diff --git a/config/initializers/load_config.rb b/config/initializers/load_config.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6bd8f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/load_config.rb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+REDIS_CONFIG = YAML.load_file("#{Rails.root}/config/redis.yml")
diff --git a/config/initializers/redis.rb b/config/initializers/redis.rb
index bf03bc0..8120b69 100644
--- a/config/initializers/redis.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/redis.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 require 'redis'
-$redis = Redis.new
+$redis = Redis.new(:host => REDIS_CONFIG['hostname'])
diff --git a/config/redis.yml b/config/redis.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1c5ad27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/redis.yml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+hostname: localhost
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