diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9b70b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+REDIS_URL=redis://localhost
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5a13197..298324b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/metadata-action@v4
         with:
           images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+          tags: |
+            # set latest tag for default branch
+            type=raw,value=latest,enable={{is_default_branch}}
 
       - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
         uses: docker/login-action@v2
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8f0b296..483af62 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -187,6 +187,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "core-foundation"
+version = "0.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "194a7a9e6de53fa55116934067c844d9d749312f75c6f6d0980e8c252f8c2146"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "core-foundation-sys"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -199,17 +209,48 @@ version = "0.15.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1aaf95b3e5c8f23aa320147307562d361db0ae0d51242340f558153b4eb2439b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "errno"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7c18ee0ed65a5f1f81cac6b1d213b69c35fa47d4252ad41f1486dbd8226fe36e"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "fastrand"
+version = "2.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "25cbce373ec4653f1a01a31e8a5e5ec0c622dc27ff9c4e6606eefef5cbbed4a5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3f9eec918d3f24069decb9af1554cad7c880e2da24a9afd88aca000531ab82c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types"
+version = "0.3.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6f339eb8adc052cd2ca78910fda869aefa38d22d5cb648e6485e4d3fc06f3b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "foreign-types-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "foreign-types-shared"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "00b0228411908ca8685dba7fc2cdd70ec9990a6e753e89b6ac91a84c40fbaf4b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "form_urlencoded"
-version = "1.1.0"
+version = "1.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a9c384f161156f5260c24a097c56119f9be8c798586aecc13afbcbe7b7e26bf8"
+checksum = "e13624c2627564efccf4934284bdd98cbaa14e79b0b5a141218e507b3a823456"
 dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding",
 ]
@@ -417,9 +458,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
-version = "0.3.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e14ddfc70884202db2244c223200c204c2bda1bc6e0998d11b5e024d657209e6"
+checksum = "634d9b1461af396cad843f47fdba5597a4f9e6ddd4bfb6ff5d85028c25cb12f6"
 dependencies = [
  "unicode-bidi",
  "unicode-normalization",
@@ -452,6 +493,12 @@ version = "0.2.147"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b4668fb0ea861c1df094127ac5f1da3409a82116a4ba74fca2e58ef927159bb3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "linux-raw-sys"
+version = "0.4.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "da2479e8c062e40bf0066ffa0bc823de0a9368974af99c9f6df941d2c231e03f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lock_api"
 version = "0.4.9"
@@ -510,6 +557,24 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "native-tls"
+version = "0.2.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "07226173c32f2926027b63cce4bcd8076c3552846cbe7925f3aaffeac0a3b92e"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+ "libc",
+ "log",
+ "openssl",
+ "openssl-probe",
+ "openssl-sys",
+ "schannel",
+ "security-framework",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+ "tempfile",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-traits"
 version = "0.2.16"
@@ -544,6 +609,50 @@ version = "1.17.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b7e5500299e16ebb147ae15a00a942af264cf3688f47923b8fc2cd5858f23ad3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl"
+version = "0.10.60"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "79a4c6c3a2b158f7f8f2a2fc5a969fa3a068df6fc9dbb4a43845436e3af7c800"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.0",
+ "cfg-if",
+ "foreign-types",
+ "libc",
+ "once_cell",
+ "openssl-macros",
+ "openssl-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-macros"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a948666b637a0f465e8564c73e89d4dde00d72d4d473cc972f390fc3dcee7d9c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-probe"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ff011a302c396a5197692431fc1948019154afc178baf7d8e37367442a4601cf"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "openssl-sys"
+version = "0.9.96"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3812c071ba60da8b5677cc12bcb1d42989a65553772897a7e0355545a819838f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+ "pkg-config",
+ "vcpkg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.12.1"
@@ -562,16 +671,16 @@ checksum = "9069cbb9f99e3a5083476ccb29ceb1de18b9118cafa53e90c9551235de2b9521"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
- "redox_syscall",
+ "redox_syscall 0.2.16",
  "smallvec",
  "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
-version = "2.2.0"
+version = "2.3.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "478c572c3d73181ff3c2539045f6eb99e5491218eae919370993b890cdbdd98e"
+checksum = "e3148f5046208a5d56bcfc03053e3ca6334e51da8dfb19b6cdc8b306fae3283e"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project"
@@ -605,6 +714,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pkg-config"
+version = "0.3.27"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "26072860ba924cbfa98ea39c8c19b4dd6a4a25423dbdf219c1eca91aa0cf6964"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.66"
@@ -636,11 +751,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "futures",
  "futures-util",
  "itoa",
+ "native-tls",
  "percent-encoding",
  "pin-project-lite",
  "ryu",
  "sha1_smol",
  "tokio",
+ "tokio-native-tls",
  "tokio-util",
  "url",
 ]
@@ -654,12 +771,34 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_syscall"
+version = "0.3.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "567664f262709473930a4bf9e51bf2ebf3348f2e748ccc50dea20646858f8f29"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustc-demangle"
 version = "0.1.23"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d626bb9dae77e28219937af045c257c28bfd3f69333c512553507f5f9798cb76"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rustix"
+version = "0.38.13"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d7db8590df6dfcd144d22afd1b83b36c21a18d7cbc1dc4bb5295a8712e9eb662"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.0",
+ "errno",
+ "libc",
+ "linux-raw-sys",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "rustversion"
 version = "1.0.14"
@@ -672,12 +811,44 @@ version = "1.0.13"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f91339c0467de62360649f8d3e185ca8de4224ff281f66000de5eb2a77a79041"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "schannel"
+version = "0.1.22"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0c3733bf4cf7ea0880754e19cb5a462007c4a8c1914bff372ccc95b464f1df88"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "scopeguard"
 version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d29ab0c6d3fc0ee92fe66e2d99f700eab17a8d57d1c1d3b748380fb20baa78cd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework"
+version = "2.9.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "05b64fb303737d99b81884b2c63433e9ae28abebe5eb5045dcdd175dc2ecf4de"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "core-foundation",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+ "security-framework-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "security-framework-sys"
+version = "2.9.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e932934257d3b408ed8f30db49d85ea163bfe74961f017f405b025af298f0c7a"
+dependencies = [
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.183"
@@ -807,6 +978,19 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2047c6ded9c721764247e62cd3b03c09ffc529b2ba5b10ec482ae507a4a70160"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tempfile"
+version = "3.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cb94d2f3cc536af71caac6b6fcebf65860b347e7ce0cc9ebe8f70d3e521054ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "fastrand",
+ "redox_syscall 0.3.5",
+ "rustix",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thiserror"
 version = "1.0.50"
@@ -893,6 +1077,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tokio-native-tls"
+version = "0.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bbae76ab933c85776efabc971569dd6119c580d8f5d448769dec1764bf796ef2"
+dependencies = [
+ "native-tls",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio-util"
 version = "0.7.8"
@@ -1026,9 +1220,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "url"
-version = "2.3.1"
+version = "2.5.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "0d68c799ae75762b8c3fe375feb6600ef5602c883c5d21eb51c09f22b83c4643"
+checksum = "31e6302e3bb753d46e83516cae55ae196fc0c309407cf11ab35cc51a4c2a4633"
 dependencies = [
  "form_urlencoded",
  "idna",
@@ -1045,6 +1239,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vcpkg"
+version = "0.2.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "accd4ea62f7bb7a82fe23066fb0957d48ef677f6eeb8215f372f52e48bb32426"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "want"
 version = "0.3.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d5bc919..fc11829 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ tokio = { version = "1.31.0", features = ["full"] }
 serde = { version = "1.0.183", features = ["derive"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.4.3", features = ["cors"] }
 uuid = { version = "1.4.1", features = ["v4", "serde"] }
-redis = { version = "0.23.0", features = ["tokio-comp", "connection-manager"] }
+redis = { version = "0.23.0", features = ["tokio-comp", "connection-manager", "tokio-native-tls-comp"] }
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = [
     "fmt",
 ] }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 6411ff7..c184969 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #![warn(clippy::all, clippy::pedantic, clippy::nursery)]
-
 use dotenvy::dotenv;
 use redis::aio::ConnectionManager;
 use std::env;
@@ -14,19 +13,46 @@ async fn main() {
     dotenv().ok();
 
