diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/cli.rb b/lib/sidekiq/cli.rb
index 127fbe54..df5c90d7 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/cli.rb
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ module Sidekiq
     FOREVER = 2_000_000_000
 
     def run
-      ::Sidekiq::Client.redis = Sidekiq::RedisConnection.create(@options[:server], @options[:namespace])
-      manager_redis = Sidekiq::RedisConnection.create(@options[:server], @options[:namespace], false)
+      Sidekiq::Client.redis = RedisConnection.create(:url => @options[:server], :namespace => @options[:namespace], :use_pool => true)
+      manager_redis = RedisConnection.create(:url => @options[:server], :namespace => @options[:namespace])
       manager = Sidekiq::Manager.new(manager_redis, @options)
       begin
         log 'Starting processing, hit Ctrl-C to stop'
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/client.rb b/lib/sidekiq/client.rb
index ddb9bbe4..819afc75 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/client.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/client.rb
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ module Sidekiq
       @redis = redis
     end
 
-    def self.ignore_duplicate_jobs=(value)
-      @ignore_duplicate_jobs = value
-      if @ignore_duplicate_jobs
+    def self.ignore_duplicate_jobs=(ignore)
+      if ignore
         middleware.register do
           use Middleware::Client::UniqueJobs, Client.redis
         end
diff --git a/lib/sidekiq/redis_connection.rb b/lib/sidekiq/redis_connection.rb
index 587b2eb8..9950e836 100644
--- a/lib/sidekiq/redis_connection.rb
+++ b/lib/sidekiq/redis_connection.rb
@@ -3,37 +3,21 @@ require 'redis/namespace'
 
 module Sidekiq
   class RedisConnection
-    def self.create(url = nil, namespace = nil, pool = true)
-      @namespace = namespace ? namespace : nil
-      @url = url ? url : nil
-
-      if pool
-        ConnectionPool.new { connect }
-      else
-        connect
-      end
+    def self.create(options={})
+      url = options[:url] || ENV['REDISTOGO_URL'] || 'redis://localhost:6379/0'
+      client = build_client(url, options[:namespace])
+      return ConnectionPool.new { client } if options[:use_pool]
+      client
     end
 
-    def self.connect
+    def self.build_client(url, namespace)
+      client = Redis.connect(:url => url)
       if namespace
-        Redis::Namespace.new(namespace, :redis => redis_connection)
+        Redis::Namespace.new(namespace, :redis => client)
       else
-        redis_connection
+        client
       end
     end
-
-    def self.namespace
-      @namespace
-    end
-
-    def self.url
-      @url || ENV['REDISTOGO_URL'] || 'redis://localhost:6379/0'
-    end
-
-    private
-    
-    def self.redis_connection
-      Redis.connect(:url => url)
-    end
+    private_class_method :build_client
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/test_manager.rb b/test/test_manager.rb
index fea2e325..1e44c6d7 100644
--- a/test/test_manager.rb
+++ b/test/test_manager.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require 'connection_pool'
 class TestManager < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
   describe 'with redis' do
     before do
-      Sidekiq::Client.redis = @redis = Sidekiq::RedisConnection.create('redis://localhost/sidekiq_test', nil, false)
+      Sidekiq::Client.redis = @redis = Sidekiq::RedisConnection.create(:url => 'redis://localhost/sidekiq_test')
       @redis.flushdb
       $processed = 0
     end
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class TestManager < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
       Sidekiq::Client.push(:foo, 'class' => IntegrationWorker, 'args' => [1, 2])
 
       q = TimedQueue.new
-      redis = Sidekiq::RedisConnection.create('redis://localhost/sidekiq_test', nil, false)
+      redis = Sidekiq::RedisConnection.create(:url => 'redis://localhost/sidekiq_test')
       mgr = Sidekiq::Manager.new(redis, :queues => [:foo])
       mgr.when_done do |_|
         q << 'done' if $processed == 2