diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 2cdd976..a2465a3 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ go 1.13
 
 require (
 	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1
+	github.com/alicebob/miniredis v2.5.0+incompatible
+	github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2 v2.13.3 // indirect
 	github.com/anmitsu/go-shlex v0.0.0-20161002113705-648efa622239
 	github.com/boltdb/bolt v1.3.1
 	github.com/codeskyblue/go-sh v0.0.0-20190412065543-76bd3d59ff27
@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-redis/redis v6.15.9+incompatible
 	github.com/go-redis/redis/v8 v8.3.0
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2 // indirect
+	github.com/gomodule/redigo v1.8.2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.9
 	github.com/pkg/profile v1.4.0
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d6888f4..cc6a222 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 h1:WXkYYl6Yr3qBf1K79EBnL4mak0OimBfB0XUf9Vl28OQ=
 github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
+github.com/alicebob/gopher-json v0.0.0-20200520072559-a9ecdc9d1d3a h1:HbKu58rmZpUGpz5+4FfNmIU+FmZg2P3Xaj2v2bfNWmk=
+github.com/alicebob/gopher-json v0.0.0-20200520072559-a9ecdc9d1d3a/go.mod h1:SGnFV6hVsYE877CKEZ6tDNTjaSXYUk6QqoIK6PrAtcc=
+github.com/alicebob/miniredis v2.5.0+incompatible h1:yBHoLpsyjupjz3NL3MhKMVkR41j82Yjf3KFv7ApYzUI=
+github.com/alicebob/miniredis v2.5.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:8HZjEj4yU0dwhYHky+DxYx+6BMjkBbe5ONFIF1MXffk=
+github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2 v2.13.3 h1:kohgdtN58KW/r9ZDVmMJE3MrfbumwsDQStd0LPAGmmw=
+github.com/alicebob/miniredis/v2 v2.13.3/go.mod h1:uS970Sw5Gs9/iK3yBg0l9Uj9s25wXxSpQUE9EaJ/Blg=
 github.com/anmitsu/go-shlex v0.0.0-20161002113705-648efa622239 h1:kFOfPq6dUM1hTo4JG6LR5AXSUEsOjtdm0kw0FtQtMJA=
 github.com/anmitsu/go-shlex v0.0.0-20161002113705-648efa622239/go.mod h1:2FmKhYUyUczH0OGQWaF5ceTx0UBShxjsH6f8oGKYe2c=
 github.com/boltdb/bolt v1.3.1 h1:JQmyP4ZBrce+ZQu0dY660FMfatumYDLun9hBCUVIkF4=
 github.com/boltdb/bolt v1.3.1/go.mod h1:clJnj/oiGkjum5o1McbSZDSLxVThjynRyGBgiAx27Ps=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1 h1:6MnRN8NT7+YBpUIWxHtefFZOKTAPgGjpQSxqLNn0+qY=
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.1.1/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
+github.com/chzyer/logex v1.1.10/go.mod h1:+Ywpsq7O8HXn0nuIou7OrIPyXbp3wmkHB+jjWRnGsAI=
+github.com/chzyer/readline v0.0.0-20180603132655-2972be24d48e/go.mod h1:nSuG5e5PlCu98SY8svDHJxuZscDgtXS6KTTbou5AhLI=
+github.com/chzyer/test v0.0.0-20180213035817-a1ea475d72b1/go.mod h1:Q3SI9o4m/ZMnBNeIyt5eFwwo7qiLfzFZmjNmxjkiQlU=
 github.com/codegangsta/inject v0.0.0-20150114235600-33e0aa1cb7c0 h1:sDMmm+q/3+BukdIpxwO365v/Rbspp2Nt5XntgQRXq8Q=
 github.com/codegangsta/inject v0.0.0-20150114235600-33e0aa1cb7c0/go.mod h1:4Zcjuz89kmFXt9morQgcfYZAYZ5n8WHjt81YYWIwtTM=
 github.com/codeskyblue/go-sh v0.0.0-20190412065543-76bd3d59ff27 h1:HHUr4P/aKh4quafGxDT9LDasjGdlGkzLbfmmrlng3kA=
@@ -47,6 +56,9 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0-rc.4.0.20200313231945-b860323f09d0/go.mod h1:W
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.0/go.mod h1:jodUvKwWbYaEsadDk5Fwe5c77LiNKVO9IDvqG2KuDX0=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2 h1:+Z5KGCizgyZCbGh1KZqA0fcLLkwbsjIzS4aV2v7wJX0=
 github.com/golang/protobuf v1.4.2/go.mod h1:oDoupMAO8OvCJWAcko0GGGIgR6R6ocIYbsSw735rRwI=
+github.com/gomodule/redigo v1.8.2 h1:H5XSIre1MB5NbPYFp+i1NBbb5qN1W8Y8YAQoAYbkm8k=
+github.com/gomodule/redigo v1.8.2/go.mod h1:P9dn9mFrCBvWhGE1wpxx6fgq7BAeLBk+UUUzlpkBYO0=
+github.com/gomodule/redigo/redis v0.0.0-do-not-use h1:J7XIp6Kau0WoyT4JtXHT3Ei0gA1KkSc6bc87j9v9WIo=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.0/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.3.1/go.mod h1:8QqcDgzrUqlUb/G2PQTWiueGozuR1884gddMywk6iLU=
