diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 8c04deda..341fb5cc 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -480,6 +480,10 @@ GEM
       erb
       psych (>= 4.0.0)
       tsort
+    redis (5.4.1)
+      redis-client (>= 0.22.0)
+    redis-client (0.29.0)
+      connection_pool
     regexp_parser (2.11.3)
     reline (0.6.3)
       io-console (~> 0.5)
@@ -647,6 +651,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rack-cors
   rails (~> 8.1.1)
   rails-controller-testing
+  redis (~> 5.0)
   rqrcode
   rspec-its
   rspec-rails
diff --git a/config/initializers/mozo_settings.rb b/config/initializers/mozo_settings.rb
index 65e01cd1..457c3de3 100644
--- a/config/initializers/mozo_settings.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/mozo_settings.rb
@@ -16,4 +16,5 @@ Mozo.broadcaster = Mozo::Broadcaster::Faye.new
 # Counter: swap DrbCounter ↔ Redis
 #   Mozo::Counter.connection = Mozo::DrbCounter.object          # current (DRb in-memory)
 #   Mozo::Counter.connection = Mozo::Counter::Redis.new         # new (persistent, multi-process)
-Mozo::Counter.connection = Mozo::DrbCounter.object unless Rails.env.test?
+#Mozo::Counter.connection = Mozo::DrbCounter.object unless Rails.env.test?
+Mozo::Counter.connection = Mozo::Counter::Redis.new unless Rails.env.test?        # new (persistent, multi-process)
diff --git a/lib/mozo/counter/redis.rb b/lib/mozo/counter/redis.rb
index edbde9d9..f7c7b858 100644
--- a/lib/mozo/counter/redis.rb
+++ b/lib/mozo/counter/redis.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ module Mozo
     class Redis
       def initialize(url: nil)
         require 'redis'
-        @redis = ::Redis.new(url: url || ENV.fetch('REDIS_URL', 'redis://localhost:6379/0'))
+        @redis = ::Redis.new(url: url || ENV.fetch('REDIS_URL', 'redis://localhost:6379/7'))
       end
 
       def get(key, options = {})