diff --git a/pixivclient.cpp b/pixivclient.cpp
index fd93a59..5b7583e 100644
--- a/pixivclient.cpp
+++ b/pixivclient.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <FastHash.h>
 
 #include "blankie/murl.h"
+#include "hiredis_wrapper.h"
 #include "numberhelper.h"
 #include "pixivclient.h"
 
@@ -66,9 +67,11 @@ std::vector<SearchSuggestion> PixivClient::get_search_suggestions(std::string qu
     to_lower(query);
     std::string body = [&]() {
         std::string cache_key = "pixwhile:searchsugg:"s + std::to_string(FastHash(query.data(), query.size(), 0));
-        std::optional<std::string> cached_body = this->_redis->get(cache_key);
-        if (cached_body) {
-            return std::move(*cached_body);
+        if (this->_redis) {
+            std::optional<std::string> cached_body = this->_redis->get(cache_key);
+            if (cached_body) {
+                return std::move(*cached_body);
+            }
         }
 
         httplib::Result res = this->_www_pixiv_net_client.Get("/rpc/cps.php", {
@@ -78,7 +81,9 @@ std::vector<SearchSuggestion> PixivClient::get_search_suggestions(std::string qu
             throw HTTPLibException(res.error());
         }
 
-        this->_redis->set(std::move(cache_key), res->body, 24 * 60 * 60);
+        if (this->_redis) {
+            this->_redis->set(std::move(cache_key), res->body, 24 * 60 * 60);
+        }
         return std::move(res->body);
     }();
     nlohmann::json j = nlohmann::json::parse(std::move(body)).at("candidates");
@@ -98,11 +103,13 @@ std::vector<SearchSuggestion> PixivClient::get_search_suggestions(std::string qu
 
 nlohmann::json PixivClient::_call_api(std::string cache_key, std::optional<std::string> cache_field, time_t expiry,
         std::string path, httplib::Params params, httplib::Headers headers) {
-    std::optional<std::string> success_body = !cache_field
-        ? this->_redis->get(cache_key)
-        : this->_redis->hget(cache_key, *cache_field);
-    if (success_body) {
-        return nlohmann::json::parse(std::move(*success_body));
+    if (this->_redis) {
+        std::optional<std::string> success_body = !cache_field
+            ? this->_redis->get(cache_key)
+            : this->_redis->hget(cache_key, *cache_field);
+        if (success_body) {
+            return nlohmann::json::parse(std::move(*success_body));
+        }
     }
 
     httplib::Result res = this->_www_pixiv_net_client.Get(std::move(path), std::move(params), std::move(headers));
@@ -117,11 +124,13 @@ nlohmann::json PixivClient::_call_api(std::string cache_key, std::optional<std::
     j = j.at("body");
     // trim data sent to redis without making our own serialization of our objects
     j.erase("ads");
-    if (!cache_field) {
-        this->_redis->set(std::move(cache_key), j.dump(), expiry);
-    } else {
-        this->_redis->hset(cache_key, std::move(*cache_field), j.dump());
-        this->_redis->expire_nx(std::move(cache_key), expiry);
+    if (this->_redis) {
+        if (!cache_field) {
+            this->_redis->set(std::move(cache_key), j.dump(), expiry);
+        } else {
+            this->_redis->hset(cache_key, std::move(*cache_field), j.dump());
+            this->_redis->expire_nx(std::move(cache_key), expiry);
+        }
     }
     return j;
 }
diff --git a/pixivclient.h b/pixivclient.h
index b53719f..54d0b16 100644
--- a/pixivclient.h
+++ b/pixivclient.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
 
 #include "pixivmodels.h"
-#include "hiredis_wrapper.h"
+class Redis; // forward declared from hiredis_wrapper.h
 
 class PixivClient {
 public: