diff --git a/integration/caching_test.js b/integration/caching_test.js
index 67056859629a37645723e925f5c3c0bb94a0a3ab..effaa060f023e83ca16f6319e94e79e91a2c6938 100644
--- a/integration/caching_test.js
+++ b/integration/caching_test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import request from 'supertest'
 import { expect } from 'chai'
 import { generateSimpleViteManifest, mockApp, mockConfig, mockFetch } from '../spec/util.js'
-import { client } from '../src/redis.js'
 import * as td from 'testdouble'
 import { getRedisKey } from '../src/util.js'
 
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ describe('File caching service', function () {
   let app
 
   beforeEach(async function () {
-    await client.flushdb()
     mockConfig({ urls: ['http://ui-server/'] })
     mockFetch({
       'http://ui-server': {
@@ -19,6 +17,7 @@ describe('File caching service', function () {
         '/index.html': () => new Response('<html><head></head><body>it\'s me</body></html>', { headers: { 'content-type': 'text/html' } })
       }
     })
+    await import('../src/redis.js').then(({ client }) => client.flushdb())
     app = await mockApp()
   })
 
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ describe('File caching service', function () {
     expect(response.statusCode).to.equal(200)
     const version = response.headers.version
 
+    const { client } = await import('../src/redis.js')
     expect(await client.get(getRedisKey({ version, name: 'viteManifests' }))).to.equal('{"index.html":{"file":"index.html","meta":{"baseUrl":"http://ui-server/"}}}')
     expect(await client.get(getRedisKey({ version, name: 'oxManifests' }))).to.equal('[]')
   })
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ describe('File caching service', function () {
     expect(response.statusCode).to.equal(200)
     const version = response.headers.version
 
+    const { client } = await import('../src/redis.js')
     const body = (await client.getBuffer(getRedisKey({ version, name: '/index.html:body' }))) || ''
     expect(body.toString()).to.equal('<html><head></head><body>it\'s me</body></html>')
     const meta = await client.get(getRedisKey({ version, name: '/index.html:meta' }))
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ describe('File caching service', function () {
 
   it('serves files from redis and stores them in local cache', async function () {
     const version = '12345'
+    const { client } = await import('../src/redis.js')
     await client.set(getRedisKey({ version, name: '/demo.js:meta' }), '{"headers":{"content-type":"application/javascript","dependencies":false}}')
     await client.set(getRedisKey({ version, name: '/demo.js:body' }), 'console.log("Demo")')
 
diff --git a/integration/config_test.js b/integration/config_test.js
index de0cbdfd60d9d9d59431d58579916085b8089b99..cde423c099998a9f1028fdc8e7f709abb7840c45 100644
--- a/integration/config_test.js
+++ b/integration/config_test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import request from 'supertest'
 import { expect } from 'chai'
 import { generateSimpleViteManifest, mockApp, mockConfig, mockFetch } from '../spec/util.js'
-import { client, closeQueue, getQueues, pubClient } from '../src/redis.js'
 import * as td from 'testdouble'
 import { getRedisKey } from '../src/util.js'
 
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ describe('Configuration', function () {
   beforeEach(async function () {
     // need to set the redis-prefix. Otherwise, the bull workers will interfere
     process.env.REDIS_PREFIX = Math.random().toString()
-    await client.flushdb()
     mockConfig(config = { urls: ['http://ui-server/'] })
     mockFetch({
       'http://ui-server': {
@@ -26,26 +24,26 @@ describe('Configuration', function () {
         )
       }
     })
+    await import('../src/redis.js').then(({ client }) => client.flushdb())
     app = await mockApp()
   })
 
   afterEach(async function () {
-    td.reset()
+    const { getQueues, closeQueue } = await import('../src/redis.js')
     for (const queue of getQueues()) {
       await closeQueue(queue.name)
     }
+    td.reset()
     // reset, after the queues were removed
     process.env.REDIS_PREFIX = 'ui-middleware'
   })
 
   it('updates the configuration when updated on a different node', async function () {
-    // need to do this with dynamic import such that the mocked config is used
-    await import('../src/create-queues.js').then(({ default: createQueues }) => createQueues())
-
     const response = await request(app.server).get('/meta')
     expect(response.body).to.have.length(2)
 
     config.urls = []
+    const { pubClient } = await import('../src/redis.js')
     pubClient.publish(getRedisKey({ name: 'updateLatestVersion' }), '1234')
     await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 200))
 
diff --git a/integration/update-version_test.js b/integration/update-version_test.js
index cbd09e1dc0e7544ad3b5c8e870fef4aeaec12a5f..af2244cb5c5c0a55702438073d488c58e5e17ad4 100644
--- a/integration/update-version_test.js
+++ b/integration/update-version_test.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import request from 'supertest'
 import { expect } from 'chai'
 import { generateSimpleViteManifest, mockApp, mockConfig, mockFetch } from '../spec/util.js'
-import { client, closeQueue, getQueue, getQueues, pubClient } from '../src/redis.js'
 import * as td from 'testdouble'
 import { getRedisKey } from '../src/util.js'
 
