diff --git a/dev2/sites.d/ch4nnels.com.json b/dev2/sites.d/ch4nnels.com.json
index 0ea3fa2..6a3ee5e 100644
--- a/dev2/sites.d/ch4nnels.com.json
+++ b/dev2/sites.d/ch4nnels.com.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  ],
  "db": "none",
  "db_kinds": [],
- "redis": false,
+ "redis": true,
  "volumes": [
   {
    "name": "ch4nnels-data",
@@ -34,8 +34,9 @@
   "SITE_URL": "https://ch4nnels.com",
   "DB_PATH": "/data/ch4nnels.db",
   "ROLES": "web,worker",
-  "NODE_ENV": "production"
+  "NODE_ENV": "production",
+  "REDIS_URL": "redis://redis:6379"
  },
- "notes": "Not a Railway site: born on dev2 2026-10-17. IPTV comparison + channel search engine promoting ArgonTV. SQLite on the ch4nnels-data volume (no Postgres). Secrets (ARGON_REF_URL) in vault ch4nnels-com--prod. Deploys on push to main.",
+ "notes": "Not a Railway site: born on dev2 2026-10-17. IPTV comparison + channel search engine promoting ArgonTV. SQLite on the ch4nnels-data volume (no Postgres). Secrets (ARGON_REF_URL) in vault ch4nnels-com--prod. Deploys on push to main. Redis (2026-10-19): the scraper-daemon BullMQ queue; redis service + REDIS_URL from \"redis\": true.",
  "vault": "ch4nnels-com--prod"
 }
diff --git a/dev2/sites.d/r4ck.dev.json b/dev2/sites.d/r4ck.dev.json
index 278968b..6e8a3dc 100644
--- a/dev2/sites.d/r4ck.dev.json
+++ b/dev2/sites.d/r4ck.dev.json
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 {
- "notes": "nginx_locations: ThreatCrush x402 paywall-scrape limits. The limit_req zones and the $paywall_deny_ua map live in /etc/nginx/conf.d/paywall-limits.conf on dev2, not here.",
- "nginx_locations": "    # ThreatCrush: distributed x402 paywall-scrape mitigation (zones in\n    # conf.d/paywall-limits.conf). Exact-match so ?query variants are covered.\n    location = /api/v1/search {\n        if ($paywall_deny_ua) { return 403; }\n        limit_req zone=paywall_ip  burst=5   nodelay;\n        limit_req zone=paywall_all burst=100 nodelay;\n        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:__APP_PORT__;\n        proxy_http_version 1.1;\n        proxy_set_header Host $host;\n        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;\n        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;\n        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;\n        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;\n        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;\n        proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade;\n        proxy_read_timeout 300s;\n        proxy_buffering off;\n        proxy_buffer_size 64k;\n        proxy_buffers 8 64k;\n        proxy_busy_buffers_size 128k;\n    }\n"
+ "notes": "nginx_locations: ThreatCrush x402 paywall-scrape limits. The limit_req zones and the $paywall_deny_ua map live in /etc/nginx/conf.d/paywall-limits.conf on dev2, not here. Redis (2026-10-19): the scraper-daemon BullMQ queue; redis service + REDIS_URL from \"redis\": true.",
+ "nginx_locations": "    # ThreatCrush: distributed x402 paywall-scrape mitigation (zones in\n    # conf.d/paywall-limits.conf). Exact-match so ?query variants are covered.\n    location = /api/v1/search {\n        if ($paywall_deny_ua) { return 403; }\n        limit_req zone=paywall_ip  burst=5   nodelay;\n        limit_req zone=paywall_all burst=100 nodelay;\n        proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:__APP_PORT__;\n        proxy_http_version 1.1;\n        proxy_set_header Host $host;\n        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;\n        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;\n        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;\n        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Host $host;\n        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;\n        proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade;\n        proxy_read_timeout 300s;\n        proxy_buffering off;\n        proxy_buffer_size 64k;\n        proxy_buffers 8 64k;\n        proxy_busy_buffers_size 128k;\n    }\n",
+ "redis": true,
+ "env_overrides": {
+  "REDIS_URL": "redis://redis:6379"
+ }
 }