diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 4e5ad0d..578739b 100644
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
-from flask import Flask, request
+from flask import Flask
 from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
-from sqlalchemy import MetaData, event
-from sqlalchemy.engine import Engine
+from sqlalchemy import MetaData
 from flask_migrate import Migrate
 import version
 from libforget.cachebust import cachebust
-from flask_limiter import Limiter
-from libforget.auth import get_viewer
-import os
 import mimetypes
 import libforget.brotli
 import libforget.img_proxy
@@ -39,12 +35,7 @@ metadata = MetaData(naming_convention={
 db = SQLAlchemy(app, metadata=metadata)
 migrate = Migrate(app, db)
 
-if not 'RATELIMIT_STORAGE_URL' in app.config:
-    uri = app.config['REDIS_URI']
-    assert not uri.startswith('unix://'), "flask-limiter does not support redis over a unix socket"
-    app.config['RATELIMIT_STORAGE_URL'] = uri
-
-if not 'CELERY_BROKER' in app.config:
+if 'CELERY_BROKER' not in app.config:
     uri = app.config['REDIS_URI']
     if uri.startswith('unix://'):
         uri = url.replace('unix', 'redis+socket', 1)
@@ -66,20 +57,6 @@ def inject_static():
     return {'st': static}
 
 
-def rate_limit_key():
-    viewer = get_viewer()
-    if viewer:
-        return viewer.id
-    for address in request.access_route:
-        if address != '127.0.0.1':
-            print(address)
-            return address
-    return request.remote_addr
-
-
-limiter = Limiter(app, key_func=rate_limit_key)
-
-
 @app.after_request
 def install_security_headers(resp):
     csp = ("default-src 'none';"
diff --git a/libforget/brotli.py b/libforget/brotli.py
index 631181f..f1068ab 100644
--- a/libforget/brotli.py
+++ b/libforget/brotli.py
@@ -12,14 +12,15 @@ class BrotliCache(object):
         self.redis = redis.StrictRedis.from_url(redis_uri)
         self.timeout = timeout
         self.expire = expire
-        self.redis.client_setname('brotlicache')
 
     def compress_and_cache(self, cache_key, lock_key, body, mode=brotli_.MODE_GENERIC):
+        self.redis.client_setname('brotlicache')
         encbody = brotli_.compress(body, mode=mode)
         self.redis.set(cache_key, encbody, px=int(self.expire*1000))
         self.redis.delete(lock_key)
 
     def wrap_response(self, response):
+        self.redis.client_setname('brotlicache')
         if 'br' not in request.accept_encodings or response.is_streamed:
             return response
 
diff --git a/libforget/img_proxy.py b/libforget/img_proxy.py
index 031dc5a..5245ed9 100644
--- a/libforget/img_proxy.py
+++ b/libforget/img_proxy.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ class ImgProxyCache(object):
         self.timeout = timeout
         self.expire = expire
         self.prefix = prefix
-        self.redis.client_setname('img_proxy')
         self.hash = hmac_hash
         self.hmac_key = None
 
@@ -25,6 +24,7 @@ class ImgProxyCache(object):
                 prefix=self.prefix, args=":".join(args))
 
     def token(self):
+        self.redis.client_setname('img_proxy')
         if not self.hmac_key:
             t = self.redis.get(self.key('hmac_key'))
             if not t:
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class ImgProxyCache(object):
         return url
 
     def fetch_and_cache(self, url):
+        self.redis.client_setname('img_proxy')
         resp = requests.get(url)
         if(resp.status_code != 200):
             return
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ class ImgProxyCache(object):
                        resp.content, px=expire*1000)
 
     def respond(self, identifier):
+        self.redis.client_setname('img_proxy')
         url = self.url_for(identifier)
         if not url:
             return abort(403)