diff --git a/stanley/redis.py b/stanley/redis.py
index 2811d557..c69ee271 100644
--- a/stanley/redis.py
+++ b/stanley/redis.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 else:
     kwargs = dict()
 
-redis_storage = redis.from_url(
+redis_storage = redis.from_url(  # type: ignore
     url=REDIS_URL,
     decode_responses=True,
     **kwargs,