diff --git a/app/lib/workers.rb b/app/lib/workers.rb
index d435375c..a51f8d5a 100644
--- a/app/lib/workers.rb
+++ b/app/lib/workers.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,18 @@
 require 'sidekiq'
 
+Sidekiq.configure_server do |config|
+  config.redis = {
+    url: ENV["REDIS_URL"],
+    ssl_params: { verify_mode: OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE }
+  }
+end
+
+Sidekiq.configure_client do |config|
+  config.redis = {
+      url: ENV["REDIS_URL"],
+      ssl_params: { verify_mode: OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE }
+  }
+end
+
 require "#{File.expand_path '../..', __FILE__}/workers/buffy_worker.rb"
 Dir["#{File.expand_path '../..', __FILE__}/workers/**/*.rb"].sort.each { |f| require f }
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diff --git a/app/workers/buffy_worker.rb b/app/workers/buffy_worker.rb
index d5aae24f..71f774d6 100644
--- a/app/workers/buffy_worker.rb
+++ b/app/workers/buffy_worker.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 require 'erb'
 require 'faraday'
 require 'sidekiq'
+require 'ostruct'
 
 require_relative '../lib/defaults'
 require_relative '../lib/github'