diff --git a/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts b/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
index c59eb9d18..8e1ec5d2f 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/queue-processor.ts
@@ -56,10 +56,8 @@ const main = async () => {
   await appDataSource.initialize()
   await redisDataSource.initialize()
 
-  const redisClient = redisDataSource.redisClient
   const ioRedisClient = redisDataSource.ioRedisClient
-
-  if (!redisClient || !ioRedisClient) {
+  if (!ioRedisClient) {
     throw '[queue-processor] error redis is not initialized'
   }
 
@@ -71,7 +69,7 @@ const main = async () => {
           return await refreshAllFeeds(appDataSource, ioRedisClient)
         }
         case 'refresh-feed': {
-          return await refreshFeed(redisClient, job.data)
+          return await refreshFeed(ioRedisClient, job.data)
         }
       }
       return true
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
index 2397738fd..0763f4a74 100644
--- a/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -416,8 +416,7 @@ export const setRecentlySavedItemInRedis = async (
   url: string
 ) => {
   // save the url in redis for 26 hours so rss-feeder won't try to re-save it
-  const client = redisDataSource.redisClient
-  if (!client) {
+  if (!redisClient) {
     console.info(
       'not setting recently saved item because redis is not configured'
     )