisDocumentStore implements Store {
   connect = (options: RedisStoreConfig) => {
     winston.info('configuring redis')
 
-    const url = process.env.REDISTOGO_URL || options.url
-    const host = options.host || '127.0.0.1'
-    const port = options.port || 6379
+    const url = process.env.REDISTOGO_URL || options.url || 'redis://redis:6379'
     const index = options.db || 0
-
-    if (url) {
-      this.client = createClient({ url })
-      this.client.connect()
-    } else {
-      this.client = createClient({
-        url: `http://${host}:${port}`,
-        database: index as number,
-        username: options.username,
-        password: options.password,
-      })
+    const config = {
+      url,
+      database: index as number,
+      ...(options.username ? { username: options.username } : {}),
+      ...(options.password ? { username: options.username } : {}),
     }
 
+    this.client = createClient(config)
+    this.client.connect()
+
     this.client.on('error', err => {
       winston.error('redis disconnected', err)
     })
@@ -54,9 +49,7 @@ class RedisDocumentStore implements Store {
     this.client
       .select(index as number)
       .then(() => {
-        winston.info(
-          `connected to redis on ${url || `${host}:${port}`}/${index}`,
-        )
+        winston.info(`connected to redis on ${url}/${index}`)
       })
       .catch(err => {
         winston.error(`error connecting to redis index ${index}`, {
@@ -85,7 +78,8 @@ class RedisDocumentStore implements Store {
     callback: Callback,
     skipExpire?: boolean | undefined,
   ): void => {
-    this.client?.set(key, data, this.getExpire(skipExpire))
+    this.client
+      ?.set(key, data, this.getExpire(skipExpire))
       .then(() => {
         callback(true)
       })
diff --git a/src/types/config.ts b/src/types/config.ts
index d095afe..37fee16 100644
--- a/src/types/config.ts
+++ b/src/types/config.ts
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ export interface RethinkDbStoreConfig extends BaseStoreConfig {
 
 export interface RedisStoreConfig extends BaseStoreConfig {
   url?: string
-  host?: string
-  port?: string
   db?: string
   user?: string
   username?: string | undefined
diff --git a/test/document-stores/redis.test.ts b/test/document-stores/redis.test.ts
index aca525a..0911682 100644
--- a/test/document-stores/redis.test.ts
+++ b/test/document-stores/redis.test.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ describe('Redis document store', () => {
       store = new RedisDocumentStore({
         expire: 10,
         type: 'redis',
-        url: 'http://localhost:6666',
       })
       return store.set('hello1', 'world', async () => {
         const res = await store.client?.ttl('hello1')
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ describe('Redis document store', () => {
       store = new RedisDocumentStore({
         expire: 10,
         type: 'redis',
-        url: 'http://localhost:6666',
       })
 
       store.set(
@@ -43,7 +41,6 @@ describe('Redis document store', () => {
     it('should not set an expiration when expiration is off', async () => {
       store = new RedisDocumentStore({
         type: 'redis',
-        url: 'http://localhost:6666',
       })
 
       store.set('hello3', 'world', async () => {