diff --git a/packages/api/package.json b/packages/api/package.json
index 0631570ed..14cc66423 100644
--- a/packages/api/package.json
+++ b/packages/api/package.json
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
     "pg": "^8.3.3",
     "postgrator": "^4.2.0",
     "private-ip": "^2.3.3",
+    "redis": "^4.3.1",
     "sanitize-html": "^2.3.2",
     "search-query-parser": "^1.6.0",
     "snake-case": "^3.0.3",
diff --git a/packages/api/src/server.ts b/packages/api/src/server.ts
index 62dbc8d40..de07a3315 100755
--- a/packages/api/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/server.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ import rateLimit from 'express-rate-limit'
 import { webhooksServiceRouter } from './routers/svc/webhooks'
 import { integrationsServiceRouter } from './routers/svc/integrations'
 import { textToSpeechRouter } from './routers/text_to_speech'
+import { connectRedisClient, redisClient } from './utils/redis'
 
 const PORT = process.env.PORT || 4000
 
@@ -133,6 +134,18 @@ export const createApp = (): {
   // The error handler must be before any other error middleware and after all routes
   app.use(Sentry.Handlers.errorHandler())
 
+  // set user device from request header to Redis
+  app.use('/api/', async (req, res, next) => {
+    const device = req.header('X-Device')
+    const token =
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unsafe-member-access
+      req.header('Authorization') || (req.cookies['auth'] as string | undefined)
+    if (device && token) {
+      await redisClient.set(`device:${token}`, device)
+    }
+    next()
+  })
+
   const apollo = makeApolloServer()
   const httpServer = createServer(app)
 
@@ -148,6 +161,8 @@ const main = async (): Promise<void> => {
 
   await initElasticsearch()
 
+  await connectRedisClient()
+
   const { app, apollo, httpServer } = createApp()
 
   await apollo.start()
diff --git a/packages/api/src/util.ts b/packages/api/src/util.ts
index 0ca9ad8b8..5d3f52fb0 100755
--- a/packages/api/src/util.ts
+++ b/packages/api/src/util.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ interface BackendEnv {
   gcp: {
     location: string
   }
+  redis: {
+    url?: string
+    cert?: string
+  }
 }
 
 /***
@@ -152,6 +156,8 @@ const nullableEnvVars = [
   'AZURE_SPEECH_KEY',
   'AZURE_SPEECH_REGION',
   'GCP_LOCATION',
+  'REDIS_URL',
+  'REDIS_CERT',
 ] // Allow some vars to be null/empty
 
 /* If not in GAE and Prod/QA/Demo env (f.e. on localhost/dev env), allow following env vars to be null */
@@ -281,6 +287,11 @@ export function getEnv(): BackendEnv {
     location: parse('GCP_LOCATION'),
   }
 
+  const redis = {
+    url: parse('REDIS_URL'),
+    cert: parse('REDIS_CERT'),
+  }
+
   return {
     pg,
     client,
@@ -301,6 +312,7 @@ export function getEnv(): BackendEnv {
     readwise,
     azure,
     gcp,
+    redis,
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/api/src/utils/redis.ts b/packages/api/src/utils/redis.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6550f435a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/src/utils/redis.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import { createClient } from 'redis'
+import { env } from '../env'
+
+export const redisClient = createClient({
+  url: env.redis.url,
+  socket: {
+    tls: env.redis.url?.startsWith('rediss://'), // rediss:// is the protocol for TLS
+    cert: env.redis.cert?.replace(/\\n/g, '\n'), // replace \n with new line
+    rejectUnauthorized: false, // for self-signed certs
+    connectTimeout: 10000, // 10 seconds
+    reconnectStrategy(retries: number): number | Error {
+      if (retries > 10) {
+        return new Error('Retries exhausted')
+      }
+      return 1000
+    },
+  },
+})
+
+export const connectRedisClient = async () => {
+  redisClient.on('error', (err) => console.error('Redis Client Error', err))
+
+  await redisClient.connect()
+  console.log('Redis Client Connected')
+}