diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
index 84199f44..25988f9b 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
@@ -115,7 +115,10 @@ services:
   redis-dev:
     container_name: trmm-redis-dev
     restart: always
+    command: redis-server --appendonly yes
     image: redis:6.0-alpine
+    volumes: 
+      - redis-data-dev:/data
     networks:
       dev:
         aliases:
@@ -247,6 +250,7 @@ volumes:
   postgres-data-dev:
   mongo-dev-data:
   mesh-data-dev:
+  redis-data-dev:
 
 networks:
   dev:
diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index 07ec4605..97d3e80f 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-SCRIPT_VERSION="12"
+SCRIPT_VERSION="13"
 SCRIPT_URL='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wh1te909/tacticalrmm/master/backup.sh'
 
 GREEN='\033[0;32m'
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ mkdir ${tmp_dir}/nginx
 mkdir ${tmp_dir}/systemd
 mkdir ${tmp_dir}/rmm
 mkdir ${tmp_dir}/confd
+mkdir ${tmp_dir}/redis
 
 
 pg_dump --dbname=postgresql://"${POSTGRES_USER}":"${POSTGRES_PW}"@127.0.0.1:5432/tacticalrmm | gzip -9 > ${tmp_dir}/postgres/db-${dt_now}.psql.gz
@@ -72,6 +73,8 @@ sudo tar -czvf ${tmp_dir}/nginx/etc-nginx.tar.gz -C /etc/nginx .
 
 sudo tar -czvf ${tmp_dir}/confd/etc-confd.tar.gz -C /etc/conf.d .
 
+sudo tar -czvf ${tmp_dir}/redis/etc-redis.tar.gz -C /var/lib/redis/appendonly.aof
+
 sudo cp ${sysd}/rmm.service ${sysd}/celery.service ${sysd}/celerybeat.service ${sysd}/meshcentral.service ${sysd}/nats.service ${tmp_dir}/systemd/
 if [ -f "${sysd}/daphne.service" ]; then
     sudo cp ${sysd}/daphne.service ${tmp_dir}/systemd/
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index c2b2fb06..d32a33f3 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ volumes:
   postgres_data:
   mongo_data:
   mesh_data:
+  redis_data:
 
 services:
   # postgres database for api service
@@ -38,7 +39,10 @@ services:
   tactical-redis:
     container_name: trmm-redis
     image: redis:6.0-alpine
+    command: redis-server --appendonly yes
     restart: always
+    volumes: 
+      - redis_data:/data
     networks:
       - redis
 
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index cb1c4395..e92397b5 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-SCRIPT_VERSION="49"
+SCRIPT_VERSION="50"
 SCRIPT_URL='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wh1te909/tacticalrmm/master/install.sh'
 
 sudo apt install -y curl wget dirmngr gnupg lsb-release
@@ -217,6 +217,10 @@ sudo rm -rf Python-3.9.2 Python-3.9.2.tgz
 print_green 'Installing redis and git'
 sudo apt install -y ca-certificates redis git
 
+# apply redis configuration
+sudo redis-cli config set appendonly yes
+sudo redis-cli config rewrite
+
 print_green 'Installing postgresql'
 
 echo "$postgresql_repo" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list
diff --git a/restore.sh b/restore.sh
index e2459da0..52fa08e3 100755
--- a/restore.sh
+++ b/restore.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-SCRIPT_VERSION="27"
+SCRIPT_VERSION="28"
 SCRIPT_URL='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wh1te909/tacticalrmm/master/restore.sh'
 
 sudo apt update
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ sudo rm -rf Python-3.9.2 Python-3.9.2.tgz
 print_green 'Installing redis and git'
 sudo apt install -y ca-certificates redis git
 
+# redis configuration
+sudo tar -xzf ${tmp_dir}/redis/etc-redis.tar.gz -C /var/lib/redis
+sudo redis-check-aof --fix /var/lib/redis/appendonly.aof
+
 print_green 'Installing postgresql'
 
 echo "$postgresql_repo" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pgdg.list
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index f885eab8..76a9809b 100644
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-SCRIPT_VERSION="122"
+SCRIPT_VERSION="123"
 SCRIPT_URL='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wh1te909/tacticalrmm/master/update.sh'
 LATEST_SETTINGS_URL='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wh1te909/tacticalrmm/master/api/tacticalrmm/tacticalrmm/settings.py'
 YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
@@ -307,5 +307,9 @@ if [[ "${CURRENT_MESH_VER}" != "${LATEST_MESH_VER}" ]] || [[ "$force" = true ]];
   sudo systemctl start meshcentral
 fi
 
+# apply redis configuration
+sudo redis-cli config set appendonly yes
+sudo redis-cli config rewrite
+
 rm -f $TMP_SETTINGS
 printf >&2 "${GREEN}Update finished!${NC}\n"
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