diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index da5df252..6c1ac3c7 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ MASTODON_PRIVATE_KEY=0
 PACER_USERNAME=""
 PACER_PASSWORD=""
 
+# redis.py
+REDIS_HOST=""
+REDIS_PORT=""
+
 # sentry.py
 SENTRY_DSN=""
 SENTRY_SAMPLE_TRACE=1.0
diff --git a/bc/core/tasks.py b/bc/core/tasks.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d148a9ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bc/core/tasks.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from django_rq import job
+
+
+@job
+def fail_task() -> float:
+    division_by_zero = 1 / 0
+    return division_by_zero
diff --git a/bc/core/urls.py b/bc/core/urls.py
index 63024eec..f064e473 100644
--- a/bc/core/urls.py
+++ b/bc/core/urls.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from django.urls import path
 
-from .views import health_check, sentry_fail
+from .views import health_check, rq_fail, sentry_fail
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path("monitoring/health-check/", health_check, name="health_check"),
     path("sentry/error/", sentry_fail, name="sentry_fail"),
+    path("sentry/rq-fail/", rq_fail, name="rq_fail"),
 ]
diff --git a/bc/core/views.py b/bc/core/views.py
index 1287d3e8..b009f933 100644
--- a/bc/core/views.py
+++ b/bc/core/views.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 from django.http import HttpRequest, HttpResponse, JsonResponse
 
+from .tasks import fail_task
 from .utils import check_postgresql
 
 
@@ -25,3 +26,8 @@ def health_check(request: HttpRequest) -> JsonResponse:
         },
         status=status,
     )
+
+
+def rq_fail(request: HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse:
+    fail_task.delay()
+    return HttpResponse("Successfully failed RQ.")
diff --git a/bc/settings/__init__.py b/bc/settings/__init__.py
index b5c43e15..6358d052 100644
--- a/bc/settings/__init__.py
+++ b/bc/settings/__init__.py
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
 from .third_party.courtlistener import *
 from .third_party.mastodon import *
 from .third_party.pacer import *
+from .third_party.redis import *
+from .third_party.rq import *
 from .third_party.sentry import *
diff --git a/bc/settings/django.py b/bc/settings/django.py
index 5806619e..a8f9041c 100644
--- a/bc/settings/django.py
+++ b/bc/settings/django.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import environ
 
+from .third_party.redis import REDIS_DATABASES, REDIS_HOST, REDIS_PORT
+
 env = environ.FileAwareEnv()
 
 DEVELOPMENT = env.bool("DEVELOPMENT", default=True)
@@ -30,6 +32,8 @@
     "bc.channel",
     "bc.subscription",
     "bc.web",
+    # other apps
+    "django_rq",
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
@@ -82,6 +86,18 @@
     },
 }
 
+####################
+# Cache & Sessions #
+####################
+CACHES = {
+    "default": {
+        "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.redis.RedisCache",
+        "LOCATION": f"{REDIS_HOST}:{REDIS_PORT}",
+        "OPTIONS": {"db": REDIS_DATABASES["CACHE"]},
+    },
+}
+
+SESSION_ENGINE = "django.contrib.sessions.backends.cache"
 
 # Internationalization
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1/topics/i18n/
diff --git a/bc/settings/third_party/redis.py b/bc/settings/third_party/redis.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bebb0a78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bc/settings/third_party/redis.py
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import environ
+
+env = environ.FileAwareEnv()
+
+
+REDIS_HOST = env("REDIS_HOST", default="redis://bc2-redis")
+REDIS_PORT = env("REDIS_PORT", default=6379)
+
+REDIS_DATABASES = {
+    "QUEUE": 0,
+    "CACHE": 1,
+}
diff --git a/bc/settings/third_party/rq.py b/bc/settings/third_party/rq.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9536589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bc/settings/third_party/rq.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+from .redis import REDIS_DATABASES, REDIS_HOST, REDIS_PORT
+
+RQ_SHOW_ADMIN_LINK = True
+
+RQ_QUEUES = {
+    "default": {
+        "URL": f"{REDIS_HOST}:{REDIS_PORT}",
+        "DB": REDIS_DATABASES["QUEUE"],
+    },
+}
diff --git a/bc/settings/third_party/sentry.py b/bc/settings/third_party/sentry.py
index b3c389cc..664045ff 100644
--- a/bc/settings/third_party/sentry.py
+++ b/bc/settings/third_party/sentry.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import environ
 import sentry_sdk
 from sentry_sdk.integrations.django import DjangoIntegration
-from sentry_sdk.integrations.logging import ignore_logger
+from sentry_sdk.integrations.rq import RqIntegration
 
