diff --git a/app/ui/package.json b/app/ui/package.json
index 3ad61cd..2ca75cf 100644
--- a/app/ui/package.json
+++ b/app/ui/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "app",
   "private": true,
-  "version": "1.8.0",
+  "version": "1.8.1",
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7a4a121..29b9b80 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "dialoqbase",
-  "version": "1.8.0",
+  "version": "1.8.1",
   "description": "Create chatbots with ease",
   "scripts": {
     "ui:dev": "pnpm run --filter ui dev",
diff --git a/server/src/app.ts b/server/src/app.ts
index 7bf351f..252429b 100644
--- a/server/src/app.ts
+++ b/server/src/app.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import swagger from "@fastify/swagger";
 import swaggerUi from "@fastify/swagger-ui";
 import { pathToFileURL } from "url";
 import { Worker } from "bullmq";
+import { parseRedisUrl } from "./utils/redis";
 declare module "fastify" {
   interface Session {
     is_bot_allowed: boolean;
@@ -88,10 +89,8 @@ const redis_url = process.env.DB_REDIS_URL || process.env.REDIS_URL;
 if (!redis_url) {
   throw new Error("Redis url is not defined");
 }
-const username = redis_url.split(":")[1].replace("//", "");
-const password = redis_url.split(":")[2].split("@")[0];
-const host = redis_url.split("@")[1].split(":")[0];
-const port = parseInt(redis_url.split(":")[3]);
+
+const { host, port, password } = parseRedisUrl(redis_url);
 const path = join(__dirname, "./queue/index.js");
 const workerUrl = pathToFileURL(path);
 const concurrency = parseInt(process.env.DB_QUEUE_CONCURRENCY || "1");
@@ -101,7 +100,7 @@ const worker = new Worker("vector", workerUrl, {
     host,
     port,
     password,
-    username,
+    username: process?.env?.DB_REDIS_USERNAME,
   },
   concurrency,
   useWorkerThreads: workerThreads === "true",
diff --git a/server/src/plugins/bull.ts b/server/src/plugins/bull.ts
index 3966e49..a1d2c5f 100644
--- a/server/src/plugins/bull.ts
+++ b/server/src/plugins/bull.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import fp from "fastify-plugin";
 import { FastifyPluginAsync } from "fastify";
 import { Queue } from "bullmq";
+import { parseRedisUrl } from "../utils/redis";
 declare module "fastify" {
   interface FastifyInstance {
     queue: Queue<any>;
@@ -12,17 +13,14 @@ const bullPlugin: FastifyPluginAsync = fp(async (server, options) => {
   if (!redis_url) {
     throw new Error("Redis url is not defined");
   }
-  const username = redis_url.split(":")[1].replace("//", "");
-  const password = redis_url.split(":")[2].split("@")[0];
-  const host = redis_url.split("@")[1].split(":")[0];
-  const port = parseInt(redis_url.split(":")[3]);
+  const { host, port, password } = parseRedisUrl(redis_url);
 
   const queue = new Queue("vector", {
     connection: {
       host,
       port,
       password,
-      username,
+      username: process?.env?.DB_REDIS_USERNAME,
     },
   });
 
diff --git a/server/src/utils/redis.ts b/server/src/utils/redis.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf649a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/utils/redis.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+// copied from https://github.com/glani/parse-redis-url-simple/blob/master/src/index.ts
+import { parse } from "url";
+
+const redisDefaultPort = 6379;
+const sentinelDefaultPort = 26379;
+
+export interface IRedisUrl {
+  database?: string;
+  host: string;
+  password?: string;
+  port: number;
+}
+
+const predefinedSeparatorRegexp = /,|;|\s/;
+
+function preparePassword(auth: string | null, encoding?: BufferEncoding) {
+  if (!auth) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+
+  const vv = (encoding ? Buffer.from(auth, encoding).toString() : auth).split(
+    ":"
+  );
+  return vv.length > 1 ? vv[1] : vv[0];
+}
+
+function prepareResult(
+  v: string,
+  sentinel: boolean,
+  encoding?: BufferEncoding
+): IRedisUrl {
+  if (v.search("://") === -1) {
+    v = "redis://" + v;
+  }
+  const urlWithStringQuery = parse(v);
+
+  return {
+    database: sentinel
+      ? undefined
+      : (urlWithStringQuery.pathname || "/0").substr(1) || "0",
+    host: urlWithStringQuery.hostname || "localhost",
+    password: sentinel
+      ? undefined
+      : preparePassword(urlWithStringQuery.auth, encoding),
+    port: Number(
+      urlWithStringQuery.port ||
+        (sentinel ? sentinelDefaultPort : redisDefaultPort)
+    ),
+  };
+}
+
+export function parseRedisUrl(
+  value?: string,
+  sentinel: boolean = false,
+  separatorRegexp: RegExp = predefinedSeparatorRegexp,
+  encoding?: BufferEncoding
+): IRedisUrl | undefined {
+  if (!value) {
+    return {
+      database: sentinel ? undefined : "0",
+      host: "localhost",
+      port: sentinel ? sentinelDefaultPort : redisDefaultPort,
+    };
+  }
+
+  const result = new Array<IRedisUrl>();
+  const urlValues = value
+    .split(separatorRegexp)
+    .map((value1) => value1.trim())
+    .filter((value1) => value1 && value1.length);
+
+  for (const urlValue of urlValues) {
+    const parsedResult = prepareResult(urlValue, sentinel, encoding);
+    result.push(parsedResult);
+  }
+
+  return result.length > 0 ? result[0] : undefined;
+}