diff --git a/fakeredis/_server.py b/fakeredis/_server.py
index 8a63c8c4..1658dacc 100644
--- a/fakeredis/_server.py
+++ b/fakeredis/_server.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
                 self.server_key = path
             else:
                 host, port = kwargs.get('host'), kwargs.get('port')
-                self.server_key = uuid.uuid4().hex if host is None or port is None else f'{host}:{port}'
+                self.server_key = f'{host}:{port}'
             self.server_key += f'v{version}'
             self._server = FakeServer.get_server(self.server_key, version=version)
             self._server.connected = connected
@@ -136,15 +136,13 @@ class FakeRedisMixin:
     def __init__(self, *args, server=None, connected=True, version=(7,), **kwargs):
         # Interpret the positional and keyword arguments according to the
         # version of redis in use.
-        parameters = inspect.signature(redis.Redis.__init__).parameters
-        parameter_names = list(parameters.keys())
-        default_args = parameters.values()
-        ignore_default_param_values = {'host', 'port', 'db'}
-        kwds = {p.name: p.default
-                for p in default_args
-                if (p.default != inspect.Parameter.empty
-                    and p.name not in ignore_default_param_values)}
-        kwds.update(kwargs)
+        parameters = list(inspect.signature(redis.Redis.__init__).parameters.values())[1:]
+        # Convert args => kwargs
+        kwargs.update({parameters[i].name: args[i] for i in range(len(args))})
+        kwargs.setdefault('host', uuid.uuid4().hex)
+        kwds = {p.name: kwargs.get(p.name, p.default)
+                for ind, p in enumerate(parameters)
+                if p.default != inspect.Parameter.empty}
         if not kwds.get('connection_pool', None):
             charset = kwds.get('charset', None)
             errors = kwds.get('errors', None)
@@ -183,10 +181,7 @@ def __init__(self, *args, server=None, connected=True, version=(7,), **kwargs):
         kwds.pop('server', None)
         kwds.pop('connected', None)
         kwds.pop('version', None)
-        parameter_names_to_cut = parameter_names[1:len(args) + 1]
-        for param in parameter_names_to_cut:
-            kwds.pop(param, None)
-        super().__init__(*args, **kwds)
+        super().__init__(**kwds)
 
     @classmethod
     def from_url(cls, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/test/test_init_args.py b/test/test_init_args.py
index 6be04264..ebfca890 100644
--- a/test/test_init_args.py
+++ b/test/test_init_args.py
@@ -129,3 +129,38 @@ def test_same_connection_params(self):
         r1.set('foo', 'bar')
         assert r2.get('foo') == b'bar'
         assert not r3.exists('foo')
+
+    def test_new_server_with_positional_args(self):
+        from fakeredis import FakeRedis
+
+        # same host, default port and db index
+        fake_redis_1 = FakeRedis('localhost')
+        fake_redis_2 = FakeRedis('localhost')
+
+        fake_redis_1.set("foo", "bar")
+
+        assert fake_redis_2.get("foo") == b'bar'
+
+        # same host and port
+        fake_redis_1 = FakeRedis('localhost', 6000)
+        fake_redis_2 = FakeRedis('localhost', 6000)
+
+        fake_redis_1.set("foo", "bar")
+
+        assert fake_redis_2.get("foo") == b'bar'
+
+        # same connection parameters, but different db index
+        fake_redis_1 = FakeRedis('localhost', 6000, 0)
+        fake_redis_2 = FakeRedis('localhost', 6000, 1)
+
+        fake_redis_1.set("foo", "bar")
+
+        assert fake_redis_2.get("foo") is None
+
+        # mix of positional arguments and keyword args
+        fake_redis_1 = FakeRedis('localhost', port=6000, db=0)
+        fake_redis_2 = FakeRedis('localhost', port=6000, db=1)
+
+        fake_redis_1.set("foo", "bar")
+
+        assert fake_redis_2.get("foo") is None
diff --git a/test/test_mixins/test_transactions_commands.py b/test/test_mixins/test_transactions_commands.py
index b6fd3368..d1abe269 100644
--- a/test/test_mixins/test_transactions_commands.py
+++ b/test/test_mixins/test_transactions_commands.py
@@ -307,3 +307,35 @@ def test_socket_cleanup_watch(fake_server):
         sock = pipeline.connection._sock  # noqa: F841
         pipeline.connection.disconnect()
     r2.set('test', 'foo')
+
+
+def test_get_within_pipeline(r: redis.Redis):
+    r.set("test", "foo")
+    r.set("test2", "foo2")
+    expected_keys = set(r.keys())
+    with r.pipeline() as p:
+        assert set(r.keys()) == expected_keys
+        p.watch("test")
+        assert set(r.keys()) == expected_keys
+
+@pytest.mark.fake
+def test_get_within_pipeline_w_host():
+    r = fakeredis.FakeRedis('localhost')
+    r.set("test", "foo")
+    r.set("test2", "foo2")
+    expected_keys = set(r.keys())
+    with r.pipeline() as p:
+        assert set(r.keys()) == expected_keys
+        p.watch("test")
+        assert set(r.keys()) == expected_keys
+
+@pytest.mark.fake
+def test_get_within_pipeline_no_args():
+    r = fakeredis.FakeRedis()
+    r.set("test", "foo")
+    r.set("test2", "foo2")
+    expected_keys = set(r.keys())
+    with r.pipeline() as p:
+        assert set(r.keys()) == expected_keys
+        p.watch("test")
+        assert set(r.keys()) == expected_keys