diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95f11f2..5ffe694 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 For a better setup you can choose the backend which is used to store the secrets:
 
 - `mem` - In memory storage (wiped on restart of the daemon)
-  - `SECRET_EXPIRY` - Expiry of the keys in seconds (Default `0` = no expiry)
 - `redis` - Storing the secrets in a hash under one key
-  - `REDIS_URL` - Redis connection string `tcp://auth:PWD@HOST:PORT/DB`
+  - `REDIS_URL` - Redis connection string `redis://auth:PWD@HOST:PORT/DB`
   - `REDIS_KEY` - Key prefix to store the keys under (Default `io.luzifer.ots`)
+- Common options
   - `SECRET_EXPIRY` - Expiry of the keys in seconds (Default `0` = no expiry)
 
 ## Creating secrets through CLI / scripts
diff --git a/api.go b/api.go
index 7be4417..a9f3106 100644
--- a/api.go
+++ b/api.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 )
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func (a apiServer) handleCreate(res http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	id, err := a.store.Create(secret)
+	id, err := a.store.Create(secret, time.Duration(cfg.SecretExpiry)*time.Second)
 	if err != nil {
 		a.errorResponse(res, http.StatusInternalServerError, err.Error())
 		return
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 9271a23..03323ab 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,11 +8,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/gofrs/uuid/v3 v3.1.2
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
+	github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.0.5
 	github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
-	github.com/xuyu/goredis v0.0.0-20160929021245-89fbe9474b37
 )
 
 require (
+	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 // indirect
+	github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/validator.v2 v2.0.1 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 697b6ec..8fc3444 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@ github.com/Luzifer/go_helpers/v2 v2.17.1 h1:SJjfkkJ14d1i8zpKzZ3619YSGijxp2jfc6Qk
 github.com/Luzifer/go_helpers/v2 v2.17.1/go.mod h1:C5EkTBawA4sJt0CHoAoblgGPwTjW9blXZ/Et6RiEu6Q=
 github.com/Luzifer/rconfig/v2 v2.4.0 h1:MAdymTlExAZ8mx5VG8xOFAtFQSpWBipKYQHPOmYTn9o=
 github.com/Luzifer/rconfig/v2 v2.4.0/go.mod h1:hWF3ZVSusbYlg5bEvCwalEyUSY+0JPJWUiIu7rBmav8=
+github.com/bsm/ginkgo/v2 v2.7.0 h1:ItPMPH90RbmZJt5GtkcNvIRuGEdwlBItdNVoyzaNQao=
+github.com/bsm/gomega v1.26.0 h1:LhQm+AFcgV2M0WyKroMASzAzCAJVpAxQXv4SaI9a69Y=
+github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0 h1:DC2CZ1Ep5Y4k3ZQ899DldepgrayRUGE6BBZ/cd9Cj44=
+github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.2.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f h1:lO4WD4F/rVNCu3HqELle0jiPLLBs70cWOduZpkS1E78=
+github.com/dgryski/go-rendezvous v0.0.0-20200823014737-9f7001d12a5f/go.mod h1:cuUVRXasLTGF7a8hSLbxyZXjz+1KgoB3wDUb6vlszIc=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.4.9 h1:hsms1Qyu0jgnwNXIxa+/V/PDsU6CfLf6CNO8H7IWoS4=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid/v3 v3.1.2 h1:V3IBv1oU82x6YIr5txe3azVHgmOKYdyKQTowm9moBlY=
 github.com/gofrs/uuid/v3 v3.1.2/go.mod h1:xPwMqoocQ1L5G6pXX5BcE7N5jlzn2o19oqAKxwZW/kI=
@@ -19,6 +25,8 @@ github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1 h1:FEBLx1zS214owpjy7qsBeixbURkuhQAwrK5UwLGTwt4=
 github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1/go.mod h1:bwawxfHBFNV+L2hUp1rHADufV3IMtnDRdf1r5NINEl0=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.0.5 h1:CuQcn5HIEeK7BgElubPP8CGtE0KakrnbBSTLjathl5o=
+github.com/redis/go-redis/v9 v9.0.5/go.mod h1:WqMKv5vnQbRuZstUwxQI195wHy+t4PuXDOjzMvcuQHk=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 h1:dueUQJ1C2q9oE3F7wvmSGAaVtTmUizReu6fjN8uqzbQ=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3/go.mod h1:naHLuLoDiP4jHNo9R0sCBMtWGeIprob74mVsIT4qYEQ=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
@@ -26,8 +34,6 @@ github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
-github.com/xuyu/goredis v0.0.0-20160929021245-89fbe9474b37 h1:xrMQUnipugHaopud+BS+tGITJvhc4lTf3b4vCzkF/no=
-github.com/xuyu/goredis v0.0.0-20160929021245-89fbe9474b37/go.mod h1:Ew+jSwVYyBT+GrKWGzlld2VGZqUy5cgGQATzqHpqGvg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20210119194325-5f4716e94777 h1:003p0dJM77cxMSyCPFphvZf/Y5/NXf5fzg6ufd1/Oew=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.8.0 h1:EBmGv8NaZBZTWvrbjNoL6HVt+IVy3QDQpJs7VRIw3tU=
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c4454f1..1d1063b 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ var (
 	cfg struct {
 		Listen         string `flag:"listen" default:":3000" description:"IP/Port to listen on"`
 		LogLevel       string `flag:"log-level" default:"info" description:"Set log level (debug, info, warning, error)"`
+		SecretExpiry   int64  `flag:"secret-expiry" default:"0" description:"Maximum expiry of the stored secrets in seconds"`
 		StorageType    string `flag:"storage-type" default:"mem" description:"Storage to use for putting secrets to" validate:"nonzero"`
 		VersionAndExit bool   `flag:"version" default:"false" description:"Print version information and exit"`
 	}
diff --git a/storage.go b/storage.go
index 722b9a4..0f70d5f 100644
--- a/storage.go
+++ b/storage.go
@@ -3,12 +3,13 @@ package main
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"time"
 )
 
