diff --git a/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst b/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst
index 3ac992d3e..8faf64820 100644
--- a/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/admin/engines/settings.rst
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ In this example read/write access is given to the *searxng-redis* group.  To get
 access rights to redis instance (the socket), your SearXNG (or even your
 developer) account needs to be added to the *searxng-redis* group.
 
-``url``
+``url``: ``unix:///usr/local/searxng-redis/run/redis.sock?db=0``
   URL to connect redis database, see `Redis.from_url(url)`_ & :ref:`redis db`::
 
     redis://[[username]:[password]]@localhost:6379/0
@@ -314,20 +314,14 @@ developer) account needs to be added to the *searxng-redis* group.
 
 .. admonition:: Tip for developers
 
-   To set up a local redis instance, first set the socket path of the Redis DB
-   in your YAML setting:
-
-   .. code:: yaml
-
-      redis:
-        url: unix:///usr/local/searxng-redis/run/redis.sock?db=0
-
-   Then use the following commands to install the redis instance ::
+   To install a local redis instance that is connected by the default URL use
+   the following commands::
 
      $ ./manage redis.build
      $ sudo -H ./manage redis.install
      $ sudo -H ./manage redis.addgrp "${USER}"
-     # don't forget to logout & login to get member of group
+
+   Don't forget to logout & login to get member of group.
 
 
 .. _settings outgoing:
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 21793124d..813dd25b4 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ server:
     X-Robots-Tag: noindex, nofollow
     Referrer-Policy: no-referrer
 
-redis:
-  # https://redis-py.readthedocs.io/en/stable/connections.html#redis.client.Redis.from_url
-  url: false
+# redis:
+#   # https://redis-py.readthedocs.io/en/stable/connections.html#redis.client.Redis.from_url
+#   url: unix:///usr/local/searxng-redis/run/redis.sock?db=0
 
 ui:
   # Custom static path - leave it blank if you didn't change
diff --git a/searx/settings_defaults.py b/searx/settings_defaults.py
index 470290f92..17386269f 100644
--- a/searx/settings_defaults.py
+++ b/searx/settings_defaults.py
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ SCHEMA = {
         'default_http_headers': SettingsValue(dict, {}),
     },
     'redis': {
-        'url': SettingsValue((None, False, str), False),
+        'url': SettingsValue((None, False, str), 'unix:///usr/local/searxng-redis/run/redis.sock?db=0'),
     },
     'ui': {
         'static_path': SettingsDirectoryValue(str, os.path.join(searx_dir, 'static')),
diff --git a/searx/shared/redisdb.py b/searx/shared/redisdb.py
index ba4a76baa..769f98d8f 100644
--- a/searx/shared/redisdb.py
+++ b/searx/shared/redisdb.py
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ import redis
 from searx import get_setting
 
 
-OLD_REDIS_URL_DEFAULT_URL = 'unix:///usr/local/searxng-redis/run/redis.sock?db=0'
-"""This was the default Redis URL in settings.yml."""
+DEFAULT_URL = 'unix:///usr/local/searxng-redis/run/redis.sock?db=0'
+"""This is the default Redis URL."""
 
 _CLIENT = None
 logger = logging.getLogger('searx.shared.redisdb')
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def client() -> redis.Redis:
     return _CLIENT
 
 
-def initialize():
+def init():
     global _CLIENT  # pylint: disable=global-statement
     redis_url = get_setting('redis.url')
     if not redis_url:
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def initialize():
         _CLIENT = None
         _pw = pwd.getpwuid(os.getuid())
         logger.exception("[%s (%s)] can't connect redis DB ...", _pw.pw_name, _pw.pw_uid)
-        if redis_url == OLD_REDIS_URL_DEFAULT_URL and isinstance(e, redis.exceptions.ConnectionError):
+        if redis_url == DEFAULT_URL and isinstance(e, redis.exceptions.ConnectionError):
             logger.info(
                 "You can safely ignore the above Redis error if you don't use Redis. "
                 "You can remove this error by setting redis.url to false in your settings.yml."
diff --git a/searx/webapp.py b/searx/webapp.py
index 4f334a9d0..2702d1f67 100755
--- a/searx/webapp.py
+++ b/searx/webapp.py
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ from searx.locales import (
 # renaming names from searx imports ...
 from searx.autocomplete import search_autocomplete, backends as autocomplete_backends
 from searx.languages import language_codes as languages
-from searx.shared.redisdb import initialize as redis_initialize
+from searx.shared import redisdb
 from searx.search import SearchWithPlugins, initialize as search_initialize
 from searx.network import stream as http_stream, set_context_network_name
 from searx.search.checker import get_result as checker_get_result
@@ -1385,7 +1385,7 @@ werkzeug_reloader = flask_run_development or (searx_debug and __name__ == "__mai
 if not werkzeug_reloader or (werkzeug_reloader and os.environ.get("WERKZEUG_RUN_MAIN") == "true"):
     locales_initialize()
     _INFO_PAGES = infopage.InfoPageSet()
-    redis_initialize()
+    redisdb.init()
     plugin_initialize(app)
     search_initialize(enable_checker=True, check_network=True, enable_metrics=settings['general']['enable_metrics'])