diff --git a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/hal8000_xmpp.rb b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/hal8000_xmpp.rb
index cd92579..159b305 100644
--- a/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/hal8000_xmpp.rb
+++ b/site-cookbooks/kosmos-hubot/recipes/hal8000_xmpp.rb
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ application app_path do
         "HUBOT_PLUSPLUS_POINTS_TERM"    => "karma,karma",
         "HUBOT_RSS_HEADER"              => "Update:",
         "HUBOT_HELP_REPLY_IN_PRIVATE"   => "true",
+        "REDIS_URL"                     => "redis://localhost:6379/#{app_name}",
         "EXPRESS_PORT"                  => node[app_name]['http_port'],
         "WEBHOOK_TOKEN"                 => data_bag['webhook_token'],
         "IPFS_API_HOST"                 => node[app_name]['kredits']['ipfs_host'],