diff --git a/video-gen-api/.env b/video-gen-api/.env
index a6db5e50..d64f4fbb 100644
--- a/video-gen-api/.env
+++ b/video-gen-api/.env
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SECRET_KEY=local-dev-secret-key-not-for-production
 DATABASE_URL=postgresql+asyncpg://videogen:7k33pnXdPL62Yyb4@180.184.42.66:5432/videogen
 
 # Redis (leave empty to disable - rate limiting and captcha will use in-memory fallback)
-REDIS_URL=
+REDIS_URL=redis://localhost:6379/3
 
 # JWT
 JWT_ALGORITHM=HS256