diff --git a/k8s/main.ts b/k8s/main.ts
index fcaab6a3f..e16443043 100644
--- a/k8s/main.ts
+++ b/k8s/main.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { Construct } from 'constructs';
 import { App } from 'cdk8s';
 import { CronJob, DjangoApplication, PennLabsChart, ReactApplication, RedisApplication } from '@pennlabs/kittyhawk';
+import { KubeConfigMap } from '@pennlabs/kittyhawk/lib/imports/k8s';
+import dedent from "ts-dedent";
 
 const cronTime = require('cron-time-generator');
 
@@ -16,6 +18,20 @@ export class MyChart extends PennLabsChart {
     const clubsSecret = 'penn-clubs';
     const clubsDomain = 'pennclubs.com';
 
+    /** Redis ConfigMap */
+    new KubeConfigMap(this, 'redis-config', {
+      data: {
+        'redis.conf': dedent`
+          apiVersion: v1
+          kind: ConfigMap
+          metadata:
+            name: redis-config
+          data:
+            redis-config: ""
+        `,
+      }
+    });
+
     /** Ingress HTTPS Enforcer */
     const ingressProps = {
       annotations: {
@@ -26,13 +42,23 @@ export class MyChart extends PennLabsChart {
 
     new RedisApplication(this, 'redis', {
       deployment: {
+        cmd: ['redis-server', '/redis-master/redis.conf'],
         secretMounts: [
           {
-            name: 'redis-data',
-            mountPath: '/data',
+            name: 'config',
+            mountPath: '/redis-master',
           },
+          {
+            name: 'data',
+            mountPath: 'redis-master-data',
+          }
         ],
-      }
+        env: [{
+          name: "MASTER",
+          value: "true",
+        }],
+      },
+      
     });
 
     new DjangoApplication(this, 'django-wsgi', {
diff --git a/k8s/package.json b/k8s/package.json
index 5c3b26544..da08504c4 100644
--- a/k8s/package.json
+++ b/k8s/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@pennlabs/kittyhawk": "^1.1.8",
     "cdk8s": "^2.2.63",
-    "constructs": "^10.0.119"
+    "constructs": "^10.0.119",
+    "ts-dedent": "^2.2.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jest": "^26.0.24",
@@ -27,4 +28,4 @@
     "ts-jest": "^26.5.6",
     "typescript": "^4.6.3"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/k8s/yarn.lock b/k8s/yarn.lock
index c9b52d3e9..dc254f0e4 100644
--- a/k8s/yarn.lock
+++ b/k8s/yarn.lock
@@ -4463,6 +4463,11 @@ triple-beam@^1.3.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/triple-beam/-/triple-beam-1.4.1.tgz#6fde70271dc6e5d73ca0c3b24e2d92afb7441984"
   integrity sha512-aZbgViZrg1QNcG+LULa7nhZpJTZSLm/mXnHXnbAbjmN5aSa0y7V+wvv6+4WaBtpISJzThKy+PIPxc1Nq1EJ9mg==
 
+ts-dedent@^2.2.0:
+  version "2.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ts-dedent/-/ts-dedent-2.2.0.tgz#39e4bd297cd036292ae2394eb3412be63f563bb5"
+  integrity sha512-q5W7tVM71e2xjHZTlgfTDoPF/SmqKG5hddq9SzR49CH2hayqRKJtQ4mtRlSxKaJlR/+9rEM+mnBHf7I2/BQcpQ==
+
 ts-jest@^26.5.6:
   version "26.5.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ts-jest/-/ts-jest-26.5.6.tgz#c32e0746425274e1dfe333f43cd3c800e014ec35"