diff --git a/crawler/start.sh b/crawler/start.sh
index c90cd3d..cf9f98e 100755
--- a/crawler/start.sh
+++ b/crawler/start.sh
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ set -eux
 
 ENV_MODE=${ENV:-"dev"}  # Defaults to "dev" if ENV_MODE is unset
 
-echo "Checking connection to redis is successful..."
-python celery_app.py
 
 case "$ENV_MODE" in
   dev)
@@ -16,12 +14,20 @@ case "$ENV_MODE" in
     pkill -f celery
     pkill watchmedo
     set -e
+    if ! netstat -tlnp |grep 6379; then
+      echo "Did not find a running redis on 6379. Starting a new instance..."
+      docker run -d --rm --name redis-server -p 6379:6379 redis:latest
+    fi
+  echo "Checking connection to redis is successful..."
+  python celery_app.py
 
     watchmedo auto-restart --directory=./ --pattern='*.py' --recursive -- celery -A celery_app worker & # DEV to autoreload on changes
     CELERY_PID=$!
     ;;
   prod)
     echo "🚀 Running in PRODUCTION mode"
+    echo "Checking connection to redis is successful..."
+    python celery_app.py
     alembic upgrade head
     celery -A celery_app worker --beat &
     CELERY_PID=$!