diff --git a/deployer/contrib/nodes/redis.py b/deployer/contrib/nodes/redis.py
index 189ceed..e673b86 100644
--- a/deployer/contrib/nodes/redis.py
+++ b/deployer/contrib/nodes/redis.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 timeout %(timeout)s
 
 # Logfile
-logfile %(logfile)s
+logfile %(log_file)s
 
 %(bind)s
 """
@@ -56,7 +56,10 @@ class Redis(SimpleNode):
     bind = None
 
     # Download URL
-    redis_download_url = 'http://redis.googlecode.com/files/redis-2.6.13.tar.gz'
+    version = '2.6.16'
+    tarball_name = Q('redis-%s.tar.gz') % Q.version
+    srcdir_name = Q('redis-%s') % Q.version
+    download_url = Q('http://download.redis.io/releases/%s') % Q.tarball_name
 
     # directory for the database file, or None for the home directory
     @property
@@ -71,13 +74,11 @@ def directory(self):
     def database_file(self):
         return 'redis-db-%s.rdb' % self.slug
 
-    @property
-    def config_file(self):
-        return '/etc/redis-%s.conf' % self.slug
+    config_dir = '/etc/redis'
+    config_file = Q('%s/%s.log') % (Q.config_dir, Q.slug)
 
-    @property
-    def logfile(self):
-        return '/var/log/redis-%s.log' % self.slug
+    log_dir = '/var/log/redis'
+    log_file = Q('%s/%s.log') % (Q.log_dir, Q.slug)
 
     class packages(AptGet):
         # Packages required for building redis
@@ -95,6 +96,14 @@ class upstart_service(UpstartService):
         user = Q.parent.username
         command = Q('/usr/local/bin/redis-server %s') % Q.parent.config_file
 
+        @property
+        def pre_start_script(self):
+            return """
+mkdir -p %(log_dir)s; chmod 777 %(log_dir)s;
+                """ % {
+                        'log_dir': self.parent.log_dir,
+                        }
+
 
     def setup(self):
         # Also make sure that redis was not yet installed
@@ -110,54 +119,29 @@ def setup(self):
         # If not yet installed
         if not self.host.has_command('redis-server'):
             # Download redis
-            self.host.run(wget(self.redis_download_url, 'redis.tgz'))
-            self.host.run('tar xvzf redis.tgz')
-
-            # Unset ARCH variable, otherwise redis doesn't compile.
-            # http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.slackware.slackbuilds.user/6686
-            with self.host.env('ARCH', ''):
-                # Make and install
-                with self.host.cd('redis-2.*'):
-                    if self.host.is_64_bit:
-                        self.host.run('make ARCH="-m64"')
-                    else:
-                        self.host.run('make 32bit')
-                    self.host.sudo('make install')
+            with self.host.cd('src'):
+                if not self.host.exists(self.tarball_name):
+                    self.host.run(wget(self.download_url))
+                if not self.host.exists(self.srcdir_name):
+                    self.host.run('tar xzf %s' % self.tarball_name)
+
+                with self.host.cd(self.srcdir_name):
+                    # Unset ARCH variable, otherwise redis doesn't compile.
+                    # http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.linux.slackware.slackbuilds.user/6686
+                    with self.host.env('ARCH', ''):
+                        # Make and install
+                        if self.host.is_64_bit:
+                            self.host.run('make ARCH="-m64"')
+                        else:
+                            self.host.run('make 32bit')
+                        self.host.sudo('make install')
+
+        self.host.sudo('mkdir -p %s' % self.log_dir)
+        self.host.sudo('chmod 777 %s' % self.log_dir)
+
+        self.host.sudo('mkdir -p %s' % self.config_dir)
 
         self.config.setup()
-        self.upstart_service.setup()
-        self.touch_logfile()
-
-    def tail_logfile(self):
-        self.host.sudo("tail -n 20 -f '%s'" % esc1(self.logfile))
-
-    @property
-    def is_already_installed(self):
-        """
-        Returns true when redis was already installed on all hosts
-        """
-        return self.host.exists(self.config_file) and self.upstart_service.is_already_installed()
-
-
-    def shell(self):
-        print 'Opening telnet connection to Redis... Press Ctrl-C to exit.'
-        print
-        self.host.run('redis-cli -h localhost -a "%s" -p %s' % (self.password or '', self.port))
-
-
-    def monitor(self):
-        """
-        Monitor all commands that are currently executed on this redis database.
-        """
-        self.host.run('echo "MONITOR" | redis-cli -h localhost -a "%s" -p %s' % (self.password or '', self.port))
-
-
-    def dbsize(self):
-        """
-        Return the number of keys in the selected database.
-        """
-
-
 
         # Install upstart config, and run
         self.upstart_service.setup()
@@ -181,7 +165,7 @@ def content(self):
                     'auto_save': 'save 60 1' if self.persistent else '',
                     'bind': ('bind %s' %  self.bind if self.bind else ''),
                     'timeout': str(int(self.timeout)),
-                    'logfile': self.logfile,
+                    'log_file': self.log_file,
                 }
 
         def setup(self):
@@ -190,11 +174,12 @@ def setup(self):
 
     def touch_logfile(self):
         # Touch and chown logfile.
-        self.host.sudo("touch '%s'" % esc1(self.logfile))
-        self.host.sudo("chown '%s' '%s'" % (esc1(self.username), esc1(self.logfile)))
+        # With log_file in log_dir, we chmod log_dir and this is not needed anymore
+        self.host.sudo("touch '%s'" % esc1(self.log_file))
+        self.host.sudo("chown '%s' '%s'" % (esc1(self.username), esc1(self.log_file)))
 
-    def tail_logfile(self):
-        self.host.sudo("tail -n 20 -f '%s'" % esc1(self.logfile))
+    def tail_log(self):
+        self.host.sudo("tail -n 20 -f '%s'" % esc1(self.log_file))
 
     @property
     def is_already_installed(self):