diff --git a/.lando.yml b/.lando.yml
index e3356d67e..ec9d9ffb4 100644
--- a/.lando.yml
+++ b/.lando.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ config:
   webroot: .
   php: 8.2
 services:
+  redisservice:
+    type: redis
+    persist: true
+    portforward: true
   mailservice:
     type: mailhog
     portforward: true
diff --git a/src/Web/Session.php b/src/Web/Session.php
index 7f4db04ed..52be8d318 100644
--- a/src/Web/Session.php
+++ b/src/Web/Session.php
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ class Session
         ini_set('session.use_only_cookies', 1);
         ini_set('session.cookie_httponly', 1);
 
-        $this->custom_handler = boolval(get_config('system', 'session_custom', false));
+        $this->custom_handler = get_config('system', 'session_custom', false);
+        $session_save_handler = get_config('system', 'session_save_handler', null);
+        $session_save_path = get_config('system', 'session_save_path', null);
 
         /*
          * Set our session storage functions.
@@ -40,8 +42,6 @@ class Session
         if ($this->custom_handler) {
            /* Custom handler (files, memached, redis..) */
 
-            $session_save_handler = strval(get_config('system', 'session_save_handler', null));
-            $session_save_path = strval(get_config('system', 'session_save_path', null));
             if ($session_save_handler && $session_save_path) {
                 ini_set('session.save_handler', $session_save_handler);
                 ini_set('session.save_path', $session_save_path);
@@ -49,8 +49,12 @@ class Session
                 logger('Session save handler or path not set.', LOGGER_NORMAL, LOG_ERR);
             }
         } else {
-            $handler = new SessionHandler();
-
+            if (!empty($session_save_handler) && $session_save_handler === 'Redis'
+                && $session_save_path) {
+                $handler = new SessionRedis($session_save_path);
+            } else {
+                $handler = new SessionHandler();
+            }
             $this->handler = $handler;
 
             $x = session_set_save_handler($handler, false);
diff --git a/src/Web/SessionRedis.php b/src/Web/SessionRedis.php
index 7aa91380a..e2c206212 100644
--- a/src/Web/SessionRedis.php
+++ b/src/Web/SessionRedis.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class SessionRedis implements SessionHandlerInterface {
         try {
             if (isset($credentials['path'])) {
                 $this->redis->connect($credentials['path']);
+                logger('redis connected - path');
             }
             else {
                 if (isset($credentials['query'])) {
@@ -28,13 +29,14 @@ class SessionRedis implements SessionHandlerInterface {
                     $vars = [];
                 }
                 $this->redis->connect(
-                        (isset($credentials['scheme']) ? $credentials['scheme'] . '://' : '') . $credentials['host'],
+                        ($credentials['host']),
                         (isset($credentials['port']) ? $credentials['port'] : 6379),
                         (isset($vars['timeout']) ? $vars['timeout'] : 1),
                         null,
                         0,
                         (isset($vars['read_timeout']) ? $vars['read_timeout'] : 0)
                 );
+                logger('redis connected');
 
                 if (isset($vars['auth'])) {
                     $this->redis->auth($vars['auth']);