diff --git a/base/redis.py b/base/redis.py
index d5d4babd..0bab8c12 100644
--- a/base/redis.py
+++ b/base/redis.py
@@ -1,45 +1,61 @@
-from asyncio import sleep
-
-from aioredis import from_url
+import redis.asyncio as aredis
 
 from settings import REDIS_URL
+import logging
+
+logger = logging.getLogger("[services.redis] ")
+logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG)
 
 
 class RedisCache:
     def __init__(self, uri=REDIS_URL):
         self._uri: str = uri
-        self._instance = None
+        self.pubsub_channels = []
+        self._client = None
 
     async def connect(self):
-        if self._instance is not None:
-            return
-        self._instance = await from_url(self._uri, encoding="utf-8")
-        # print(self._instance)
+        self._client = aredis.Redis.from_url(self._uri, decode_responses=True)
 
     async def disconnect(self):
-        if self._instance is None:
-            return
-        await self._instance.close()
-        # await self._instance.wait_closed()  # deprecated
-        self._instance = None
+        if self._client:
+            await self._client.close()
 
     async def execute(self, command, *args, **kwargs):
-        while not self._instance:
-            await sleep(1)
-        try:
-            # print("[redis] " + command + ' ' + ' '.join(args))
-            return await self._instance.execute_command(command, *args, **kwargs)
-        except Exception:
-            pass
+        if self._client:
+            try:
+                logger.debug(command + " " + " ".join(args))
+                r = await self._client.execute_command(command, *args, **kwargs)
+                logger.debug(type(r))
+                logger.debug(r)
+                return r
+            except Exception as e:
+                logger.error(e)
+
+    async def subscribe(self, *channels):
+        if self._client:
+            async with self._client.pubsub() as pubsub:
+                for channel in channels:
+                    await pubsub.subscribe(channel)
+                    self.pubsub_channels.append(channel)
+
+    async def unsubscribe(self, *channels):
+        if not self._client:
+            return
+        async with self._client.pubsub() as pubsub:
+            for channel in channels:
+                await pubsub.unsubscribe(channel)
+                self.pubsub_channels.remove(channel)
+
+    async def publish(self, channel, data):
+        if not self._client:
+            return
+        await self._client.publish(channel, data)
+
+    async def mget(self, *keys):
+        return await self.execute('MGET', *keys)
 
     async def lrange(self, key, start, stop):
-        # print(f"[redis] LRANGE {key} {start} {stop}")
-        return await self._instance.lrange(key, start, stop)
-
-    async def mget(self, key, *keys):
-        # print(f"[redis] MGET {key} {keys}")
-        return await self._instance.mget(key, *keys)
-
+        return await self.execute('LRANGE', key, start, stop)
 
 redis = RedisCache()
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index d25fc230..d480ee9e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 aiohttp
-aioredis~=2.0.1
 alembic==1.11.3
 ariadne>=0.17.0
 asyncio~=3.4.3
@@ -34,3 +33,5 @@ sse-starlette==1.6.5
 starlette~=0.23.1
 transliterate~=1.10.2
 uvicorn>=0.18.3
+
+redis