diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 4c40a71ab..52b53dca8 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ paperless-ng 1.1.2
   
 * Fixed an issue with the metadata tab not reporting anything in case of missing files.
 
+* Reverted a change from 1.1.0 that caused huge memory usage due to redis caching.
+
 paperless-ng 1.1.1
 ##################
 
diff --git a/src/paperless/settings.py b/src/paperless/settings.py
index 150709bb1..718738f71 100644
--- a/src/paperless/settings.py
+++ b/src/paperless/settings.py
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ Q_CLUSTER = {
     'name': 'paperless',
     'catch_up': False,
     'workers': TASK_WORKERS,
-    'django_redis': 'default'
+    'redis': os.getenv("PAPERLESS_REDIS", "redis://localhost:6379")
 }