diff --git a/roles/docker_sbs/defaults/main.yml b/roles/docker_sbs/defaults/main.yml
index f37c6b3f..bf9883e6 100644
--- a/roles/docker_sbs/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker_sbs/defaults/main.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ sbs_dbbackup_user: "sbs_backupper"
 
 sbs_migration_user: "sbs_migrater"
 
-sbs_redis_host: "localhost"
+sbs_redis_host: "redis"
 sbs_redis_port: 6379
 sbs_redis_ssl: false
 
diff --git a/roles/docker_sbs/tasks/main.yml b/roles/docker_sbs/tasks/main.yml
index 80f40722..e23e3ef4 100644
--- a/roles/docker_sbs/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/docker_sbs/tasks/main.yml
@@ -238,6 +238,17 @@
 #   changed_when: "'[alembic.runtime.migration] Running upgrade' in result.stderr"
 #   notify: "restart sbs"
 
+- name: Create redis container
+  docker_container:
+    name: sbs-redis
+    image: redis:7
+    # restart_policy: "always"
+    # restart: true
+    state: started
+    # pull: true
+    networks:
+      - name: "traefik"
+
 # We need to remove sram-static so it gets repopulated
 # with new SBS image static content
 - name: Stop and remove sbs and sbs-nginx containers
diff --git a/roles/docker_sbs/templates/config.yml.j2 b/roles/docker_sbs/templates/config.yml.j2
index 6a6394a2..2e2379db 100644
--- a/roles/docker_sbs/templates/config.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/docker_sbs/templates/config.yml.j2
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ database:
 permanent_session_lifetime: 1440
 
 redis:
-  uri: "redis{% if sbs_redis_ssl %}s{% endif %}://:{{sbs_redis_password}}@{{sbs_redis_host}}:{{sbs_redis_port}}/"
+  uri: "redis://@{{sbs_redis_host}}/"
 
 # add a per-release suffix here to invalidate sessions on new releases
 secret_key: {{ sbs_db_secret }}{{sbs_secret_key_suffix}}
diff --git a/roles/docker_sbs/templates/sbs-nginx.j2 b/roles/docker_sbs/templates/sbs-nginx.j2
index fadf503a..898243de 100644
--- a/roles/docker_sbs/templates/sbs-nginx.j2
+++ b/roles/docker_sbs/templates/sbs-nginx.j2
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ events {
 }
 
 http {
+    include /etc/nginx/mime.types;
     server {
         listen 80;
         http2 on;