diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index 165a8b884..e027145f2 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from app.clients.sms.firetext import FiretextClient
 from app.clients.sms.loadtesting import LoadtestingClient
 from app.clients.email.aws_ses import AwsSesClient
 from app.clients.statsd.statsd_client import StatsdClient
+from app.clients.redis.redis_client import RedisClient
 from app.encryption import Encryption
 
 
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ mmg_client = MMGClient()
 aws_ses_client = AwsSesClient()
 encryption = Encryption()
 statsd_client = StatsdClient()
+redis_client = RedisClient()
 
 clients = Clients()
 
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ def create_app(app_name=None):
     db.init_app(application)
     ma.init_app(application)
     statsd_client.init_app(application)
+    redis_client.init_app(application)
     logging.init_app(application, statsd_client)
     firetext_client.init_app(application, statsd_client=statsd_client)
     loadtest_client.init_app(application, statsd_client=statsd_client)
diff --git a/app/clients/redis/__init__.py b/app/clients/redis/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/app/clients/redis/redis_client.py b/app/clients/redis/redis_client.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b309d43a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/clients/redis/redis_client.py
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import redis
+
+
+class RedisClient:
+    def init_app(self, app, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.active = app.config.get('REDIS_ENABLED')
+        self.redis = None
+
+        if self.active:
+            self.redis = redis.StrictRedis(
+                app.config.get('REDIS_HOST'),
+                app.config.get('REDIS_PORT')
+            )
+
+    def set(self, key, value):
+        self.redis.set(key, value)
+
+    def get(self, key):
+        return self.redis.get(key)
+
+    def incr(self, key):
+        return self.redis.incr(key)
diff --git a/app/notifications/rest.py b/app/notifications/rest.py
index b2e49bd51..37203bda9 100644
--- a/app/notifications/rest.py
+++ b/app/notifications/rest.py
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ from app.errors import (
     InvalidRequest
 )
 
+from app import redis_client
+
 register_errors(notifications)
 
 
@@ -204,6 +206,9 @@ def get_notification_statistics_for_day():
 
 @notifications.route('/notifications/<string:notification_type>', methods=['POST'])
 def send_notification(notification_type):
+
+    current_app.logger.info(redis_client.incr(api_user.service_id))
+
     if notification_type not in ['sms', 'email']:
         assert False
 
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 2b5000eae..873caa4df 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ class Config(object):
     STATSD_HOST = "statsd.hostedgraphite.com"
     STATSD_PORT = 8125
 
+    REDIS_ENABLED = True
+    REDIS_HOST = "localhost"
+    REDIS_PORT = 6379
+
     SENDING_NOTIFICATIONS_TIMEOUT_PERIOD = 259200
 
     SIMULATED_EMAIL_ADDRESSES = ('simulate-delivered@notifications.service.gov.uk',
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index a71037824..8f8541b59 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ celery==3.1.23
 monotonic==1.2
 statsd==3.2.1
 jsonschema==2.5.1
+redis==2.10.5
 
 git+https://github.com/alphagov/notifications-python-client.git@1.3.0#egg=notifications-python-client==1.3.0