diff --git a/backend/deps.edn b/backend/deps.edn
index 2580d01fc0..ba2aa49759 100644
--- a/backend/deps.edn
+++ b/backend/deps.edn
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
   ;; TODO: vendorize pgclient under `vertx-clojure/vertx-pgclient`
   io.vertx/vertx-pg-client {:mvn/version "4.0.0-milestone4"}
+  io.lettuce/lettuce-core {:mvn/version "5.2.2.RELEASE"}
 
   vertx-clojure/vertx
   {:local/root "vendor/vertx"
diff --git a/backend/src/uxbox/config.clj b/backend/src/uxbox/config.clj
index 88a7fc3f69..0b4661e15b 100644
--- a/backend/src/uxbox/config.clj
+++ b/backend/src/uxbox/config.clj
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
    :database-uri "postgresql://127.0.0.1/uxbox"
    :database-username "uxbox"
    :database-password "uxbox"
+
+   :redis-uri "redis://redis/0"
    :media-directory "resources/public/media"
    :assets-directory "resources/public/static"
    :media-uri "http://localhost:6060/media/"
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@
 (s/def ::database-username (s/nilable ::us/string))
 (s/def ::database-password (s/nilable ::us/string))
 (s/def ::database-uri ::us/string)
+(s/def ::redis-uri ::us/string)
 (s/def ::assets-uri ::us/string)
 (s/def ::assets-directory ::us/string)
 (s/def ::media-uri ::us/string)
diff --git a/backend/src/uxbox/redis.clj b/backend/src/uxbox/redis.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c8ae0f594
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/uxbox/redis.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+;; This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+;; License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+;; file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+;;
+;; Copyright (c) 2019 Andrey Antukh <niwi@niwi.nz>
+
+(ns uxbox.redis
+  (:refer-clojure :exclude [run!])
+  (:require
+   [clojure.tools.logging :as log]
+   [lambdaisland.uri :refer [uri]]
+   [mount.core :as mount :refer [defstate]]
+   [promesa.core :as p]
+   [uxbox.common.exceptions :as ex]
+   [uxbox.config :as cfg]
+   [uxbox.core :refer [system]]
+   [uxbox.util.redis :as redis]
+   [uxbox.util.data :as data]
+   [vertx.util :as vu])
+  (:import
+   java.lang.AutoCloseable))
+
+;; --- Connection Handling & State
+
+(defn- create-client
+  [config]
+  (let [uri (:redis-uri config "redis://redis/0")]
+    (log/info "creating redis client with" uri)
+    (redis/client uri)))
+
+(defstate client
+  :start (create-client cfg/config)
+  :stop (.close ^AutoCloseable client))
+
+(defstate conn
+  :start (redis/connect client)
+  :stop (.close ^AutoCloseable conn))
+
+;; --- API FORWARD
+
+(defmacro with-conn
+  [& args]
+  `(redis/with-conn ~@args))
+
+(defn run!
+  [conn cmd params]
+  (let [ctx (vu/get-or-create-context system)]
+    (-> (redis/run! conn cmd params)
+        (vu/handle-on-context ctx))))
diff --git a/backend/src/uxbox/util/redis.clj b/backend/src/uxbox/util/redis.clj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4fab67410e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/src/uxbox/util/redis.clj
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+;; This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+;; License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+;; file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+;;
+;; Copyright (c) 2019 Andrey Antukh <niwi@niwi.nz>
+
+(ns uxbox.util.redis
+  "Asynchronous posgresql client."
+  (:refer-clojure :exclude [get set run!])
+  (:require
+   [promesa.core :as p])
+  (:import
+   io.lettuce.core.RedisClient
+   io.lettuce.core.RedisURI
+   io.lettuce.core.codec.StringCodec
+   io.lettuce.core.api.async.RedisAsyncCommands
+   io.lettuce.core.api.StatefulRedisConnection
+   ))
+
+(defrecord Client [conn uri]
+  java.lang.AutoCloseable
+  (close [_]
+    (.shutdown ^RedisClient conn)))
+
+(defrecord Connection [cmd conn]
+  java.lang.AutoCloseable
+  (close [_]
+    (.close ^StatefulRedisConnection conn)))
+
+(defn client
+  [uri]
+  (->Client (RedisClient/create) (RedisURI/create uri)))
+
+(defn connect
+  [client]
+  (let [^RedisURI uri (:uri client)
+        ^RedisClient conn (:conn client)
+        ^StatefulRedisConnection conn' (.connect conn StringCodec/UTF8 uri)]
+    (->Connection (.async conn') conn')))
+
+(declare impl-with-conn)
+
+(defmacro with-conn
+  [[csym sym] & body]
+  `(impl-with-conn ~sym (fn [~csym] ~@body)))
+
+(defn impl-with-conn
+  [client f]
+  (let [^RedisURI uri (:uri client)
+        ^RedisClient conn (:conn client)]
+    (-> (.connectAsync conn StringCodec/UTF8 uri)
+        (p/then (fn [^StatefulRedisConnection conn]
+                  (let [cmd  (.async conn)
+                        conn (->Connection cmd conn)]
+                    (-> (p/do! (f conn))
+                        (p/handle (fn [v e]
+                                    (.close conn)
+                                    (if e
+                                      (throw e)
+                                      v))))))))))
+
+(defn- resolve-to-bool
+  [v]
+  (if (= v 1)
+    true
+    false))
+
+(defmulti impl-run (fn [conn cmd parmas] cmd))
+
+(defn run!
+  [conn cmd params]
+  (let [^RedisAsyncCommands conn (:cmd conn)]
+    (impl-run conn cmd params)))
+
+(defmethod impl-run :get
+  [conn _ {:keys [key]}]
+  (.get ^RedisAsyncCommands conn ^String key))
+
+(defmethod impl-run :set
+  [conn _ {:keys [key val]}]
+  (.set ^RedisAsyncCommands conn ^String key ^String val))
+
+(defmethod impl-run :smembers
+  [conn _ {:keys [key]}]
+  (-> (.smembers ^RedisAsyncCommands conn ^String key)
+      (p/then' #(into #{} %))))
+
+(defmethod impl-run :sadd
+  [conn _ {:keys [key val]}]
+  (let [keys (into-array String [val])]
+    (-> (.sadd ^RedisAsyncCommands conn ^String key ^"[S;" keys)
+        (p/then resolve-to-bool))))
+
+(defmethod impl-run :srem
+  [conn _ {:keys [key val]}]
+  (let [keys (into-array String [val])]
+    (-> (.srem ^RedisAsyncCommands conn ^String key ^"[S;" keys)
+        (p/then resolve-to-bool))))
+
diff --git a/backend/tests/user.clj b/backend/tests/user.clj
index 2c1f43b82e..c94a8636eb 100644
--- a/backend/tests/user.clj
+++ b/backend/tests/user.clj
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
    [promesa.exec :as px]
    [uxbox.migrations]
    [uxbox.db :as db]
+   [uxbox.redis :as rd]
    [uxbox.util.storage :as st]
    [uxbox.util.time :as tm]
    [uxbox.util.blob :as blob]