diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 11eae29af..8d5334433 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@
 	"scripts": {
 		"build-pre": "node ./scripts/build-pre.js",
 		"build": "pnpm build-pre && pnpm -r build && pnpm gulp",
-		"start": "cd packages/backend && node ./built/boot/index.js",
+		"start": "pnpm check:connect && cd packages/backend && node ./built/boot/index.js",
 		"start:test": "cd packages/backend && cross-env NODE_ENV=test node ./built/boot/index.js",
 		"init": "pnpm migrate",
 		"migrate": "cd packages/backend && pnpm migrate",
+		"check:connect": "cd packages/backend && pnpm check:connect",
 		"migrateandstart": "pnpm migrate && pnpm start",
 		"gulp": "pnpm exec gulp build",
 		"watch": "pnpm dev",
diff --git a/packages/backend/check_connect.js b/packages/backend/check_connect.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8bf134a10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend/check_connect.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import {loadConfig} from './built/config.js';
+import {createRedisConnection} from "./built/redis.js";
+
+const config = loadConfig();
+const redis = createRedisConnection(config);
+
+redis.on('connect', () => redis.disconnect());
+redis.on('error', (e) => {
+    throw e;
+});
diff --git a/packages/backend/package.json b/packages/backend/package.json
index df7821998..2e8161308 100644
--- a/packages/backend/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend/package.json
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 		"start": "node ./built/index.js",
 		"start:test": "NODE_ENV=test node ./built/index.js",
 		"migrate": "pnpm typeorm migration:run -d ormconfig.js",
+		"check:connect": "node ./check_connect.js",
 		"build": "swc src -d built -D",
 		"watch:swc": "swc src -d built -D -w",
 		"build:tsc": "tsc -p tsconfig.json && tsc-alias -p tsconfig.json",