diff --git a/SprintLib/redis.py b/SprintLib/redis.py
index 7e367dc..b3177ab 100644
--- a/SprintLib/redis.py
+++ b/SprintLib/redis.py
@@ -4,7 +4,13 @@ import redis
 
 
 def get_redis():
-    return redis.Redis(host=os.getenv("REDIS_HOST", "127.0.0.1"))
+    password = os.getenv("REDIS_PASSWORD", None)
+    kwargs = {
+        "host": os.getenv("REDIS_HOST", "127.0.0.1")
+    }
+    if password:
+        kwargs['password'] = password
+    return redis.Redis(**kwargs)
 
 
 def get(key):