diff --git a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/LockManager.coffee b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/LockManager.coffee
index 5f71a336fb..1b81687c36 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/LockManager.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/LockManager.coffee
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 Settings = require "settings-sharelatex"
-redis = require('redis')
-redisConf = Settings.redis?.web or {host: "localhost", port: 6379}
-rclient = redis.createClient(redisConf.port, redisConf.host)
-rclient.auth(redisConf.password)
+redis = require("redis-sharelatex")
+rclient = redis.createClient(Settings.redis.web)
 
 module.exports = LockManager =
 	LOCK_TEST_INTERVAL: 50 # 50ms between each test of the lock
diff --git a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee
index 676259d311..eec6ce5086 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee
+++ b/services/track-changes/app/coffee/RedisManager.coffee
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 Settings = require "settings-sharelatex"
-redis = require('redis')
-redisConf = Settings.redis?.web or {host: "localhost", port: 6379}
-rclient = redis.createClient(redisConf.port, redisConf.host)
-rclient.auth(redisConf.password)
+redis = require("redis-sharelatex")
+rclient = redis.createClient(Settings.redis.web)
 
 rawUpdatesKey = (doc_id) -> "UncompressedHistoryOps:#{doc_id}"
 docsWithHistoryOpsKey = (project_id) -> "DocsWithHistoryOps:#{project_id}"
diff --git a/services/track-changes/package.json b/services/track-changes/package.json
index 945880b526..252fe6cdc6 100644
--- a/services/track-changes/package.json
+++ b/services/track-changes/package.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     "logger-sharelatex": "git+https://github.com/sharelatex/logger-sharelatex.git#master",
     "metrics-sharelatex": "git+https://github.com/sharelatex/metrics-sharelatex.git#master",
     "request": "~2.33.0",
+    "redis-sharelatex": "0.0.1",
     "redis": "~0.10.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {