diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 0cb19d1c1f8..e5b2be30cc7 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "ROOT_URL=http://localhost:3000" >> .env
             echo "STORE_URL=http://localhost:4000" >> .env
             echo "STRIPE_API_KEY=YOUR_PRIVATE_STRIPE_API_KEY" >> .env
+            echo "REDIS_SERVER=redis://127.0.0.1:6379" >> .env
       - run:
           name: Create reaction.localhost network
           command: docker network create "reaction.localhost" || true
diff --git a/apps/reaction/.env.example b/apps/reaction/.env.example
index ddc2dc0205a..5706b99203b 100644
--- a/apps/reaction/.env.example
+++ b/apps/reaction/.env.example
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 MONGO_URL=mongodb://mongo.reaction.localhost:27017/reaction
 ROOT_URL=http://localhost:3000
 STRIPE_API_KEY=YOUR_PRIVATE_STRIPE_API_KEY
+REDIS_SERVER:redis://127.0.0.1:6379
+MAIL_URL:smtp://localhost:1025
diff --git a/docker-compose.circleci.yml b/docker-compose.circleci.yml
index b8873e57e5e..2e39bf6160c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.circleci.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.circleci.yml
@@ -39,5 +39,13 @@ services:
       interval: 10s
       start_period: 30s
 
+  redis:
+    image: redis:7
+    networks:
+      - default
+      - reaction
+    ports:
+      - "6379:6379"
+
 volumes:
   mongo-db4:
diff --git a/packages/api-plugin-bull-queue/src/config.js b/packages/api-plugin-bull-queue/src/config.js
index 8b0c2dede52..6e52cdf2456 100644
--- a/packages/api-plugin-bull-queue/src/config.js
+++ b/packages/api-plugin-bull-queue/src/config.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import envalid from "envalid";
 
 export default envalid.cleanEnv(process.env, {
   REACTION_WORKERS_ENABLED: envalid.bool({ default: true }),
-  REDIS_SERVER: envalid.str({ default: "redis://127.0.0.1:6379" }),
+  REDIS_SERVER: envalid.str(),
   JOBS_SERVER_REMOVE_ON_COMPLETE: envalid.bool({ default: false }),
   JOBS_SERVER_REMOVE_ON_FAIL: envalid.bool({ default: false }),
   JOBS_SERVER_DEFAULT_ATTEMPTS: envalid.num({ default: 5 }),