diff --git a/admin/config/environments/test.rb b/admin/config/environments/test.rb
index 6a51a23eb..1f9229001 100644
--- a/admin/config/environments/test.rb
+++ b/admin/config/environments/test.rb
@@ -40,4 +40,6 @@ JamAdmin::Application.configure do
 
   config.twitter_app_id        = 'e7hGc71gmcBgo6Wvdta6Sg'
   config.twitter_app_secret    = 'PfG1jAUMnyrimPcDooUVQaJrG1IuDjUyGg5KciOo'
+
+  config.redis_host = "localhost:6379:1" # go to another db to not cross pollute into dev/production redis dbs
 end
diff --git a/web/config/environments/test.rb b/web/config/environments/test.rb
index b3f417864..e4dd042b0 100644
--- a/web/config/environments/test.rb
+++ b/web/config/environments/test.rb
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ SampleApp::Application.configure do
   # through jam-admin, then jam-web can point users at it.  I think 99% of devs won't even see or care about this config, and 0% of users
   config.jam_admin_root_url = 'http://localhost:3333'
 
+  config.redis_host = "localhost:6379:1" # go to another db to not cross pollute into dev/production redis dbs
+
   config.storage_type = :file
 
   config.aws_bucket = 'jamkazam-testing'