diff --git a/src/interfaces/permission.ts b/src/interfaces/permission.ts
index b55d8e7..cfe76e6 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/permission.ts
+++ b/src/interfaces/permission.ts
@@ -184,12 +184,34 @@ class CheckAuth {
       });
   }
   public async checkOrg(token: any, keycloakId: string) {
-    const redisClient = await this.redis.createClient({
-      host: process.env.REDIS_HOST,
-      port: process.env.REDIS_PORT,
-    });
-    const getAsync = promisify(redisClient.get).bind(redisClient);
     try {
+      // Validate required environment variables
+      const REDIS_HOST = process.env.REDIS_HOST;
+      const REDIS_PORT = process.env.REDIS_PORT ? Number(process.env.REDIS_PORT) : 6379;
+
+      if (!REDIS_HOST) {
+        throw new Error("REDIS_HOST is not set in environment variables");
+      }
+
+      console.log(`[REDIS] Connecting to Redis at ${REDIS_HOST}:${REDIS_PORT}`);
+
+      // Create Redis client
+      const redisClient = this.redis.createClient({
+        socket: {
+          host: REDIS_HOST,
+          port: REDIS_PORT,
+        },
+      });
+
+      redisClient.on("error", (err: any) => {
+        console.error("[REDIS] Connection error:", err.message);
+      });
+
+      await redisClient.connect();
+      console.log("[REDIS] Connected successfully!");
+
+      const getAsync = promisify(redisClient.get).bind(redisClient);
+
       let reply = await getAsync("org_" + keycloakId);
       if (reply != null) {
         reply = JSON.parse(reply);