diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 571c4e4..e43c93d 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ Redis Sentinel
 
     SESSION_REDIS_SENTINEL_LIST = [(host, port), (host, port), (host, port)]
     SESSION_REDIS_SENTINEL_MASTER_ALIAS = 'sentinel-master'
+    SESSION_REDIS = {
+    'password': 'NMHmmgwauALmOk5TIt5kqYiLnugcMn7V',
+    'db': 0,
+    'prefix': 'session'
+     }
 
 Redis Pool (Horizontal partitioning)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/redis_sessions/session.py b/redis_sessions/session.py
index 2c96646..fc2e749 100644
--- a/redis_sessions/session.py
+++ b/redis_sessions/session.py
@@ -67,8 +67,8 @@ def get(self):
                 settings.SESSION_REDIS_SENTINEL_LIST,
                 socket_timeout=settings.SESSION_REDIS_SOCKET_TIMEOUT,
                 retry_on_timeout=settings.SESSION_REDIS_RETRY_ON_TIMEOUT,
-                db=getattr(settings, 'SESSION_REDIS_DB', 0),
-                password=getattr(settings, 'SESSION_REDIS_PASSWORD', None)
+                db=settings.SESSION_REDIS.get('db', 0),
+                password=settings.SESSION_REDIS.get('password', None)
             ).master_for(settings.SESSION_REDIS_SENTINEL_MASTER_ALIAS)
 
         elif self.connection_type == 'redis_url':