 env = environ.FileAwareEnv()
 SENTRY_DSN = env("SENTRY_DSN", default="")
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
         dsn=SENTRY_DSN,
         integrations=[
             DjangoIntegration(),
+            RqIntegration(),
         ],
         ignore_errors=[KeyboardInterrupt],
         traces_sample_rate=SENTRY_SAMPLE_TRACE,
diff --git a/bc/urls.py b/bc/urls.py
index 03fb9ac5..5a403939 100644
--- a/bc/urls.py
+++ b/bc/urls.py
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@
     path("", include("bc.core.urls")),
     path("", include("bc.channel.urls")),
     path("", include("bc.subscription.urls")),
+    path("django-rq/", include("django_rq.urls")),
 ]
diff --git a/docker/bigcasesbot/docker-compose.yml b/docker/bigcasesbot/docker-compose.yml
index d6a4d5a8..bb9d1738 100644
--- a/docker/bigcasesbot/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/bigcasesbot/docker-compose.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,32 @@ services:
     networks:
       - bc2_net_overlay
 
+  bc2-redis:
+    container_name: bc2-redis
+    image: redis:7-alpine
+    ports:
+      - "6379:6379"
+    networks:
+      - bc2_net_overlay
+
+
+  bc2-rq:
+    container_name: bc2-rq
+    image: ${DJANGO_DOCKER_IMAGE:-freelawproject/bigcases2:latest-rq-dev}
+    build:
+      dockerfile: docker/django/Dockerfile
+      context: ../../
+      target: rq
+      args:
+        - BUILD_ENV=dev
+    depends_on:
+      - bc2-postgresql
+      - bc2-doctor
+      - bc2-redis
+    networks:
+      - bc2_net_overlay
+
+
   bc2-django:
     container_name: bc2-django
     image: ${DJANGO_DOCKER_IMAGE:-freelawproject/bigcases2:latest-web-dev}
@@ -38,6 +64,7 @@ services:
     depends_on:
       - bc2-postgresql
       - bc2-doctor
+      - bc2-redis
     volumes:
       - ../..:/opt/bigcases2
     ports:
diff --git a/docker/django/Dockerfile b/docker/django/Dockerfile
index 4cf468a6..f6332211 100644
--- a/docker/django/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/django/Dockerfile
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ RUN mkdir /var/log/bigcases2 \
 
 WORKDIR /opt/bigcases2
 
+# freelawproject/bigcases2:latest-rq
+FROM python-base as rq
+
+CMD python /opt/bigcases2/manage.py rqworker default --with-scheduler
+
 #freelawproject/bigcases2:latest-web-dev
 FROM python-base as web-dev
 
diff --git a/docker/django/Makefile b/docker/django/Makefile
index 8a8c13e7..d56b2b52 100644
--- a/docker/django/Makefile
+++ b/docker/django/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ REPO ?= freelawproject/bigcases2
 DOCKER_TAG_PROD = $(VERSION)-web-prod
 WEB_PROD ?= latest-web-prod
 WEB_DEV ?= latest-web-dev
+RQ_TAG = $(VERSION)-rq
+RQ_LATEST ?= latest-rq
+RQ_DEV ?= latest-rq-dev
 
 
 .PHONY: all image push multiarch_image multiarch_push x86_image x86_push
@@ -23,9 +26,11 @@ all: image
 
 development:
 	docker build --target web-dev -t $(REPO):$(WEB_DEV) --build-arg BUILD_ENV=dev --file docker/django/Dockerfile .
+	docker build --target rq -t $(REPO):$(RQ_DEV) --build-arg BUILD_ENV=dev --file docker/django/Dockerfile .
 
 image:
 	docker build --target web-prod -t $(REPO):$(DOCKER_TAG_PROD) -t $(REPO):$(WEB_PROD) --file docker/django/Dockerfile .
+	docker build --target rq -t $(REPO):$(RQ_TAG) -t $(REPO):$(RQ_LATEST) --file docker/django/Dockerfile .
 
