diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 6e8397a62a..c1be5b614a 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ const morgan = require('morgan');
 const cookieParser = require('cookie-parser');
 const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 const compression = require('compression');
-const redis = require('ioredis');
+const Redis = require('ioredis');
 const RedisStore = require('connect-redis').default;
 const session = require('express-session');
 const methodOverride = require('method-override');
@@ -123,10 +123,7 @@ let sessionStore;
 const redisUrl = REDIS_URI;
 if (redisUrl) {
 	logger.info(`Using Redis session store at '${redisUrl}'.`);
-	const client = redis.createClient({
-		url: redisUrl,
-	});
-	client.connect().catch((err) => logger.error(err));
+	const client = new Redis(redisUrl);
 
 	// The error event must be handled, otherwise the app crashes on redis connection errors.
 	// This is due to basic NodeJS behavior: https://nodejs.org/api/events.html#error-events