diff --git a/ahserver/auth_api.py b/ahserver/auth_api.py
index c300d17..14d5d62 100755
--- a/ahserver/auth_api.py
+++ b/ahserver/auth_api.py
@@ -35,17 +35,15 @@ class AuthAPI(AppLogger):
 		self.getPrivateKey()
 		return self.rsaEngine.decode(self.privatekey,cdata)
 
-	def setupAuth(self,app):
+	async def setupAuth(self,app):
 		# setup session middleware in aiohttp fashion
 			
 		storage = EncryptedCookieStorage(urandom(32))
-		"""
 		if self.conf.website.session_redis:
 			url = self.conf.website.session_redis.url
 			# redis = await aioredis.from_url("redis://127.0.0.1:6379")
 			redis = await aioredis.from_url(url)
 			storage = aiohttp_session.redis_storage.RedisStorage(redis)
-		"""
 		aiohttp_session.setup(app, storage)
 
 		# Create an auth ticket mechanism that expires after 1 minute (60
diff --git a/ahserver/configuredServer.py b/ahserver/configuredServer.py
index 61e8a49..ac60eb0 100755
--- a/ahserver/configuredServer.py
+++ b/ahserver/configuredServer.py
@@ -39,10 +39,13 @@ class ConfiguredServer(AppLogger):
 
 		print(f'{client_max_size=}')
 		self.app = web.Application(client_max_size=client_max_size)
-
-	def run(self):
+	
+	async def init_auth(self):
 		auth = self.auth_klass()
-		auth.setupAuth(self.app)
+		await auth.setupAuth(self.app)
+		return self.app
+		
+	def run(self):
 		config = getConfig()
 		self.configPath(config)
 		a = TmpFileRecord()
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ class ConfiguredServer(AppLogger):
 			ssl_context.load_cert_chain(config.website.ssl.crtfile,
 						config.website.ssl.keyfile)
 
-		web.run_app(self.app,host=config.website.host or '0.0.0.0',
+		web.run_app(self.init_auth(),host=config.website.host or '0.0.0.0',
 							port=config.website.port or 8080,
 							ssl_context=ssl_context)