diff --git a/2023-01/smartsim/smartsim_function_object/smartSimFunctionObject/smartSimFunctionObject.C b/2023-01/smartsim/smartsim_function_object/smartSimFunctionObject/smartSimFunctionObject.C
index 912e43b5..8279abc6 100644
--- a/2023-01/smartsim/smartsim_function_object/smartSimFunctionObject/smartSimFunctionObject.C
+++ b/2023-01/smartsim/smartsim_function_object/smartSimFunctionObject/smartSimFunctionObject.C
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ namespace functionObjects
 {
     defineTypeNameAndDebug(smartSimFunctionObject, 0);
     addToRunTimeSelectionTable(functionObject, smartSimFunctionObject, dictionary);
-    SmartRedis::Client smartSimFunctionObject::redisDB(false, "default");
 }
 }
 
@@ -60,11 +59,15 @@ Foam::functionObjects::smartSimFunctionObject::smartSimFunctionObject
 )
 :
     fvMeshFunctionObject(name, runTime, dict),
-    //clusterMode_(dict.getOrDefault<bool>("clusterMode", true)),
+    clusterMode_(dict.getOrDefault<bool>("clusterMode", true)),
+    clientName_(dict.getOrDefault<word>("clientName", "default")),
     fieldNames_(dict.get<wordList>("fieldNames")),
-    fieldDimensions_(dict.get<labelList>("fieldDimensions"))//,
+    fieldDimensions_(dict.get<labelList>("fieldDimensions")),
+    redisDBPtr_(nullptr)
     //client_(clusterMode_)
 {
+    static SmartRedis::Client client(clusterMode_, clientName_.c_str());
+    redisDBPtr_.reset(&client);
     read(dict);
 }
 
@@ -118,7 +121,7 @@ bool Foam::functionObjects::smartSimFunctionObject::end()
             const volScalarField& sField = mesh_.lookupObject<volScalarField>(fieldNames_[fieldI]);
 
             // Send the cell-centered scalar field to SmartRedis
-            redisDB.put_tensor(sField.name(), (void*)sField.internalField().cdata(), dims,
+            redisDB().put_tensor(sField.name(), (void*)sField.internalField().cdata(), dims,
                                SRTensorTypeDouble, SRMemLayoutContiguous);
 
         } 
@@ -128,7 +131,7 @@ bool Foam::functionObjects::smartSimFunctionObject::end()
             const volVectorField& vField = mesh_.lookupObject<volVectorField>(fieldNames_[fieldI]);
 
             // Send the cell-centered scalar field to SmartRedis
-            redisDB.put_tensor(vField.name(), (void*)vField.internalField().cdata(), dims,
+            redisDB().put_tensor(vField.name(), (void*)vField.internalField().cdata(), dims,
                                SRTensorTypeDouble, SRMemLayoutContiguous);
         }
         else if (fieldDimensions_[fieldI] == 6) // TODO(TM): symmTensor field
diff --git a/2023-01/smartsim/smartsim_function_object/smartSimFunctionObject/smartSimFunctionObject.H b/2023-01/smartsim/smartsim_function_object/smartSimFunctionObject/smartSimFunctionObject.H
index 20de6964..018f0442 100644
--- a/2023-01/smartsim/smartsim_function_object/smartSimFunctionObject/smartSimFunctionObject.H
+++ b/2023-01/smartsim/smartsim_function_object/smartSimFunctionObject/smartSimFunctionObject.H
@@ -168,7 +168,10 @@ class smartSimFunctionObject
     // Private Data
 
         //- Set to false if not using a clustered database 
-        //bool clusterMode_;
+        bool clusterMode_;
+        
+        //- Client name
+        word clientName_;
         
         //- List of field names to send-receive from SmartRedis
         wordList fieldNames_;
@@ -177,16 +180,15 @@ class smartSimFunctionObject
         //  list (1,3,6), 1 is scalar field dimension, 3 is a vector field
         //  dimension and 6 is a symmetric tensor field dimension.
         labelList fieldDimensions_;
+
+        //- Pointer to the client
+        autoPtr<SmartRedis::Client> redisDBPtr_;
         
 public:
 
     //- Runtime type information
     TypeName("smartSimFunctionObject");
 
-
-    //- SmartRedis Database Client
-    static SmartRedis::Client redisDB;
-
     // Constructors
 
         //- Construct from Time and dictionary
@@ -217,6 +219,8 @@ public:
         virtual bool end();
 
         virtual bool write();
+
+        SmartRedis::Client& redisDB() {return *redisDBPtr_;}
 };
 
 
diff --git a/2023-01/smartsim/smartsim_function_object/tests/smartSimFOTest.C b/2023-01/smartsim/smartsim_function_object/tests/smartSimFOTest.C
index 054e63dc..0203f23a 100644
--- a/2023-01/smartsim/smartsim_function_object/tests/smartSimFOTest.C
+++ b/2023-01/smartsim/smartsim_function_object/tests/smartSimFOTest.C
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ TEST_CASE("Shared SmartRedis client", "[cavity][serial][parallel]")
     dict1.set("fieldDimensions", labelList());
     functionObjects::smartSimFunctionObject o0("smartSim0", runTime, dict0);
     functionObjects::smartSimFunctionObject o1("smartSim1", runTime, dict1);
-    REQUIRE(&(o0.redisDB) == &(o1.redisDB));
+    REQUIRE(&(o0.redisDB()) == &(o1.redisDB()));
 }