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ describe('Updates the version', function () {
   beforeEach(async function () {
     // need to set the redis-prefix. Otherwise, the bull workers will interfere
     process.env.REDIS_PREFIX = Math.random().toString()
-    await client.flushdb()
     mockConfig({ urls: ['http://ui-server/'] })
     mockFetch({
       'http://ui-server': {
@@ -26,27 +24,26 @@ describe('Updates the version', function () {
         )
       }
     })
+    await import('../src/redis.js').then(({ client }) => client.flushdb())
     app = await mockApp()
   })
 
   afterEach(async function () {
-    td.reset()
-    process.env.CACHE_TTL = '30000'
+    const { getQueues, closeQueue } = await import('../src/redis.js')
     for (const queue of getQueues()) {
       await closeQueue(queue.name)
     }
+    td.reset()
     // reset, after the queues were removed
     process.env.REDIS_PREFIX = 'ui-middleware'
   })
 
   it('with manually triggered job', async function () {
-    // need to do this with dynamic import such that the mocked config is used
-    await import('../src/create-queues.js').then(({ default: createQueues }) => createQueues())
-
     const responseBeforeUpdate = await request(app.server).get('/index.html')
     expect(responseBeforeUpdate.statusCode).to.equal(200)
     expect(responseBeforeUpdate.headers.version).to.equal('85101541')
 
+    const { getQueue } = await import('../src/redis.js')
     // update has only been registered but not executed yet
     expect(await getQueue('update-version').add({}).then(job => job.finished())).to.equal('85101541')
     // update is executed with the second iteration
@@ -58,24 +55,27 @@ describe('Updates the version', function () {
   })
 
   it('with automatically triggered job', async function () {
-    process.env.CACHE_TTL = '100'
-
     const responseBeforeUpdate = await request(app.server).get('/index.html')
     expect(responseBeforeUpdate.statusCode).to.equal(200)
     expect(responseBeforeUpdate.headers.version).to.equal('85101541')
 
-    // need to do this with dynamic import such that the mocked config is used
-    await import('../src/create-queues.js').then(({ default: createQueues }) => createQueues())
-
+    // speed up the update process
+    const { subClient, getQueue } = await import('../src/redis.js')
     const queue = getQueue('update-version')
-    let count = 0
-    await new Promise(resolve => queue.on('global:completed', (jobId, result) => {
-      // only resolve when the second job has been completed as the "update" job needs to be executed twice
-      if (++count === 1) return
-      // pause the queue to prevent any further updates
-      queue.pause()
-      resolve()
-    }))
+    queue.add({}, {
+      jobId: 'update-version-job',
+      repeat: { every: 100 }
+    })
+
+    // wait for the update event to happen
+    await new Promise(resolve => {
+      const key = getRedisKey({ name: 'updateLatestVersion' })
+      subClient.subscribe(key)
+      subClient.on('message', async (channel, version) => {
+        if (channel !== key) return
+        resolve()
+      })
+    })
 
     const responseAfterUpdate = await request(app.server).get('/index.html')
     expect(responseAfterUpdate.statusCode).to.equal(200)
@@ -83,13 +83,11 @@ describe('Updates the version', function () {
   })
 
   it('receives version update via redis event', async function () {
-    // need to do this with dynamic import such that the mocked config is used
-    await import('../src/create-queues.js').then(({ default: createQueues }) => createQueues())
-
     const responseBeforeUpdate = await request(app.server).get('/index.html')
     expect(responseBeforeUpdate.statusCode).to.equal(200)
     expect(responseBeforeUpdate.headers.version).to.equal('85101541')
 
