diff --git a/config/initializers/resque.rb b/config/initializers/resque.rb
index f1202f72c..eb2ca2856 100644
--- a/config/initializers/resque.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/resque.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,13 @@ require 'resque'
 
 Resque::Plugins::Timeout.timeout = 120
 
-if !AppConfig.single_process_mode? && AppConfig[:redis_url]
-  Resque.redis = Redis.new(:host => AppConfig[:redis_url], :port => 6379)
+if !AppConfig.single_process_mode?
+  if redis_to_go = ENV["REDISTOGO_URL"]
+    uri = URI.parse(redis_to_go)
+    Resque.redis = Redis.new(:host => uri.host, :port => uri.port, :password => uri.password)
+  elsif AppConfig[:redis_url]
+    Resque.redis = Redis.new(:host => AppConfig[:redis_url], :port => 6379)
+  end
 end
 
 if AppConfig.single_process_mode?