diff --git a/packages/backend/src/config/redis.ts b/packages/backend/src/config/redis.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa4b7a2f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/src/config/redis.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+import Logger from '@/services/logger.js';
+import { IpFamily } from './types.js';
+import config from './index.js';
+
+const logger = new Logger('config:redis', 'gray', false);
+
+function getRedisFamily(family?: IpFamily | number): number {
+	const familyMap = {
+		ipv4: 4,
+		ipv6: 6,
+		dual: 0,
+	};
+	if (typeof family === 'string' && family in familyMap) {
+		return familyMap[family];
+	} else if (typeof family === 'number' && Object.values(familyMap).includes(family)) {
+		return family;
+	}
+
+	if (typeof family !== 'undefined') {
+		logger.warn(`redis family "${family}" is invalid, defaulting to "both"`);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+export function getRedisOptions(keyPrefix?: string): Record<string, string | number | undefined> {
+	return {
+		port: config.redis.port,
+		host: config.redis.host,
+		family: getRedisFamily(config.redis.family),
+		password: config.redis.pass,
+		db: config.redis.db || 0,
+		keyPrefix,
+	};
+}
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/db/postgre.ts b/packages/backend/src/db/postgre.ts
index 363671268..ec56fb54f 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/db/postgre.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/db/postgre.ts
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ import { UserPending } from '@/models/entities/user-pending.js';
 
 import { entities as charts } from '@/services/chart/entities.js';
 import { Webhook } from '@/models/entities/webhook.js';
+import { getRedisOptions } from '@/config/redis.js';
 import { dbLogger } from './logger.js';
 import { redisClient } from './redis.js';
 
@@ -186,14 +187,7 @@ export const db = new DataSource({
 	dropSchema: process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test',
 	cache: !config.db.disableCache ? {
 		type: 'ioredis',
-		options: {
-			host: config.redis.host,
-			port: config.redis.port,
-			family: config.redis.family ?? 0,
-			password: config.redis.pass,
-			keyPrefix: `${config.redis.prefix}:query:`,
-			db: config.redis.db || 0,
-		},
+		options: getRedisOptions(`${config.redis.prefix}:query:`),
 	} : false,
 	logging: log,
 	logger: log ? new MyCustomLogger() : undefined,
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/db/redis.ts b/packages/backend/src/db/redis.ts
index e576f5e35..f4eadce58 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/db/redis.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/db/redis.ts
@@ -1,25 +1,9 @@
 import Redis from 'ioredis';
 import config from '@/config/index.js';
-import { IpFamily } from '@/config/types.js';
-
-function getRedisFamily(family?: IpFamily | number): number {
-	switch (family) {
-		case 'ipv4': return 4;
-		case 'ipv6': return 6;
-		case 'dual': return 0;
-		default: return family ?? 0;
-	}
-}
+import { getRedisOptions } from '@/config/redis.js';
 
 export function createConnection(): Redis.Redis {
-	return new Redis({
-		port: config.redis.port,
-		host: config.redis.host,
-		family: getRedisFamily(config.redis.family),
-		password: config.redis.pass,
-		keyPrefix: `${config.redis.prefix}:`,
-		db: config.redis.db || 0,
-	});
+	return new Redis(getRedisOptions(`${config.redis.prefix}:`));
 }
 
 export const subscriber = createConnection();
diff --git a/packages/backend/src/queue/initialize.ts b/packages/backend/src/queue/initialize.ts
index 4f251388b..10f47de12 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/queue/initialize.ts
+++ b/packages/backend/src/queue/initialize.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,10 @@
 import Bull from 'bull';
 import config from '@/config/index.js';
+import { getRedisOptions } from '@/config/redis.js';
 
-export function initialize<T>(name: string, limitPerSec = -1) {
+export function initialize<T>(name: string, limitPerSec = -1): Bull.Queue<T> {
 	return new Bull<T>(name, {
-		redis: {
-			port: config.redis.port,
-			host: config.redis.host,
-			family: config.redis.family ?? 0,
-			password: config.redis.pass,
-			db: config.redis.db || 0,
-		},
+		redis: getRedisOptions(),
 		prefix: config.redis.prefix ? `${config.redis.prefix}:queue` : 'queue',
 		limiter: limitPerSec > 0 ? {
 			max: limitPerSec,