diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 1ed1a328..514678a6 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
         "reqwest",
         "rustls",
         "rustup",
+        "serde",
         "sparklepost",
         "sparkpost",
         "sqlx",
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 097c9169..f178a3f6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1753,7 +1753,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "cexpr",
  "clang-sys",
- "itertools 0.13.0",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "regex",
@@ -2586,9 +2586,9 @@ version = "1.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "actix-web",
  "env_logger",
- "log",
- "redis 0.25.4",
+ "redis 0.27.6",
  "serde",
+ "tracing",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -6045,7 +6045,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e9552f850d5f0964a4e4d0bf306459ac29323ddfbae05e35a7c0d35cb0803cc5"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
- "itertools 0.13.0",
+ "itertools 0.12.1",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
  "syn 2.0.90",
@@ -6226,30 +6226,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "redis"
-version = "0.25.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e0d7a6955c7511f60f3ba9e86c6d02b3c3f144f8c24b288d1f4e18074ab8bbec"
-dependencies = [
- "arc-swap",
- "async-trait",
- "bytes",
- "combine",
- "futures",
- "futures-util",
- "itoa",
- "percent-encoding",
- "pin-project-lite",
- "ryu",
- "sha1_smol",
- "socket2",
- "tokio",
- "tokio-retry",
- "tokio-util",
- "url",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "redis"
 version = "0.26.1"
@@ -6293,6 +6269,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
  "ryu",
  "sha1_smol",
+ "socket2",
  "tokio",
  "tokio-util",
  "url",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3018b54f..509928b0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ openssl = { version = "0.10.60", features = ["v110"] }
 parking_lot = "0.12"
 pin-project-lite = "0.2"
 rand = "0.8"
+redis = { version = "0.27" }
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json", "stream"] }
 rustls = "0.23"
 rustls-pemfile = "2"
diff --git a/databases/redis/Cargo.toml b/databases/redis/Cargo.toml
index 14c7ce16..4dbe6786 100644
--- a/databases/redis/Cargo.toml
+++ b/databases/redis/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,8 +5,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
 actix-web.workspace = true
-
 env_logger.workspace = true
-log.workspace = true
-redis = { version = "0.25", features = ["tokio-comp", "connection-manager"] }
+redis = { workspace = true, features = ["tokio-comp", "connection-manager"] }
 serde.workspace = true
+tracing.workspace = true
diff --git a/databases/redis/src/main.rs b/databases/redis/src/main.rs
index 8b949937..bbd4b373 100644
--- a/databases/redis/src/main.rs
+++ b/databases/redis/src/main.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,20 @@ use std::io;
 use actix_web::{error, middleware, web, App, HttpResponse, HttpServer, Responder};
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
+async fn get_from_cache(redis: web::Data<redis::Client>) -> actix_web::Result<impl Responder> {
+    let mut conn = redis
+        .get_connection_manager()
+        .await
+        .map_err(error::ErrorInternalServerError)?;
+
+    let res = redis::Cmd::mget(&["my_domain:one", "my_domain:two", "my_domain:three"])
+        .query_async::<Vec<String>>(&mut conn)
+        .await
+        .map_err(error::ErrorInternalServerError)?;
+
+    Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().json(res))
+}
+
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct CacheInfo {
     one: String,
@@ -24,7 +38,7 @@ async fn cache_stuff(
         ("my_domain:two", info.two),
         ("my_domain:three", info.three),
     ])
-    .query_async::<_, String>(&mut conn)
+    .query_async::<String>(&mut conn)
     .await
     .map_err(error::ErrorInternalServerError)?;
 
@@ -43,7 +57,7 @@ async fn del_stuff(redis: web::Data<redis::Client>) -> actix_web::Result<impl Re
         .map_err(error::ErrorInternalServerError)?;
 
     let res = redis::Cmd::del(&["my_domain:one", "my_domain:two", "my_domain:three"])
-        .query_async::<_, usize>(&mut conn)
+        .query_async::<usize>(&mut conn)
         .await
         .map_err(error::ErrorInternalServerError)?;
 
@@ -51,7 +65,7 @@ async fn del_stuff(redis: web::Data<redis::Client>) -> actix_web::Result<impl Re
     if res == 3 {
         Ok(HttpResponse::Ok().body("successfully deleted values"))
     } else {
-        log::error!("deleted {res} keys");
+        tracing::error!("deleted {res} keys");
         Ok(HttpResponse::InternalServerError().finish())
     }
 }
@@ -60,19 +74,21 @@ async fn del_stuff(redis: web::Data<redis::Client>) -> actix_web::Result<impl Re
 async fn main() -> io::Result<()> {
     env_logger::init_from_env(env_logger::Env::new().default_filter_or("info"));
 
-    log::info!("starting HTTP server at http://localhost:8080");
+    tracing::info!("starting HTTP server at http://localhost:8080");
 
     let redis = redis::Client::open("redis://127.0.0.1:6379").unwrap();
 
     HttpServer::new(move || {
         App::new()
             .app_data(web::Data::new(redis.clone()))
-            .wrap(middleware::Logger::default())
             .service(
                 web::resource("/stuff")
+                    .route(web::get().to(get_from_cache))
                     .route(web::post().to(cache_stuff))
                     .route(web::delete().to(del_stuff)),
             )
+            .wrap(middleware::NormalizePath::trim())
+            .wrap(middleware::Logger::default())
     })
     .workers(2)
     .bind(("127.0.0.1", 8080))?