 github.com/google/go-cmp v0.4.0/go.mod h1:v8dTdLbMG2kIc/vJvl+f65V22dbkXbowE6jgT/gNBxE=
@@ -95,6 +107,7 @@ github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0 h1:2E4SXV/wtOkTonXsotYi4li6zVWxYlZuYNCXe9XRJyk=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0/go.mod h1:j7eGeouHqKxXV5pUuKE4zz7dFj8WfuZ+81PSLYec5m4=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.5.1/go.mod h1:5W2xD1RspED5o8YsWQXVCued0rvSQ+mT+I5cxcmMvtA=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 h1:hDPOHmpOpP40lSULcqw7IrRb/u7w6RpDC9399XyoNd0=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 github.com/ugorji/go v1.1.7 h1:/68gy2h+1mWMrwZFeD1kQialdSzAb432dtpeJ42ovdo=
@@ -103,6 +116,8 @@ github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.1.7 h1:2SvQaVZ1ouYrrKKwoSk2pzd4A9evlKJb9oTL+OaLUSs
 github.com/ugorji/go/codec v1.1.7/go.mod h1:Ax+UKWsSmolVDwsd+7N3ZtXu+yMGCf907BLYF3GoBXY=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.3 h1:FpNT6zq26xNpHZy08emi755QwzLPs6Pukqjlc7RfOMU=
 github.com/urfave/cli v1.22.3/go.mod h1:Gos4lmkARVdJ6EkW0WaNv/tZAAMe9V7XWyB60NtXRu0=
+github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v0.0.0-20191220021717-ab39c6098bdb h1:ZkM6LRnq40pR1Ox0hTHlnpkcOTuFIDQpZ1IN8rKKhX0=
+github.com/yuin/gopher-lua v0.0.0-20191220021717-ab39c6098bdb/go.mod h1:gqRgreBUhTSL0GeU64rtZ3Uq3wtjOa/TB2YfrtkCbVQ=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.13.0 h1:2isEnyzjjJZq6r2EKMsFj4TxiQiexsM04AVhwbR/oBA=
 go.opentelemetry.io/otel v0.13.0/go.mod h1:dlSNewoRYikTkotEnxdmuBHgzT+k/idJSfDv/FxEnOY=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
@@ -111,6 +126,7 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190311183353-d8887717615a/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20200520004742-59133d7f0dd7/go.mod h1:qpuaurCH72eLCgpAm/N6yyVIVM9cpaDIP3A8BGJEC5A=
 golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20180314180146-1d60e4601c6f/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180909124046-d0be0721c37e/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190204203706-41f3e6584952/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190813064441-fde4db37ae7a/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190904154756-749cb33beabd/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
diff --git a/manager/db_redis.go b/manager/db_redis.go
index 17005a0..0625fcf 100644
--- a/manager/db_redis.go
+++ b/manager/db_redis.go
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ func (b *redisAdapter) InitBucket(bucket string) (err error) {
 func (b *redisAdapter) Get(bucket string, key string) (v []byte, err error) {
 	var val string
 	val, err = b.db.HGet(ctx, bucket, key).Result()
-	v = []byte(val)
+	if err == nil {
+		v = []byte(val)
+	}
 	return
 }
 
diff --git a/manager/db_test.go b/manager/db_test.go
index b0d197c..2ba2170 100644
--- a/manager/db_test.go
+++ b/manager/db_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package manager
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/alicebob/miniredis"
 	. "github.com/smartystreets/goconvey/convey"
 	. "github.com/tuna/tunasync/internal"
 )
@@ -178,4 +180,22 @@ func TestBoltAdapter(t *testing.T) {
 
 		DBAdapterTest(boltDB)
 	})
+
+	Convey("redisAdapter should work", t, func() {
+		mr, err := miniredis.Run()
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		addr := fmt.Sprintf("redis://%s", mr.Addr())
+		redisDB, err := makeDBAdapter("redis", addr)
+		So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+
+		defer func() {
+			// close redisDB
+			err := redisDB.Close()
+			So(err, ShouldBeNil)
+			mr.Close()
+		}()
+
+		DBAdapterTest(redisDB)
+	})
 }