diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 99d9dadec..fa497104e 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # job_environment will setup the environment for any job being executed.
 job_environment: &job_environment
   NODE_ENV: test
+  WEBPACK_MAX_CORES: 2
+  NODE_OPTIONS: --max-old-space-size=4096
 
 # job_defaults applies all the defaults for each job.
 job_defaults: &job_defaults
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 428fbf930..28d959791 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -239,6 +239,9 @@ the variables in a `.env` file in the root of the project in a simple
   (Default `mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/coral`)
 - `REDIS_URI` - The Redis database URI to connect to.
   (Default `redis://127.0.0.1:6379`)
+- `REDIS_OPTIONS` - A JSON string with optional configuration options to be used
+  when connecting to Redis as specified in the [ioredis](https://github.com/luin/ioredis/blob/1dac50a63753c2afc969315cfe38faf0edc50bc5/API.md#new_Redis_new) documentation.
+  (Default: `{}`)
 - `SIGNING_SECRET` - The shared secret to use to sign JSON Web Tokens (JWT) with
   the selected signing algorithm. 🚨 **Don't forget to set this variable!** 🚨
   (Default: `keyboard cat`)
diff --git a/src/core/server/config.ts b/src/core/server/config.ts
index b4bbd7f66..94affb87e 100644
--- a/src/core/server/config.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/config.ts
@@ -126,6 +126,13 @@ const config = convict({
     arg: "redis",
     sensitive: true,
   },
+  redis_options: {
+    doc: "The Redis options to connect to Redis Server.",
+    format: Object,
+    default: {},
+    env: "REDIS_OPTIONS",
+    arg: "redisOptions",
+  },
   signing_secret: {
     doc:
       "The shared secret to use to sign JSON Web Tokens (JWT) with the selected signing algorithm.",
diff --git a/src/core/server/services/redis/index.ts b/src/core/server/services/redis/index.ts
index 0f0ab7fea..38c0f91af 100644
--- a/src/core/server/services/redis/index.ts
+++ b/src/core/server/services/redis/index.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@ export function createRedisClient(
   lazyConnect: boolean = false
 ): Redis {
   try {
+    const options = config.get("redis_options") || {};
+
     const redis = new RedisClient(config.get("redis"), {
+      // Merge in the custom options.
+      ...options,
+      // Enforce the lazyConnect option as provided by the function invocation.
       lazyConnect,
     });