diff --git a/app/lib/activity_log_publisher.rb b/app/lib/activity_log_publisher.rb
index 0c3d02761..6deeaedec 100644
--- a/app/lib/activity_log_publisher.rb
+++ b/app/lib/activity_log_publisher.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class ActivityLogPublisher
 
   def initialize
-    @redis = Redis.new
+    @redis = RedisConfiguration.new.connection
   end
 
   def publish(log_event)
diff --git a/lib/activity_log_subscriber.rb b/lib/activity_log_subscriber.rb
index f92c0f63b..67dd8b87c 100644
--- a/lib/activity_log_subscriber.rb
+++ b/lib/activity_log_subscriber.rb
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ require 'redis'
 
 class ActivityLogSubscriber
   def start
-    redis = Redis.new
+    redis = RedisConfiguration.new.connection
 
     redis.subscribe('activity_log') do |on|
       on.message do |channel, message|