diff --git a/config/initializers/resque.rb b/config/initializers/resque.rb
index 6301afa4..74b2aec1 100644
--- a/config/initializers/resque.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/resque.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Initializer to configure resque daemon
-Resque.redis = ENV.fetch("REDIS_URL", "redis://localhost:6379")
+Resque.redis = ENV['REDIS_URL'] if ENV['REDIS_URL']