diff --git a/swarmlab-app/src/run/app.js b/swarmlab-app/src/run/app.js
index b594aa6..479168f 100755
--- a/swarmlab-app/src/run/app.js
+++ b/swarmlab-app/src/run/app.js
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ var io = require('socket.io')(http);
 const createAdapter = require('socket.io-redis');
 //import { RedisClient } from 'redis';
 const RedisClient = require("redis");
-const pubClient = RedisClient.createClient();
+const pubClient = RedisClient.createClient({
+    host: 'redisserver',
+    port: 6379,
+  });
 
 //const pubClient = new RedisClient({ host: 'localhost', port: 6379 });
 const subClient = pubClient.duplicate();