+    const { pubClient } = await import('../src/redis.js')
     // just publish event, don't change the value on redis.
     pubClient.publish(getRedisKey({ name: 'updateLatestVersion' }), '1234')
     await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 10))
@@ -104,9 +102,6 @@ describe('Updates the version', function () {
       td.reset()
       // need to set the redis-prefix. Otherwise, the bull workers will interfere
       process.env.REDIS_PREFIX = Math.random().toString()
-      await client.flushdb()
-      // preconfigure redis
-      await client.set(getRedisKey({ name: 'latestVersion' }), '12345')
       mockConfig({ urls: ['http://ui-server/'] })
       mockFetch({
         'http://ui-server': {
@@ -120,6 +115,11 @@ describe('Updates the version', function () {
           )
         }
       })
+
+      const { client } = await import('../src/redis.js')
+      await client.flushdb()
+      // preconfigure redis
+      await client.set(getRedisKey({ name: 'latestVersion' }), '12345')
       app = await mockApp()
     })
 
diff --git a/spec/redis_test.js b/spec/redis_test.js
index b1d2e46f4784b3f7775e884a27c779a2e7487a44..d8c30c2d88b7ea77ae15fe11414548962b9522f1 100644
--- a/spec/redis_test.js
+++ b/spec/redis_test.js
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ describe('Redis', function () {
   let spy
 
   beforeEach(async function () {
-    // no redis mock!!
-    await import('../src/create-queues.js').then(({ default: createQueues }) => createQueues())
     mockConfig({ urls: ['http://ui-server/'] })
     mockFetch({
       'http://ui-server': {
diff --git a/src/create-queues.js b/src/create-queues.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d7fd31384032ccf94dbfb457a4c061e0dbb397ef..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/create-queues.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import * as redis from './redis.js'
-import { updateVersionProcessor, registerLatestVersionListener } from './version.js'
-
-const { getQueue, subClient } = redis
-
-export default function createQueues () {
-  if (redis.isEnabled()) {
-    const updateVersionQueue = getQueue('update-version')
-    updateVersionQueue.process(updateVersionProcessor)
-    updateVersionQueue.add({}, {
-      jobId: 'update-version-job',
-      repeat: { every: Number(process.env.CACHE_TTL) },
-      removeOnComplete: 10,
-      removeOnFail: 10,
-      timeout: 10000
-    })
-
-    // not a queue but though, used by redis
-    registerLatestVersionListener(subClient)
-  } else {
-    setInterval(updateVersionProcessor, Number(process.env.CACHE_TTL))
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 992a191719bf34ed0e3b4de07470f7ed6326c461..1c1caa5310aa022539877f14939b15003c793c98 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@
 import { config } from 'dotenv-defaults'
 import { logger } from './logger.js'
 import { createApp } from './create-app.js'
-import createQueues from './create-queues.js'
 config()
 
 const app = await createApp()
-createQueues()
 
 // Binds and listens for connections on the specified host and port
 app.listen({ host: '::', port: Number(process.env.PORT) })
diff --git a/src/redis.js b/src/redis.js
index a26432a97be863c7e37444cd035b0c578842b69c..4184691302bbdf0a314d1e70f0e28a1e35d9fc97 100644
--- a/src/redis.js
+++ b/src/redis.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import Redis from 'ioredis'
 import { logger, timeSinceStartup } from './logger.js'
 import Queue from 'bull'
+import { registerLatestVersionListener, updateVersionProcessor } from './version.js'
 
 const commonQueueOptions = { enableReadyCheck: false, maxRetriesPerRequest: null }
 
@@ -11,10 +12,12 @@ const createClient = (type, options = {}) => {
       get () {},
       set () {},
       del () {},
-      flushdb () {},
+      flushdb () { return {} },
       status: '',
       duplicate () { return new Redis() },
-      publish () {}
+      publish () {},
+      subscribe () {},
+      on () {}
     }, {
       get () {
         throw new Error('Redis is disabled. Check for redis.isEnabled()')
@@ -48,6 +51,34 @@ export const subClient = createClient('sub client', commonQueueOptions)
 /*
  * Bull specific things are below
  */
+
+if (isEnabled()) {
+  client.on('ready', () => {
+    const updateVersionQueue = getQueue('update-version')
+    try {
+      updateVersionQueue.process(updateVersionProcessor)
+      logger.debug('[Redis] Register version update processor.')
+    } catch (err) {
+      logger.debug('[Redis] Update version processor is already registered.')
+    }
+    updateVersionQueue.add({}, {
+      jobId: 'update-version-job',
+      repeat: { every: Number(process.env.CACHE_TTL) },
+      removeOnComplete: 10,
+      removeOnFail: 10,
+      timeout: 10000
+    })
+  })
+
+  registerLatestVersionListener(subClient)
+} else {
+  setInterval(updateVersionProcessor, Number(process.env.CACHE_TTL))
+}
+
+/*
+ * queue specific code
+ */
+
 const queues = {}
 
 export function getQueue (name) {