diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index 7f00c88..932648e 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ virtualenv = "*"
 
 [packages]
 click = ">=7.1,<8"
-starlette = ">=0.17,<0.18"
+starlette = ">=0.19,<0.20"
 uvicorn = ">=0.13,<1"
 orjson = ">=3.4.7,<4"
 pyjwt = ">=2.3.0,<2.4.0"
diff --git a/halfapi/__init__.py b/halfapi/__init__.py
index a362c75..167382d 100644
--- a/halfapi/__init__.py
+++ b/halfapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-__version__ = '0.6.21-rc0'
+__version__ = '0.7.0'
 
 def version():
     return f'HalfAPI version:{__version__}'
diff --git a/halfapi/cli/run.py b/halfapi/cli/run.py
index 164f871..060d850 100644
--- a/halfapi/cli/run.py
+++ b/halfapi/cli/run.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ from ..half_domain import HalfDomain
 @click.option('--port', default=CONFIG.get('port'))
 @click.option('--reload', default=False)
 @click.option('--secret', default=CONFIG.get('secret'))
-@click.option('--production', default=CONFIG.get('secret'))
+@click.option('--production', default=CONFIG.get('production'))
 @click.option('--loglevel', default=CONFIG.get('loglevel'))
 @click.option('--prefix', default='/')
 @click.option('--check', default=True)
diff --git a/halfapi/conf.py b/halfapi/conf.py
index 3a57aff..6396081 100644
--- a/halfapi/conf.py
+++ b/halfapi/conf.py
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ LOGLEVEL = 'info'
 CONF_FILE = os.environ.get('HALFAPI_CONF_FILE', '.halfapi/config')
 DRYRUN = bool(os.environ.get('HALFAPI_DRYRUN', False))
 
+REDIS_HOST = ''
+REDIS_PORT = '6379'
+
 SCHEMA = {}
 
 CONF_DIR = environ.get('HALFAPI_CONF_DIR', '/etc/half_api')
@@ -146,9 +149,15 @@ try:
 except FileNotFoundError as exc:
     logger.info('Running without secret file: %s', SECRET or 'no file specified')
 
-PRODUCTION = bool(CONFIG.get(
-    'production',
-    environ.get('HALFAPI_PROD', True)))
+PRODUCTION = CONFIG.get('production', None)
+if PRODUCTION is None:
+    if environ.get('HALFAPI_PROD', True):
+        PRODUCTION = not (
+            environ.get('HALFAPI_PROD') in ('False', '0', 0, '', 'false'))
+    else:
+        PRODUCTION = True
+
+
 
 LOGLEVEL = CONFIG.get(
     'loglevel',
@@ -158,9 +167,21 @@ BASE_DIR = CONFIG.get(
     'base_dir',
     environ.get('HALFAPI_BASE_DIR', '.'))
 
+# Redis
+
+REDIS_HOST = CONFIG.get(
+    'redis_host',
+    environ.get('HALFAPI_REDIS_HOST', REDIS_HOST))
+
+REDIS_PORT = CONFIG.get(
+    'redis_port',
+    environ.get('HALFAPI_REDIS_PORT', REDIS_PORT))
+
 CONFIG['project_name'] = PROJECT_NAME
 CONFIG['production'] = PRODUCTION
 CONFIG['secret'] = SECRET
 CONFIG['host'] = HOST
 CONFIG['port'] = PORT
 CONFIG['dryrun'] = DRYRUN
+if len(REDIS_HOST):
+    CONFIG['redis_url'] = f'redis://{REDIS_HOST}:{REDIS_PORT}'
diff --git a/halfapi/halfapi.py b/halfapi/halfapi.py
index 74c627c..71a1794 100644
--- a/halfapi/halfapi.py
+++ b/halfapi/halfapi.py
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ class HalfAPI(Starlette):
         SECRET = self.config.get('secret')
         PRODUCTION = self.config.get('production', True)
         DRYRUN = self.config.get('dryrun', False)
+        REDIS = self.config.get('redis_url', False)
 
         self.PRODUCTION = PRODUCTION
         self.SECRET = SECRET
@@ -85,6 +86,11 @@ class HalfAPI(Starlette):
             startup_fcts.append(
                 HalfAPI.wait_quit()
             )
+        
+        if REDIS:
+            startup_fcts.append(
+                HalfAPI.connect_redis(REDIS)
+            )
 
         super().__init__(
             debug=not PRODUCTION,
@@ -207,10 +213,21 @@ class HalfAPI(Starlette):
     def wait_quit():
         """ sleeps 1 second and quits. used in dry-run mode
         """
-        import time
-        import sys
-        time.sleep(1)
-        sys.exit(0)
+        def wrapped():
+            import time
+            import sys
+            time.sleep(1)
+            sys.exit(0)
+
+        return wrapped
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def connect_redis(redis_url):
+        def wrapped():
+            import redis
+            connection = redis.from_url(redis_url)
+        return wrapped
+
 
     def acls_route(self):
         module = None
diff --git a/halfapi/logging.py b/halfapi/logging.py
index 0e34e02..508a264 100644
--- a/halfapi/logging.py
+++ b/halfapi/logging.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 import logging
+import os
 
+LOGLEVEL = os.environ.get('HALFAPI_LOGLEVEL', 'INFO')
+DEFAULT_LEVEL = getattr(logging, LOGLEVEL, logging.INFO)
 
-def config_logging(level=logging.INFO):
+def config_logging(level=DEFAULT_LEVEL):
 
     # When run by 'uvicorn ...', a root handler is already
     # configured and the basicConfig below does nothing.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 82a48b2..ae92daf 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ setup(
     python_requires=">=3.8",
     install_requires=[
         "PyJWT>=2.3.0,<2.4.0",
-        "starlette>=0.17,<0.18",
+        "starlette>=0.19,<0.20",
         "click>=7.1,<8",
         "uvicorn>=0.13,<1",
         "orjson>=3.4.7,<4",
diff --git a/tests/test_halfapi.py b/tests/test_halfapi.py
index eb6ca97..1fde86b 100644
--- a/tests/test_halfapi.py
+++ b/tests/test_halfapi.py
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ def test_methods():
     assert 'application' in dir(HalfAPI)
     assert 'version' in dir(HalfAPI)
     assert 'version_async' in dir(HalfAPI)
+    assert 'connect_redis' in dir(HalfAPI)