diff --git a/lib/config.js b/lib/config.js
index cf140f45..ca6bf9e7 100644
--- a/lib/config.js
+++ b/lib/config.js
@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@
 
 const { REDIS_URI } = process.env
 
+let REDIS_URI_WITHOUT_TRANSPORT = '';
+
+if (REDIS_URI.indexOf('redis://') || REDIS_URI.indexOf('rediss://'))
+    // does "redis://dev-redis:6379" -> "dev-redis:6379"
+    REDIS_URI_WITHOUT_TRANSPORT = REDIS_URI.split('://')[1];
+else
+    REDIS_URI_WITHOUT_TRANSPORT = REDIS_URI
+
+
 let Config = {
     isInitialized: false,
     debug: false,
@@ -14,8 +23,8 @@ let Config = {
     },
     passConfigDown: false,
     redis: {
-        port: REDIS_URI ? REDIS_URI.split(':')[1] : 26379,
-        host: REDIS_URI ? REDIS_URI.split(':')[0] : '127.0.0.1',
+        host: REDIS_URI ? REDIS_URI_WITHOUT_TRANSPORT.split(':')[0] : '127.0.0.1',
+        port: REDIS_URI ? REDIS_URI_WITHOUT_TRANSPORT.split(':')[1] : 26379,
     },
     globalRedisPrefix: '',
     retryIntervalMs: 10000,