diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 4bdec85b6..4e09c3aaa 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ class Config(object):
 ######################
 
 class Development(Config):
+    REDIS_ENABLED = False
     SQLALCHEMY_ECHO = False
     NOTIFY_EMAIL_DOMAIN = 'notify.tools'
     CSV_UPLOAD_BUCKET_NAME = 'development-notifications-csv-upload'