diff --git a/clients/cache/redis.go b/clients/cache/redis.go
index b400a30..16da45a 100644
--- a/clients/cache/redis.go
+++ b/clients/cache/redis.go
@@ -2,45 +2,39 @@ package cache
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/kava-labs/kava-proxy-service/logging"
 	"github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
 )
 
+type RedisConfig struct {
+	Address  string
+	Password string
+	DB       int
+}
+
 // RedisCache is an implementation of Cache that uses Redis as the caching backend.
 type RedisCache struct {
 	client *redis.Client
-	logger *logging.ServiceLogger
+	*logging.ServiceLogger
 }
 
 var _ Cache = (*RedisCache)(nil)
 
 func NewRedisCache(
-	ctx context.Context,
+	cfg *RedisConfig,
 	logger *logging.ServiceLogger,
-	address string,
-	password string,
-	db int,
 ) (*RedisCache, error) {
 	client := redis.NewClient(&redis.Options{
-		Addr:     address,
-		Password: password,
-		DB:       db,
+		Addr:     cfg.Address,
+		Password: cfg.Password,
+		DB:       cfg.DB,
 	})
 
-	// Check if we can connect to Redis
-	_, err := client.Ping(ctx).Result()
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error connecting to Redis: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	logger.Logger.Debug().Msg("connected to Redis")
-
 	return &RedisCache{
-		client: client,
-		logger: logger,
+		client:        client,
+		ServiceLogger: logger,
 	}, nil
 }