 push: image
 	$(info Checking if valid architecture)
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index df65affa..1c0fb6c5 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -70,6 +70,18 @@ files = [
 lazy-object-proxy = ">=1.4.0"
 wrapt = {version = ">=1.14,<2", markers = "python_version >= \"3.11\""}
 
+[[package]]
+name = "async-timeout"
+version = "4.0.2"
+description = "Timeout context manager for asyncio programs"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+files = [
+    {file = "async-timeout-4.0.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2163e1640ddb52b7a8c80d0a67a08587e5d245cc9c553a74a847056bc2976b15"},
+    {file = "async_timeout-4.0.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:8ca1e4fcf50d07413d66d1a5e416e42cfdf5851c981d679a09851a6853383b3c"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "black"
 version = "23.1.0"
@@ -336,7 +348,7 @@ files = [
 name = "click"
 version = "8.1.3"
 description = "Composable command line interface toolkit"
-category = "dev"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
@@ -351,7 +363,7 @@ colorama = {version = "*", markers = "platform_system == \"Windows\""}
 name = "colorama"
 version = "0.4.6"
 description = "Cross-platform colored terminal text."
-category = "dev"
+category = "main"
 optional = false
 python-versions = "!=3.0.*,!=3.1.*,!=3.2.*,!=3.3.*,!=3.4.*,!=3.5.*,!=3.6.*,>=2.7"
 files = [
@@ -511,6 +523,27 @@ develop = ["coverage[toml] (>=5.0a4)", "furo (>=2021.8.17b43,<2021.9.0)", "pytes
 docs = ["furo (>=2021.8.17b43,<2021.9.0)", "sphinx (>=3.5.0)", "sphinx-notfound-page"]
 testing = ["coverage[toml] (>=5.0a4)", "pytest (>=4.6.11)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "django-rq"
+version = "2.6.0"
+description = "An app that provides django integration for RQ (Redis Queue)"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+files = [
+    {file = "django-rq-2.6.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:f03b1eb68afe218175989c14b1266c7b446d5152f629888a078d0022059b255e"},
+    {file = "django_rq-2.6.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b1964ad656ae103d8b4714f8745e739586917b126f02c844791d9059940b01a0"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+django = ">=2.0"
+redis = ">=3"
+rq = ">=1.2"
+
+[package.extras]
+sentry = ["raven (>=6.1.0)"]
+testing = ["mock (>=2.0.0)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "django-stubs"
 version = "1.14.0"
@@ -1182,6 +1215,25 @@ files = [
     {file = "PyYAML-6.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:68fb519c14306fec9720a2a5b45bc9f0c8d1b9c72adf45c37baedfcd949c35a2"},
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redis"
+version = "4.4.2"
+description = "Python client for Redis database and key-value store"
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "redis-4.4.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:e6206448e2f8a432871d07d432c13ed6c2abcf6b74edb436c99752b1371be387"},
+    {file = "redis-4.4.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:a010f6cb7378065040a02839c3f75c7e0fb37a87116fb4a95be82a95552776c7"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+async-timeout = ">=4.0.2"
+
+[package.extras]
+hiredis = ["hiredis (>=1.0.0)"]
+ocsp = ["cryptography (>=36.0.1)", "pyopenssl (==20.0.1)", "requests (>=2.26.0)"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "requests"
 version = "2.28.2"
@@ -1204,6 +1256,22 @@ urllib3 = ">=1.21.1,<1.27"
 socks = ["PySocks (>=1.5.6,!=1.5.7)"]
 use-chardet-on-py3 = ["chardet (>=3.0.2,<6)"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "rq"
+version = "1.12.0"
+description = "RQ is a simple, lightweight, library for creating background jobs, and processing them."
+category = "main"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.5"
+files = [
+    {file = "rq-1.12.0-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b268947a94a1da7de3c5f3925a59db60bffdede782ca1f23da654bf985a83c7a"},
+    {file = "rq-1.12.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:16ebbfa8891ece999485cb7d1e0559550ac576da43585138e6951db23654bbf6"},
+]
+
+[package.dependencies]
+click = ">=5.0.0"
+redis = ">=3.5.0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sentry-sdk"
 version = "1.14.0"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d2f9b437..235cba61 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ djangorestframework = "^3.14.0"
 django-environ = "^0.9.0"
 sentry-sdk = "^1.14.0"
 django-csp = "^3.7"
+redis = "^4.4.2"
+django-rq = "^2.6.0"
 gunicorn = "^20.1.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]