diff --git a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Controllers/AuthControllerBase.cs b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Controllers/AuthControllerBase.cs
index cbb1f30..5b4e4ad 100644
--- a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Controllers/AuthControllerBase.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Controllers/AuthControllerBase.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ using MareSynchronosShared.Utils.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.IdentityModel.Tokens;
-using StackExchange.Redis.Extensions.Core.Abstractions;
+using StackExchange.Redis;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt;
 using System.Security.Claims;
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ public abstract class AuthControllerBase : Controller
     protected readonly IConfigurationService<AuthServiceConfiguration> Configuration;
     protected readonly IDbContextFactory<MareDbContext> MareDbContextFactory;
     protected readonly SecretKeyAuthenticatorService SecretKeyAuthenticatorService;
-    private readonly IRedisDatabase _redis;
+    private readonly IDatabase _redis;
     private readonly GeoIPService _geoIPProvider;
 
     protected AuthControllerBase(ILogger logger,
     IHttpContextAccessor accessor, IDbContextFactory<MareDbContext> mareDbContextFactory,
     SecretKeyAuthenticatorService secretKeyAuthenticatorService,
     IConfigurationService<AuthServiceConfiguration> configuration,
-    IRedisDatabase redisDb, GeoIPService geoIPProvider)
+    IDatabase redisDb, GeoIPService geoIPProvider)
     {
         Logger = logger;
         HttpAccessor = accessor;
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public abstract class AuthControllerBase : Controller
             return Unauthorized("Your Mare account is banned from using the service.");
         }
 
-        var existingIdent = await _redis.GetAsync<string>("UID:" + authResult.Uid);
+        var existingIdent = await _redis.StringGetAsync("UID:" + authResult.Uid);
         if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(existingIdent))
         {
             Logger.LogWarning("Authenticate:DUPLICATE:{id}:{ident}", authResult.Uid, charaIdent);
diff --git a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Controllers/JwtController.cs b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Controllers/JwtController.cs
index 5c4ec8d..447635e 100644
--- a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Controllers/JwtController.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Controllers/JwtController.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ using MareSynchronosShared.Utils.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
-using StackExchange.Redis.Extensions.Core.Abstractions;
+using StackExchange.Redis;
 
 namespace MareSynchronosAuthService.Controllers;
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class JwtController : AuthControllerBase
         IHttpContextAccessor accessor, IDbContextFactory<MareDbContext> mareDbContextFactory,
         SecretKeyAuthenticatorService secretKeyAuthenticatorService,
         IConfigurationService<AuthServiceConfiguration> configuration,
-        IRedisDatabase redisDb, GeoIPService geoIPProvider)
+        IDatabase redisDb, GeoIPService geoIPProvider)
             : base(logger, accessor, mareDbContextFactory, secretKeyAuthenticatorService,
                 configuration, redisDb, geoIPProvider)
     {
diff --git a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Controllers/OAuthController.cs b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Controllers/OAuthController.cs
index 335d558..1ca4912 100644
--- a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Controllers/OAuthController.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Controllers/OAuthController.cs
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using StackExchange.Redis;
-using StackExchange.Redis.Extensions.Core.Abstractions;
 using System.Collections.Concurrent;
 using System.Globalization;
 using System.IdentityModel.Tokens.Jwt;
@@ -30,7 +29,7 @@ public class OAuthController : AuthControllerBase
     IHttpContextAccessor accessor, IDbContextFactory<MareDbContext> mareDbContext,
     SecretKeyAuthenticatorService secretKeyAuthenticatorService,
     IConfigurationService<AuthServiceConfiguration> configuration,
-    IRedisDatabase redisDb, GeoIPService geoIPProvider)
+    IDatabase redisDb, GeoIPService geoIPProvider)
         : base(logger, accessor, mareDbContext, secretKeyAuthenticatorService,
             configuration, redisDb, geoIPProvider)
     {
diff --git a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Startup.cs b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Startup.cs
index 51a7a29..7abc210 100644
--- a/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Startup.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronosServer/MareSynchronosAuthService/Startup.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ using MareSynchronosShared.Data;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Prometheus;
 using MareSynchronosShared.Utils.Configuration;
+using StackExchange.Redis.Extensions.Core.Abstractions;
 
 namespace MareSynchronosAuthService;
 
@@ -179,8 +180,10 @@ public class Startup
         var endpoint = options.EndPoints[0];
         string address = "";
         int port = 0;
+        
         if (endpoint is DnsEndPoint dnsEndPoint) { address = dnsEndPoint.Host; port = dnsEndPoint.Port; }
         if (endpoint is IPEndPoint ipEndPoint) { address = ipEndPoint.Address.ToString(); port = ipEndPoint.Port; }
+        /*
         var redisConfiguration = new RedisConfiguration()
         {
             AbortOnConnectFail = true,
@@ -203,11 +206,13 @@ public class Startup
             MaxValueLength = 1024,
             PoolSize = mareConfig.GetValue(nameof(ServerConfiguration.RedisPool), 50),
             SyncTimeout = options.SyncTimeout,
-        };
+        };*/
+
+        var muxer = ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect(options);
+        var db = muxer.GetDatabase();
+        services.AddSingleton<IDatabase>(db);
 
         _logger.LogInformation("Setting up Redis to connect to {host}:{port}", address, port);
-
-        services.AddStackExchangeRedisExtensions<SystemTextJsonSerializer>(redisConfiguration);
     }
     private void ConfigureConfigServices(IServiceCollection services)
     {