diff --git a/config/settings/base.py b/config/settings/base.py
index 403e2c08..ebb86c76 100644
--- a/config/settings/base.py
+++ b/config/settings/base.py
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@
 CACHES = {
     "default": {
         "BACKEND": "django_redis.cache.RedisCache",
-        "LOCATION": env("REDIS_URL"),
+        "LOCATION": env("REDIS_URL", default=None),
         "OPTIONS": {
             "CLIENT_CLASS": "django_redis.client.DefaultClient",
             # Mimicing memcache behavior.