diff --git a/services/redis.py b/services/redis.py
index 07a95e4b..2b6b3369 100644
--- a/services/redis.py
+++ b/services/redis.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class RedisCache:
             print("[redis] " + command + " " + " ".join(args))
             return await self._client.execute_command(command, *args, **kwargs)
         except Exception as e:
-            print(f"[redis] error: {e}"  + command + " " + " ".join(args))
+            print(f"[redis] ERROR: {e} with: "  + command + " " + " ".join(args))
             import traceback
 
             traceback.print_exc()
diff --git a/services/unread.py b/services/unread.py
index 676245a7..c679ef9f 100644
--- a/services/unread.py
+++ b/services/unread.py
@@ -15,11 +15,9 @@ async def get_unread_counter(chat_id: str, author_id: int):
 
 async def get_total_unread_counter(author_id: int):
     print(f"[services.unread] get_total_unread_counter({author_id})")
-    chats = await redis.execute("GET", f"chats_by_author/{author_id}")
+    chats = await redis.execute("SMEMBERS", f"chats_by_author/{author_id}")
     unread = 0
-    if chats:
-        chats = json.loads(chats)
-        for chat_id in chats:
-            n = await get_unread_counter(chat_id.decode("utf-8"), author_id)
-            unread += n
+    for chat_id in list(chats):
+        n = await get_unread_counter(chat_id.decode("utf-8"), author_id)
+        unread += n
     return unread