diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 692fac3..42f9853 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ gem 'email_validator'
 # pg_search builds ActiveRecord named scopes that take advantage of PostgreSQL’s full text search
 gem 'pg_search'
 
+# A Ruby client library for Redis
+gem 'redis'
+
+# Simple, efficient background processing for Ruby
+gem 'sidekiq'
+
 # scheduler for Ruby (at, in, cron and every jobs)
 gem 'rufus-scheduler'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index a4b50aa..bac6941 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -299,6 +299,10 @@ GEM
     rbs (2.8.4)
     rdoc (6.10.0)
       psych (>= 4.0.0)
+    redis (5.3.0)
+      redis-client (>= 0.22.0)
+    redis-client (0.23.2)
+      connection_pool
     regexp_parser (2.10.0)
     reline (0.6.0)
       io-console (~> 0.5)
@@ -351,6 +355,11 @@ GEM
     securerandom (0.4.1)
     shoulda-matchers (6.4.0)
       activesupport (>= 5.2.0)
+    sidekiq (7.3.7)
+      connection_pool (>= 2.3.0)
+      logger
+      rack (>= 2.2.4)
+      redis-client (>= 0.22.2)
     simplecov (0.22.0)
       docile (~> 1.1)
       simplecov-html (~> 0.11)
@@ -444,6 +453,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   puma
   rack-cors
   rails
+  redis
   responders
   rspec-rails
   rspec_junit_formatter
@@ -451,6 +461,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rufus-scheduler
   sdoc
   shoulda-matchers
+  sidekiq
   simplecov
   solargraph
   spring
diff --git a/config/initializers/redis.rb b/config/initializers/redis.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48c1bb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/redis.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Fetch environment variables with defaults if not set
+redis_url = ENV.fetch('REDIS_URL', 'redis://localhost')
+redis_port = ENV.fetch('REDISPORT', '6379')
+
+# Combine URL and port (adjust the path/DB as needed)
+full_redis_url = "#{redis_url}/0"
+
+# Initialize Redis using the constructed URL
+$redis = Redis.new(url: full_redis_url)
diff --git a/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48408f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/initializers/sidekiq.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Fetch environment variables with defaults if not set
+redis_url = ENV.fetch('REDIS_URL', 'redis://localhost')
+redis_port = ENV.fetch('REDISPORT', '6379')
+
+# Combine URL and port (adjust the path/DB as needed)
+full_redis_url = "#{redis_url}/0"
+
+Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|
+  config.redis = { url: full_redis_url }
+end
+
+Sidekiq.configure_client do |config|
+  config.redis = { url: full_redis_url }
+end