diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index e2696e19e82..496191d34ab 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ end
 gem 'mail'
 gem 'mime-types', require: 'mime/types/columnar'
 
-#gem 'redis-rails'
 gem 'hiredis'
 gem 'redis', require:  ["redis", "redis/connection/hiredis"]
+# namspace is needed for sidekiq web
+gem 'redis-namespace'
 
 gem 'active_model_serializers', '~> 0.8.3'
 
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 97c25c3d517..b659c816ecd 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -63,49 +63,9 @@ GEM
       debug_inspector (>= 0.0.1)
     builder (3.2.2)
     byebug (6.0.2)
-    celluloid (0.17.1.2)
-      bundler
-      celluloid-essentials
-      celluloid-extras
-      celluloid-fsm
-      celluloid-pool
-      celluloid-supervision
-      dotenv
-      nenv
-      rspec-logsplit (>= 0.1.2)
-      timers (>= 4.1.1)
-    celluloid-essentials (0.20.2.1)
-      bundler
-      dotenv
-      nenv
-      rspec-logsplit (>= 0.1.2)
-      timers (>= 4.1.1)
-    celluloid-extras (0.20.1)
-      bundler
-      dotenv
-      nenv
-      rspec-logsplit (>= 0.1.2)
-      timers (>= 4.1.1)
-    celluloid-fsm (0.20.1)
-      bundler
-      dotenv
-      nenv
-      rspec-logsplit (>= 0.1.2)
-      timers (>= 4.1.1)
-    celluloid-pool (0.20.1)
-      bundler
-      dotenv
-      nenv
-      rspec-logsplit (>= 0.1.2)
-      timers (>= 4.1.1)
-    celluloid-supervision (0.20.1.1)
-      bundler
-      dotenv
-      nenv
-      rspec-logsplit (>= 0.1.2)
-      timers (>= 4.1.1)
     certified (1.0.0)
     coderay (1.1.0)
+    concurrent-ruby (1.0.0)
     connection_pool (2.2.0)
     crass (1.0.2)
     daemons (1.2.3)
@@ -117,7 +77,6 @@ GEM
     docile (1.1.5)
     domain_name (0.5.25)
       unf (>= 0.0.5, < 1.0.0)
-    dotenv (2.0.2)
     ember-data-source (1.0.0.beta.16.1)
       ember-source (~> 1.8)
     ember-handlebars-template (0.1.5)
@@ -165,7 +124,6 @@ GEM
     highline (1.7.7)
     hike (1.2.3)
     hiredis (0.6.0)
-    hitimes (1.2.3)
     htmlentities (4.3.4)
     http-cookie (1.0.2)
       domain_name (~> 0.5)
@@ -215,7 +173,6 @@ GEM
     multi_xml (0.5.5)
     multipart-post (2.0.0)
     mustache (1.0.2)
-    nenv (0.2.0)
     netrc (0.11.0)
     nokogiri (1.6.7.1)
       mini_portile2 (~> 2.0.0.rc2)
@@ -345,7 +302,6 @@ GEM
     rspec-html-matchers (0.7.0)
       nokogiri (~> 1)
       rspec (~> 3)
-    rspec-logsplit (0.1.3)
     rspec-mocks (3.2.1)
       diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
       rspec-support (~> 3.2.0)
@@ -382,14 +338,13 @@ GEM
     shoulda-context (1.2.1)
     shoulda-matchers (2.7.0)
       activesupport (>= 3.0.0)
-    sidekiq (3.5.0)
-      celluloid (~> 0.17.0)
+    sidekiq (4.0.1)
+      concurrent-ruby (~> 1.0)
       connection_pool (~> 2.2, >= 2.2.0)
       json (~> 1.0)
       redis (~> 3.2, >= 3.2.1)
-      redis-namespace (~> 1.5, >= 1.5.2)
-    sidekiq-statistic (1.1.0)
-      sidekiq (~> 3.3, >= 3.3.4)
+    sidekiq-statistic (1.2.0)
+      sidekiq (>= 3.3.4, < 5)
     simple-rss (1.3.1)
     simplecov (0.10.0)
       docile (~> 1.1.0)
@@ -427,8 +382,6 @@ GEM
     thread_safe (0.3.5)
     tilt (1.4.1)
     timecop (0.8.0)
-    timers (4.1.1)
-      hitimes
     trollop (2.1.1)
     tzinfo (1.2.2)
       thread_safe (~> 0.1)
@@ -513,6 +466,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rb-inotify (~> 0.9)
   rbtrace
   redis
+  redis-namespace
   rest-client
   rinku
   rmmseg-cpp