diff --git a/hermes-k8s.yaml b/hermes-k8s.yaml
index 60c7846..c6cc1c6 100644
--- a/hermes-k8s.yaml
+++ b/hermes-k8s.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
         fsGroup: 1000
       containers:
         - name: hermes-mcp
-          image: localhost:32000/hermes-mcp@sha256:f7895aad093acb740dde7f1acbb97644ac33b825c68b8119c294d2ed6d675158
+          image: localhost:32000/hermes-mcp@sha256:c3d6ce959184e3fdf0d33ce84547aa0b0092ffdf535da90e09e18e161108ed6a
           imagePullPolicy: Always
           securityContext:
             allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
diff --git a/src/redis.ts b/src/redis.ts
index 41a4df7..f0e0c06 100644
--- a/src/redis.ts
+++ b/src/redis.ts
@@ -2,9 +2,18 @@ import { createClient } from 'redis';
 
 const redis = createClient({
   url: process.env.REDIS_URL,
-  socket: { connectTimeout: 3000, socketTimeout: 5000 },
+  socket: {
+    connectTimeout: 3000,
+    socketTimeout: 5000,
+    reconnectStrategy: (retries) => Math.min(retries * 100, 3000),
+  },
 });
+
 redis.on('error', (err) => console.error('[redis] error:', err.message));
-redis.connect().catch((err) => console.error('[redis] connect error:', err));
+redis.on('connect', () => console.log('[redis] connected'));
+redis.on('reconnecting', () => console.log('[redis] reconnecting...'));
+redis.on('end', () => console.log('[redis] connection ended'));
+
+redis.connect().catch((err) => console.error('[redis] initial connect error:', err.message));
 
 export default redis;