diff --git a/cof/settings/common.py b/cof/settings/common.py
index 612d52fc..261760d6 100644
--- a/cof/settings/common.py
+++ b/cof/settings/common.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ except KeyError:
 try:
     from .secret import (
         SECRET_KEY, RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY, RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY, ADMINS,
-        REDIS_PASSWD, REDIS_DB, REDIS_HOST
+        REDIS_PASSWD, REDIS_DB, REDIS_HOST, REDIS_PORT
     )
 except ImportError:
     raise RuntimeError("Secrets missing")
@@ -161,8 +161,9 @@ CHANNEL_LAYERS = {
         "BACKEND": "asgi_redis.RedisChannelLayer",
         "CONFIG": {
             "hosts": [(
-                "redis://:{}@{}:6379/{}"
-                .format(REDIS_PASSWD, REDIS_HOST, REDIS_DB)
+                "redis://:{passwd}@{host}:{port}/{db}"
+                .format(passwd=REDIS_PASSWD, host=REDIS_HOST,
+                        port=REDIS_PORT, db=REDIS_DB)
             )],
         },
         "ROUTING": "cof.routing.channel_routing",
diff --git a/cof/settings/secret_example.py b/cof/settings/secret_example.py
index 3dc5de4b..eeb5271c 100644
--- a/cof/settings/secret_example.py
+++ b/cof/settings/secret_example.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ SECRET_KEY = 'q()(zn4m63i%5cp4)f+ww4-28_w+ly3q9=6imw2ciu&_(5_4ah'
 RECAPTCHA_PUBLIC_KEY = "DUMMY"
 RECAPTCHA_PRIVATE_KEY = "DUMMY"
 REDIS_PASSWD = "dummy"
+REDIS_PORT = 6379
 REDIS_DB = 0
 REDIS_HOST = "127.0.0.1"
 ADMINS = None