diff --git a/config/application.rb b/config/application.rb
index 18e838f55a9..69a4531dd03 100644
--- a/config/application.rb
+++ b/config/application.rb
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ module Discourse
 
     require 'discourse_redis'
     require 'logster/redis_store'
+    require 'freedom_patches/redis'
     # Use redis for our cache
     config.cache_store = DiscourseRedis.new_redis_store
     $redis = DiscourseRedis.new
diff --git a/config/initializers/001-redis.rb b/config/initializers/001-redis.rb
index 0d1e2c6b038..73340cc49da 100644
--- a/config/initializers/001-redis.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/001-redis.rb
@@ -1,18 +1,3 @@
-# https://github.com/redis/redis-rb/pull/591
-class Redis
-  class Client
-    alias_method :old_initialize, :initialize
-
-    def initialize(options = {})
-      old_initialize(options)
-
-      if options.include?(:connector) && options[:connector].is_a?(Class)
-        @connector = options[:connector].new(@options)
-      end
-    end
-  end
-end
-
 if Rails.env.development? && ENV['DISCOURSE_FLUSH_REDIS']
   puts "Flushing redis (development mode)"
   $redis.flushall
diff --git a/lib/freedom_patches/redis.rb b/lib/freedom_patches/redis.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8bab1e7141d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/freedom_patches/redis.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# https://github.com/redis/redis-rb/pull/591
+class Redis
+  class Client
+    alias_method :old_initialize, :initialize
+
+    def initialize(options = {})
+      old_initialize(options)
+
+      if options.include?(:connector) && options[:connector].is_a?(Class)
+        @connector = options[:connector].new(@options)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end