diff --git a/config.dev.yml b/config.dev.yml
index 48002851..e2ddf666 100644
--- a/config.dev.yml
+++ b/config.dev.yml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ server:
   adminConnectors:
     - type: http
       port: 8084
+      
 logging:
   level: INFO
   loggers:
@@ -103,4 +104,16 @@ logging:
       archive: true
       archivedLogFilenamePattern: log/commafeed-%d.log
       archivedFileCount: 5
-      timeZone: UTC
\ No newline at end of file
+      timeZone: UTC
+      
+# Redis pool configuration
+# (only used if app.cache is 'redis')
+# -----------------------------------
+redis:
+  host: localhost
+  port: 6379
+  password: 
+  timeout: 2000
+  database: 0
+  maxTotal: 500
+   
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config.yml.example b/config.yml.example
index ad46640a..cff78a1a 100644
--- a/config.yml.example
+++ b/config.yml.example
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ server:
   adminConnectors:
     - type: http
       port: 8084
+      
 logging:
   level: WARN
   loggers:
@@ -102,4 +103,16 @@ logging:
       archive: true
       archivedLogFilenamePattern: log/commafeed-%d.log
       archivedFileCount: 5
-      timeZone: UTC
\ No newline at end of file
+      timeZone: UTC
+      
+# Redis pool configuration
+# (only used if app.cache is 'redis')
+# -----------------------------------
+redis:
+  host: localhost
+  port: 6379
+  password: 
+  timeout: 2000
+  database: 0
+  maxTotal: 500
+   
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedConfiguration.java
index c7874172..c9566389 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedConfiguration.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import lombok.Getter;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.time.DateUtils;
 import org.hibernate.validator.constraints.NotBlank;
 
+import com.commafeed.backend.cache.RedisPoolFactory;
 import com.commafeed.frontend.SessionManagerFactory;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 
@@ -35,7 +36,12 @@ public class CommaFeedConfiguration extends Configuration {
 	@NotNull
 	@JsonProperty("database")
 	private DataSourceFactory database = new DataSourceFactory();
-	
+
+	@Valid
+	@NotNull
+	@JsonProperty("redis")
+	private RedisPoolFactory redisPoolFactory = new RedisPoolFactory();
+
 	@Valid
 	@NotNull
 	@JsonProperty("session")
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedModule.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedModule.java
index f3fedb57..1524865b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedModule.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/CommaFeedModule.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ public class CommaFeedModule extends AbstractModule {
 	@Override
 	protected void configure() {
 		CacheService cacheService = config.getApplicationSettings().getCache() == CacheType.NOOP ? new NoopCacheService()
-				: new RedisCacheService();
+				: new RedisCacheService(config.getRedisPoolFactory().build());
 		log.info("using cache {}", cacheService.getClass());
 		bind(CacheService.class).toInstance(cacheService);
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/cache/RedisCacheService.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/cache/RedisCacheService.java
index c34e4dca..ac305d24 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/cache/RedisCacheService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/cache/RedisCacheService.java
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
 import redis.clients.jedis.Jedis;
 import redis.clients.jedis.JedisPool;
-import redis.clients.jedis.JedisPoolConfig;
 import redis.clients.jedis.Pipeline;
 
 import com.commafeed.backend.model.Feed;
@@ -21,17 +21,12 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 
 @Slf4j
+@RequiredArgsConstructor
 public class RedisCacheService extends CacheService {
 
-	private static ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+	private static ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
 
-	private JedisPool pool;
-
-	public RedisCacheService() {
-		JedisPoolConfig config = new JedisPoolConfig();
-		config.setMaxTotal(500);
-		pool = new JedisPool(config, "localhost");
-	}
+	private final JedisPool pool;
 
 	@Override
 	public List<String> getLastEntries(Feed feed) {
@@ -75,7 +70,7 @@ public class RedisCacheService extends CacheService {
 			String key = buildRedisUserRootCategoryKey(user);
 			String json = jedis.get(key);
 			if (json != null) {
-				cat = mapper.readValue(json, Category.class);
+				cat = MAPPER.readValue(json, Category.class);
 			}
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
@@ -93,7 +88,7 @@ public class RedisCacheService extends CacheService {
 
 			Pipeline pipe = jedis.pipelined();
 			pipe.del(key);
-			pipe.set(key, mapper.writeValueAsString(category));
+			pipe.set(key, MAPPER.writeValueAsString(category));
 			pipe.expire(key, (int) TimeUnit.MINUTES.toSeconds(30));
 			pipe.sync();
 		} catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
@@ -111,7 +106,7 @@ public class RedisCacheService extends CacheService {
 			String key = buildRedisUnreadCountKey(sub);
 			String json = jedis.get(key);
 			if (json != null) {
-				count = mapper.readValue(json, UnreadCount.class);
+				count = MAPPER.readValue(json, UnreadCount.class);
 			}
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
@@ -129,7 +124,7 @@ public class RedisCacheService extends CacheService {
 
 			Pipeline pipe = jedis.pipelined();
 			pipe.del(key);
-			pipe.set(key, mapper.writeValueAsString(count));
+			pipe.set(key, MAPPER.writeValueAsString(count));
 			pipe.expire(key, (int) TimeUnit.MINUTES.toSeconds(30));
 			pipe.sync();
 		} catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/cache/RedisPoolFactory.java b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/cache/RedisPoolFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..302a2793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/commafeed/backend/cache/RedisPoolFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package com.commafeed.backend.cache;
+
+import lombok.Getter;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
+
+import redis.clients.jedis.JedisPool;
+import redis.clients.jedis.JedisPoolConfig;
+import redis.clients.jedis.Protocol;
+
+@Getter
+public class RedisPoolFactory {
+	private String host = "localhost";
+	private int port = Protocol.DEFAULT_PORT;
+	private String password = null;
+	private int timeout = Protocol.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
+	private int database = Protocol.DEFAULT_DATABASE;
+
+	private int maxTotal = 500;
+
+	public JedisPool build() {
+		JedisPoolConfig config = new JedisPoolConfig();
+		config.setMaxTotal(maxTotal);
+
+		return new JedisPool(config, host, port, timeout, StringUtils.trimToNull(password), database);
+	}
+
+}