diff --git a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
index 3665fb1f..ebec5409 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.devcontainer/docker-compose.yml
@@ -120,10 +120,7 @@ services:
     container_name: trmm-redis-dev
     restart: always
     user: 1000:1000
-    command: redis-server --appendonly yes
     image: redis:6.0-alpine
-    volumes:
-      - redis-data-dev:/data
     networks:
       dev:
         aliases:
@@ -153,7 +150,6 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - tactical-data-dev:/opt/tactical
       - mesh-data-dev:/meshcentral-data
-      - redis-data-dev:/redis/data
       - mongo-dev-data:/mongo/data/db
       - ..:/workspace:cached
 
@@ -236,7 +232,6 @@ volumes:
   postgres-data-dev: null
   mongo-dev-data: null
   mesh-data-dev: null
-  redis-data-dev: null
 
 networks:
   dev:
diff --git a/backup.sh b/backup.sh
index 91d5724b..97cc906a 100755
--- a/backup.sh
+++ b/backup.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ 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
@@ -69,8 +68,6 @@ 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 gzip -9 -c /var/lib/redis/appendonly.aof > ${tmp_dir}/redis/appendonly.aof.gz
-
 sudo cp ${sysd}/rmm.service ${sysd}/celery.service ${sysd}/celerybeat.service ${sysd}/meshcentral.service ${sysd}/nats.service ${sysd}/daphne.service ${tmp_dir}/systemd/
 if [ -f "${sysd}/nats-api.service" ]; then
     sudo cp ${sysd}/nats-api.service ${tmp_dir}/systemd/
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
index 6cd2b9d8..6b7a0089 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -10,14 +10,14 @@ networks:
         - subnet: 172.20.0.0/24
   api-db: null
   redis: null
-  mesh-db: null # docker managed persistent volumes
+  mesh-db: null
 
+# docker managed persistent volumes
 volumes:
   tactical_data: null
   postgres_data: null
   mongo_data: null
   mesh_data: null
-  redis_data: null
 
 services:
   # postgres database for api service
@@ -39,10 +39,7 @@ services:
     container_name: trmm-redis
     image: redis:6.0-alpine
     user: 1000:1000
-    command: redis-server --appendonly yes
     restart: always
-    volumes:
-      - redis_data:/data
     networks:
       - redis
 
@@ -71,7 +68,6 @@ services:
       - tactical_data:/opt/tactical
       - mesh_data:/meshcentral-data
       - mongo_data:/mongo/data/db
-      - redis_data:/redis/data
 
   # nats
   tactical-nats:
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 4cd6d1e1..39822d84 100644
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ 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 set appendonly no
 sudo redis-cli config rewrite
 
 print_green 'Installing postgresql'
diff --git a/restore.sh b/restore.sh
index e0b9cefb..a44a80b8 100755
--- a/restore.sh
+++ b/restore.sh
@@ -182,13 +182,6 @@ sudo rm -rf Python-${PYTHON_VER} Python-${PYTHON_VER}.tgz
 print_green 'Installing redis and git'
 sudo apt install -y ca-certificates redis git
 
-# redis configuration
-sudo gzip -dkc ${tmp_dir}/redis/appendonly.aof.gz | sudo tee /var/lib/redis/appendonly.aof > /dev/null
-sudo redis-check-aof --fix /var/lib/redis/appendonly.aof
-
-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