diff --git a/lib/zhong.rb b/lib/zhong.rb
index 1c5ce8f..25e5ff9 100644
--- a/lib/zhong.rb
+++ b/lib/zhong.rb
@@ -42,15 +42,17 @@ def self.latest_heartbeat
   end
 
   def self.all_heartbeats
-    heartbeats = redis.hgetall(heartbeat_key)
+    heartbeats = redis.with { |r| r.hgetall(heartbeat_key) }
     now = redis_time
 
     old_beats, new_beats = heartbeats.partition do |_, v|
       Time.at(v.to_i) < (now - 15.minutes)
     end
 
-    redis.multi do
-      old_beats.each { |b| redis.hdel(heartbeat_key, b) }
+    redis.with do |r|
+      r.multi do |rr|
+        old_beats.each { |b| rr.hdel(heartbeat_key, b) }
+      end
     end
 
     new_beats.map do |k, v|
diff --git a/lib/zhong/job.rb b/lib/zhong/job.rb
index d9f7be7..39af2d6 100644
--- a/lib/zhong/job.rb
+++ b/lib/zhong/job.rb
@@ -91,24 +91,24 @@ def running?
     end
 
     def refresh_last_ran
-      last_ran_val = redis.get(last_ran_key)
+      last_ran_val = redis.with { |r| r.get(last_ran_key) }
       @last_ran = last_ran_val ? Time.at(last_ran_val.to_i) : nil
     end
 
     def disable
       fire_callbacks(:before_disable, self)
-      redis.set(disabled_key, "true")
+      redis.with { |r| r.set(disabled_key, "true") }
       fire_callbacks(:after_disable, self)
     end
 
     def enable
       fire_callbacks(:before_enable, self)
-      redis.del(disabled_key)
+      redis.with { |r| r.del(disabled_key) }
       fire_callbacks(:after_enable, self)
     end
 
     def disabled?
-      !redis.get(disabled_key).nil?
+      !redis.with { |r| r.get(disabled_key) }.nil?
     end
 
     def to_s
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ def next_at
     end
 
     def clear
-      redis.del(last_ran_key)
+      redis.with { |r| r.del(last_ran_key) }
     end
 
     def last_ran_key
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ def fire_callbacks(event, *args)
     # if the @at value is changed across runs, the last_run becomes invalid
     # so clear it
     def clear_last_ran_if_at_changed
-      previous_at_msgpack = redis.get(desired_at_key)
+      previous_at_msgpack = redis.with { |r| r.get(desired_at_key) }
 
       if previous_at_msgpack
         previous_at = At.deserialize(previous_at_msgpack)
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ def clear_last_ran_if_at_changed
         end
       end
 
-      redis.set(desired_at_key, @at.serialize)
+      redis.with { |r| r.set(desired_at_key, @at.serialize) }
     end
 
     def run_every?(time)
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ def run_if?(time)
 
     def ran!(time)
       @last_ran = time
-      redis.set(last_ran_key, @last_ran.to_i)
+      redis.with { |r| r.set(last_ran_key, @last_ran.to_i) }
     end
 
     def redis_lock
diff --git a/lib/zhong/scheduler.rb b/lib/zhong/scheduler.rb
index 203cd75..9b7ab86 100644
--- a/lib/zhong/scheduler.rb
+++ b/lib/zhong/scheduler.rb
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def find_by_name(job_name)
     end
 
     def redis_time
-      s, ms = redis.time # returns [seconds since epoch, microseconds]
+      s, ms = redis.with(&:time) # returns [seconds since epoch, microseconds]
       now = Time.at(s + ms / (10**6))
       tz ? now.in_time_zone(tz) : now
     end
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ def run_job(job, time = redis_time)
     end
 
     def heartbeat(time)
-      redis.hset(heartbeat_key, heartbeat_field, time.to_i)
+      redis.with { |r| r.hset(heartbeat_key, heartbeat_field, time.to_i) }
     end
 
     def heartbeat_field
diff --git a/lib/zhong/util.rb b/lib/zhong/util.rb
index d3c277d..1a580bb 100644
--- a/lib/zhong/util.rb
+++ b/lib/zhong/util.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ def safe_mget(keys)
       if keys.empty?
         {}
       else
-        Zhong.redis.mapped_mget(*keys)
+        Zhong.redis.with { |r| r.mapped_mget(*keys) }
       end
     end