diff --git a/backend/src/index.ts b/backend/src/index.ts
index cb37e197f..d1379c04f 100644
--- a/backend/src/index.ts
+++ b/backend/src/index.ts
@@ -97,14 +97,17 @@ import { githubPushEventSecretScan } from "./queues/secret-scanning/githubScanPu
 const SmeeClient = require("smee-client"); // eslint-disable-line
 import path from "path";
 import { serverConfigInit } from "./config/serverConfig";
+import { initRedis } from "./services/RedisService";
 
 let handler: null | any = null;
 
 const main = async () => {
   await initLogger();
+
   const port = await getPort();
 
-  // initializing the database connection
+  // initializing the database connection + redis 
+  await initRedis()
   await DatabaseService.initDatabase(await getMongoURL());
   const serverCfg = await serverConfigInit();
   await setup();
diff --git a/backend/src/services/RedisService.ts b/backend/src/services/RedisService.ts
index 218234a1a..e439ffb40 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/RedisService.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/RedisService.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ import { logger } from "../utils/logging";
 
 let redisClient: TRedis | null;
 
-if (process.env.REDIS_URL) {
-  redisClient = new Redis(process.env.REDIS_URL as string);
-} else {
-  logger.warn("Redis URL not set, skipping Redis initialization.");
-  redisClient = null;
+export const initRedis = async () => {
+  if (process.env.REDIS_URL) {
+    redisClient = new Redis(process.env.REDIS_URL as string);
+  } else {
+    logger.warn("Redis URL not set, skipping Redis initialization.");
+    redisClient = null;
+  }
 }
 
+
 export { redisClient };
diff --git a/backend/src/utils/logging/logger.ts b/backend/src/utils/logging/logger.ts
index 3e9d82240..7562a8b5b 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/logging/logger.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils/logging/logger.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export const initLogger = async () => {
   const isProduction = nodeEnv === "production";
   const targets: pino.TransportMultiOptions["targets"][number][] = [
     isProduction
-      ? { level: "info", target: "pino/file", options: { destination: 'logs/infisical-backend/logs.txt', mkdir: true } }
+      ? { level: "info", target: "pino/file", options: {} }
       : {
         level: "info",
         target: "pino-pretty", // must be installed separately