diff --git a/CloudronManifest.json b/CloudronManifest.json
index 0555486..b86d1b8 100644
--- a/CloudronManifest.json
+++ b/CloudronManifest.json
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
   "healthCheckPath": "/",
   "httpPort": 8888,
   "addons": {
-    "localstorage": {}
+    "localstorage": {},
+    "redis": {}
   },
   "manifestVersion": 2,
   "website": "https://docs.searxng.org",
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 8c944ce..dfb6c5f 100755
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ if [[ ! -f /app/data/settings.yml ]]; then
     echo "=> Copying settings from template on first run"
     cp /app/code/searx/settings.yml.orig /app/data/settings.yml
     sed -e 's/bind_address: "127.0.0.1"/bind_address: "0.0.0.0"/g' \
+        -e "s/url: .*redis\.sock.*/url: \"redis:\/\/:${CLOUDRON_REDIS_PASSWORD}@${CLOUDRON_REDIS_HOST}:${CLOUDRON_REDIS_PORT}\/0\"/g" \
         -e "s/ultrasecretkey/`openssl rand -hex 16`/g" \
         -i /app/data/settings.yml
 fi