     tracing_subscriber::fmt()
-        .with_max_level(tracing::Level::DEBUG)
+        .with_max_level(tracing::Level::INFO)
         .with_target(false)
         .init();
 
-    let redis = build_redis_pool(env::var("REDIS_URL").expect("REDIS_URL not set"))
+    tracing::info!("Starting wallet bridge...");
+
+    // Construct Redis URL
+    let redis_url = env::var("REDIS_URL").unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+        let host = env::var("REDIS_HOST").expect("REDIS_URL or REDIS_HOST is required.");
+        let port = env::var("REDIS_PORT").expect("REDIS_PORT required if REDIS_URL is not set.");
+        let username =
+            env::var("REDIS_USERNAME").expect("REDIS_USERNAME required if REDIS_URL is not set.");
+        let password =
+            env::var("REDIS_PASSWORD").expect("REDIS_PASSWORD required if REDIS_URL is not set.");
+        // Get the REDIS_USE_TLS environment variable and parse it as a boolean
+        let use_tls = env::var("REDIS_USE_TLS")
+            .map(|val| val.to_lowercase() == "true")
+            .unwrap_or(false);
+
+        format!(
+            "{}://{}:{}@{}:{}",
+            if use_tls { "rediss" } else { "redis" },
+            username,
+            password,
+            host,
+            port
+        )
+    });
+
+    let redis = build_redis_pool(redis_url)
         .await
         .expect("Failed to connect to Redis");
 
+    tracing::info!("✅ Connection to Redis established.");
+
     server::start(redis).await;
 }
 
 async fn build_redis_pool(mut redis_url: String) -> redis::RedisResult<ConnectionManager> {
-    if !redis_url.starts_with("redis://") {
+    if !redis_url.starts_with("redis://") && !redis_url.starts_with("rediss://") {
         redis_url = format!("redis://{redis_url}");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/routes/request.rs b/src/routes/request.rs
index 3119e0b..d444b6a 100644
--- a/src/routes/request.rs
+++ b/src/routes/request.rs
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ async fn insert_request(
 ) -> Result<Json<CustomResponse>, StatusCode> {
     let request_id = Uuid::new_v4();
 
+    tracing::info!("{}", format!("Processing /request: {request_id}"));
+
     //ANCHOR - Set request status
     redis
         .set_ex::<_, _, ()>(
@@ -105,5 +107,10 @@ async fn insert_request(
         .await
         .map_err(handle_redis_error)?;
 
+    tracing::info!(
+        "{}",
+        format!("Successfully processed /request: {request_id}")
+    );
+
     Ok(Json(CustomResponse { request_id }))
 }