diff --git a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/redis/FaultTolerantRedisCluster.java b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/redis/FaultTolerantRedisCluster.java
index ec4621e4e..f9dd2659d 100644
--- a/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/redis/FaultTolerantRedisCluster.java
+++ b/service/src/main/java/org/whispersystems/textsecuregcm/redis/FaultTolerantRedisCluster.java
@@ -178,6 +178,6 @@ public class FaultTolerantRedisCluster {
     pubSubConnections.add(pubSubConnection);
 
     return new FaultTolerantPubSubConnection<>(name, pubSubConnection, circuitBreaker, retry, topologyChangedEventRetry,
-        Schedulers.newSingle(name + "-redisPubSubEvents"));
+        Schedulers.newSingle(name + "-redisPubSubEvents", true));
   }
 }