diff --git a/app/service/sender.py b/app/service/sender.py
index 8e03d5964..484126d0f 100644
--- a/app/service/sender.py
+++ b/app/service/sender.py
@@ -52,9 +52,11 @@ def send_notification_to_service_users(
             json.dumps(personalisation),
             ex=24 * 60 * 60,
         )
+        print(hilite("GOT PAST FIRST SET"))
         redis_store.set(
             f"email-recipient-{notification.id}", notification.to, ex=24 * 60 * 60
         )
+        print(hilite("GOT PAST SECOND SET"))
 
         send_notification_to_queue(notification, queue=QueueNames.NOTIFY)
         return notification
diff --git a/tests/app/service/test_sender.py b/tests/app/service/test_sender.py
index b37e5468c..3cf60588d 100644
--- a/tests/app/service/test_sender.py
+++ b/tests/app/service/test_sender.py
@@ -87,9 +87,7 @@ def test_send_notification_to_service_users_sends_to_active_users_only(
     notify_service, mocker
 ):
     mocker.patch("app.service.sender.send_notification_to_queue")
-    mocker.patch(
-        "app.service.sender.redis_store",
-    )
+    mocker.patch("app.service.sender.redis_store", autospec=True)
 
     first_active_user = create_user(email="foo@bar.com", state="active")
     second_active_user = create_user(email="foo1@bar.com", state="active")