diff --git a/passbook/lib/default.yml b/passbook/lib/default.yml
index b439e5b68..eb2e61bf3 100644
--- a/passbook/lib/default.yml
+++ b/passbook/lib/default.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ redis:
   password: ''
   cache_db: 0
   message_queue_db: 1
+  ws_db: 2
 
 debug: false
 log_level: info
diff --git a/passbook/root/settings.py b/passbook/root/settings.py
index 5907124aa..8e1edec90 100644
--- a/passbook/root/settings.py
+++ b/passbook/root/settings.py
@@ -193,7 +193,12 @@ ASGI_APPLICATION = "passbook.root.routing.application"
 CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
     "default": {
         "BACKEND": "channels_redis.core.RedisChannelLayer",
-        "CONFIG": {"hosts": [(CONFIG.y("redis.host"), 6379)]},
+        "CONFIG": {
+            "hosts": [
+                f"redis://:{CONFIG.y('redis.password')}@{CONFIG.y('redis.host')}:6379"
+                f"/{CONFIG.y('redis.ws_db')}"
+            ],
+        },
     },
 }