diff --git a/.env.sample b/.env.sample
index e811512..f9a1c34 100644
--- a/.env.sample
+++ b/.env.sample
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ MYSQL_PASSWORD=clrt_pwd
 MYSQL_HOST=clrt_mysql_host
 MYSQL_PORT=3306
 
+# Redis settings
+REDIS_LOCATION=redis://clrt_redis_host:6379
+
 #Django settings
 SECRET_KEY='your-django-key' 
 DJANGO_DEBUG=True
diff --git a/backend/settings.py b/backend/settings.py
index c545f65..af809e2 100644
--- a/backend/settings.py
+++ b/backend/settings.py
@@ -157,16 +157,13 @@
     }
 }
 
-# This is needed to allow the LTI tool to work with the Django cache when running on multiple workers
 CACHES = {
     "default": {
-        "BACKEND": "django_mysql.cache.MySQLCache",
-        "LOCATION": "django_clrt_cache",
-        "KEY_PREFIX": "clrt",
+        "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.redis.RedisCache",
+        "LOCATION": config('REDIS_LOCATION', "redis://clrt_redis_host:6379")
     }
 }
 
-
 # Password validation
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators
 
@@ -214,4 +211,4 @@
 CSP_STYLE_SRC = ["'self'", "https:", "'unsafe-inline'"]
 CSP_FRAME_ANCESTORS = ["'self'"] + [url.strip() for url in config('CSP_FRAME_ANCESTORS', 'canvas-test.it.umich.edu').split(',')] 
 CSP_IMG_SRC = ["'self'", "data:"]
-CSP_FONT_SRC = ["'self'"]
\ No newline at end of file
+CSP_FONT_SRC = ["'self'"]
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 1773862..0dbb4b3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -12,9 +12,20 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "4306:3306"
     volumes:
-       - ./.data/mysql:/var/lib/mysql
+      - ./.data/mysql:/var/lib/mysql
     container_name: clrt_mysql_host
 
+  redis:
+    image: redis:7
+    command: redis-server --stop-writes-on-bgsave-error no --save ""
+    # This is to simulate an Openshift container with no write permission except to /tmp
+    read_only: true
+    tmpfs:
+        - /tmp
+    volumes:
+        - clrt-redis-data:/data:ro
+    container_name: clrt_redis_host
+
   web:
     build: 
       context: .
@@ -30,4 +41,7 @@ services:
       - mysql
     env_file:
       - .env
-    container_name: clrt_web
\ No newline at end of file
+    container_name: clrt_web
+
+volumes:
+  clrt-redis-data:
diff --git a/lti_redirect/migrations/0002_drop_mysql_cache.py b/lti_redirect/migrations/0002_drop_mysql_cache.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0149b4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lti_redirect/migrations/0002_drop_mysql_cache.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+from django.db import migrations
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ('lti_redirect', '0001_mysql_cache'),  # Ensure this is the correct dependency
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.RunSQL(
+            sql="DROP TABLE IF EXISTS django_clrt_cache;",
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 8df9d9d..de3f02a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ django-mysql==4.14.0
 gunicorn==22.0.0
 whitenoise==6.7.0
 debugpy==1.8.2
+redis==5.0.7