diff --git a/src/backend/impress/settings.py b/src/backend/impress/settings.py
index 9cffb36d..8b8a83fe 100755
--- a/src/backend/impress/settings.py
+++ b/src/backend/impress/settings.py
@@ -700,6 +700,28 @@ class Development(Base):
     SESSION_COOKIE_NAME = "impress_sessionid"
 
     USE_SWAGGER = True
+    SESSION_CACHE_ALIAS = "session"
+    CACHES = {
+        "default": {
+            "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.dummy.DummyCache",
+        },
+        "session": {
+            "BACKEND": "django_redis.cache.RedisCache",
+            "LOCATION": values.Value(
+                "redis://redis:6379/2",
+                environ_name="REDIS_URL",
+                environ_prefix=None,
+            ),
+            "TIMEOUT": values.IntegerValue(
+                30,  # timeout in seconds
+                environ_name="CACHES_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT",
+                environ_prefix=None,
+            ),
+            "OPTIONS": {
+                "CLIENT_CLASS": "django_redis.client.DefaultClient",
+            },
+        },
+    }
 
     def __init__(self):
         # pylint: disable=invalid-name