 var errSecretNotFound = errors.New("Secret not found")
 
 type storage interface {
-	Create(secret string) (string, error)
+	Create(secret string, expireIn time.Duration) (string, error)
 	ReadAndDestroy(id string) (string, error)
 }
 
diff --git a/storage_mem.go b/storage_mem.go
index 07c1c75..165b856 100644
--- a/storage_mem.go
+++ b/storage_mem.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"os"
-	"strconv"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gofrs/uuid/v3"
@@ -23,10 +21,10 @@ func newStorageMem() storage {
 	}
 }
 
-func (s storageMem) Create(secret string) (string, error) {
+func (s storageMem) Create(secret string, expireIn time.Duration) (string, error) {
 	id := uuid.Must(uuid.NewV4()).String()
 	s.store[id] = memStorageSecret{
-		Expiry: s.expiry(),
+		Expiry: time.Now().Add(expireIn),
 		Secret: secret,
 	}
 
@@ -47,17 +45,3 @@ func (s storageMem) ReadAndDestroy(id string) (string, error) {
 
 	return secret.Secret, nil
 }
-
-func (s storageMem) expiry() time.Time {
-	exp := os.Getenv("SECRET_EXPIRY")
-	if exp == "" {
-		return time.Time{}
-	}
-
-	e, err := strconv.ParseInt(exp, 10, 64)
-	if err != nil {
-		return time.Time{}
-	}
-
-	return time.Now().Add(time.Duration(e) * time.Second)
-}
diff --git a/storage_redis.go b/storage_redis.go
index 0ba62f6..4168000 100644
--- a/storage_redis.go
+++ b/storage_redis.go
@@ -1,17 +1,21 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gofrs/uuid/v3"
-	"github.com/xuyu/goredis"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	redis "github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
 )
 
+const redisDefaultPrefix = "io.luzifer.ots"
+
 type storageRedis struct {
-	conn *goredis.Redis
+	conn *redis.Client
 }
 
 func newStorageRedis() (storage, error) {
@@ -19,76 +23,48 @@ func newStorageRedis() (storage, error) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("REDIS_URL environment variable not set")
 	}
 
-	c, err := goredis.DialURL(os.Getenv("REDIS_URL"))
+	// We replace the old URI format
+	//		tcp://auth:password@127.0.0.1:6379/0
+	// with the new one
+	//		redis://<user>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<db_number>
+	// in order to maintain backwards compatibility
+	opt, err := redis.ParseURL(strings.Replace(os.Getenv("REDIS_URL"), "tcp://", "redis://", 1))
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "parsing REDIS_URL")
 	}
 
 	s := &storageRedis{
-		conn: c,
+		conn: redis.NewClient(opt),
 	}
 
 	return s, nil
 }
 
-func (s storageRedis) redisExpiry() int {
-	var expStr string
-	for _, eVar := range []string{"SECRET_EXPIRY", "REDIS_EXPIRY"} {
-		if v := os.Getenv(eVar); v != "" {
-			expStr = v
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	if expStr == "" {
-		return 0
-	}
-
-	e, err := strconv.Atoi(expStr)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0
-	}
-
-	return e
-}
-
-func (s storageRedis) redisKey() string {
-	key := os.Getenv("REDIS_KEY")
-	if key == "" {
-		key = "io.luzifer.ots"
-	}
-
-	return key
-}
-
-func (s storageRedis) Create(secret string) (string, error) {
+func (s storageRedis) Create(secret string, expireIn time.Duration) (string, error) {
 	id := uuid.Must(uuid.NewV4()).String()
-	err := s.writeKey(id, secret)
+	err := s.conn.SetEx(context.Background(), s.redisKey(id), secret, expireIn).Err()
 
-	return id, err
+	return id, errors.Wrap(err, "writing redis key")
 }
 
 func (s storageRedis) ReadAndDestroy(id string) (string, error) {
-	secret, err := s.conn.Get(strings.Join([]string{s.redisKey(), id}, ":"))
+	secret, err := s.conn.Get(context.Background(), s.redisKey(id)).Result()
 	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, redis.Nil) {
+			return "", errSecretNotFound
+		}
 		return "", err
 	}
 
-	if secret == nil {
-		return "", errSecretNotFound
+	err = s.conn.Del(context.Background(), s.redisKey(id)).Err()
+	return string(secret), errors.Wrap(err, "deleting key")
+}
+
+func (s storageRedis) redisKey(id string) string {
+	prefix := redisDefaultPrefix
+	if prfx := os.Getenv("REDIS_KEY"); prfx != "" {
+		prefix = prfx
 	}
 
-	_, err = s.conn.Del(strings.Join([]string{s.redisKey(), id}, ":"))
-	return string(secret), err
-}
-
-func (s storageRedis) writeKey(id, value string) error {
-	return s.conn.Set(
-		strings.Join([]string{s.redisKey(), id}, ":"), // Key
-		value,           // Secret
-		s.redisExpiry(), // Expiry in seconds
-		0,               // Expiry milliseconds
-		false,           // MustExist
-		true,            // MustNotExist
-	)
+	return strings.Join([]string{prefix, id}, ":")
 }