diff --git a/local-environment/redis.sh b/local-environment/redis.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 22850e6a5775250692502547a51b945163d0c389..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/local-environment/redis.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-REDIS_CONTAINER_NAME="redis_container"
-REDIS_PORT="6379"
-
-# Stop and remove old Redis container
-podman stop $REDIS_CONTAINER_NAME
-podman rm -f $REDIS_CONTAINER_NAME
-
-# Pull Redis images
-podman pull redis
-podman pull redis-server
-
-# Run Redis container with persistent storage
-podman run -d \
-    -p $REDIS_PORT:$REDIS_PORT \
-    --name $REDIS_CONTAINER_NAME \
-    redis redis-server --save 60 1 --loglevel warning
-
-echo "Redis setup complete..."
-
-#curl -X PUT --header 'Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8' --data 'foo' http://localhost:8080/state/bar
-#podman exec -it redis_container redis-cli
-#KEYS *
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diff --git a/local-environment/setup-local.sh b/local-environment/setup-local.sh
index 51b54554bbad7364cd35d4c0b57eae75ab298528..6e987f1b43b0b7c50d657d1299a24ec4928d0885 100755
--- a/local-environment/setup-local.sh
+++ b/local-environment/setup-local.sh
@@ -46,4 +46,10 @@ podman exec -it $CONTAINER_NAME curl -k https://$DOMAIN_NAME:$CONTAINER_HTTPS_PO
 
 echo "Testing from outside..."
 sudo bash -c "echo '127.0.0.1 webservice.local' >> /etc/hosts"
-curl -k https://$DOMAIN_NAME:$CONTAINER_HTTPS_PORT/
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+curl -k https://$DOMAIN_NAME:$CONTAINER_HTTPS_PORT/
+
+echo "Testing Redis..."
+curl -k -X PUT --header 'Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8' --data 'foo' https://$DOMAIN_NAME:$CONTAINER_HTTPS_PORT/state/bar
+
+# Check the value in the database
+podman exec -it $CONTAINER_NAME redis-cli KEYS '*'
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