diff --git a/appview/ingester.go b/appview/ingester.go
index c8b54d81..62eb5cdc 100644
--- a/appview/ingester.go
+++ b/appview/ingester.go
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/api/tangled"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/config"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/db"
-	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/spindleverify"
+	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/rbac"
 )
 
diff --git a/appview/issues/issues.go b/appview/issues/issues.go
index b6d236d0..3e2d058b 100644
--- a/appview/issues/issues.go
+++ b/appview/issues/issues.go
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ import (
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/api/tangled"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/config"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/db"
-	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/notify"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/oauth"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/pages"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/pagination"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/reporesolver"
+	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/tid"
 )
 
diff --git a/appview/knots/knots.go b/appview/knots/knots.go
index 68125f4a..a014f7aa 100644
--- a/appview/knots/knots.go
+++ b/appview/knots/knots.go
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ import (
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/api/tangled"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/config"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/db"
-	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/middleware"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/oauth"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/pages"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/eventconsumer"
+	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/knotclient"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/rbac"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/tid"
diff --git a/appview/middleware/middleware.go b/appview/middleware/middleware.go
index c859caae..e427eb29 100644
--- a/appview/middleware/middleware.go
+++ b/appview/middleware/middleware.go
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bluesky-social/indigo/atproto/identity"
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/db"
-	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/oauth"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/pages"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/pagination"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/reporesolver"
+	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/rbac"
 )
 
diff --git a/appview/oauth/handler/handler.go b/appview/oauth/handler/handler.go
index f522890f..d9d23a7d 100644
--- a/appview/oauth/handler/handler.go
+++ b/appview/oauth/handler/handler.go
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ import (
 	sessioncache "tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/cache/session"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/config"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/db"
-	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/middleware"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/oauth"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/oauth/client"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/pages"
+	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/knotclient"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/rbac"
 )
diff --git a/appview/pipelines/pipelines.go b/appview/pipelines/pipelines.go
index e6508131..c15d5270 100644
--- a/appview/pipelines/pipelines.go
+++ b/appview/pipelines/pipelines.go
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ import (
 
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/config"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/db"
-	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/oauth"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/pages"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/reporesolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/eventconsumer"
+	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/log"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/rbac"
 	spindlemodel "tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/spindle/models"
diff --git a/appview/pulls/pulls.go b/appview/pulls/pulls.go
index ef34ab0a..824f7028 100644
--- a/appview/pulls/pulls.go
+++ b/appview/pulls/pulls.go
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ import (
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/api/tangled"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/config"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/db"
-	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/notify"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/oauth"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/pages"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/reporesolver"
+	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/knotclient"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/patchutil"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/tid"
diff --git a/appview/repo/repo.go b/appview/repo/repo.go
index a68c1d10..45b59f9c 100644
--- a/appview/repo/repo.go
+++ b/appview/repo/repo.go
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ import (
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/commitverify"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/config"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/db"
-	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/notify"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/oauth"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/pages"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/pages/markup"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/reporesolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/eventconsumer"
+	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/knotclient"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/patchutil"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/rbac"
diff --git a/appview/reporesolver/resolver.go b/appview/reporesolver/resolver.go
index 8efdced4..ad2fdd9a 100644
--- a/appview/reporesolver/resolver.go
+++ b/appview/reporesolver/resolver.go
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-chi/chi/v5"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/config"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/db"
-	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/oauth"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/pages"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/pages/repoinfo"
+	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/knotclient"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/rbac"
 )
diff --git a/appview/spindles/spindles.go b/appview/spindles/spindles.go
index bf7dfbdf..bb91dad8 100644
--- a/appview/spindles/spindles.go
+++ b/appview/spindles/spindles.go
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ import (
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/api/tangled"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/config"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/db"
-	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/middleware"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/oauth"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/pages"
 	verify "tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/spindleverify"
+	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/rbac"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/tid"
 
diff --git a/appview/state/state.go b/appview/state/state.go
index 85aae4f7..89455524 100644
--- a/appview/state/state.go
+++ b/appview/state/state.go
@@ -20,13 +20,13 @@ import (
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/cache/session"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/config"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/db"
-	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/notify"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/oauth"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/pages"
 	posthog_service "tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/posthog"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/reporesolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/eventconsumer"
+	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/jetstream"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/knotclient"
 	tlog "tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/log"
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func Make(ctx context.Context, config *config.Config) (*State, error) {
 
 	pgs := pages.NewPages(config)
 
-	res, err := idresolver.RedisResolver(config.Redis)
+	res, err := idresolver.RedisResolver(config.Redis.ToURL())
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("failed to create redis resolver: %v", err)
 		res = idresolver.DefaultResolver()
diff --git a/guard/guard.go b/guard/guard.go
index bbb7edb2..8bc21ff0 100644
--- a/guard/guard.go
+++ b/guard/guard.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bluesky-social/indigo/atproto/identity"
 	securejoin "github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin"
 	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
-	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/idresolver"
+	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/log"
 )
 
diff --git a/appview/idresolver/resolver.go b/idresolver/resolver.go
similarity index 94%
rename from appview/idresolver/resolver.go
rename to idresolver/resolver.go
index f85006d5..cf67df55 100644
--- a/appview/idresolver/resolver.go
+++ b/idresolver/resolver.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bluesky-social/indigo/atproto/identity/redisdir"
 	"github.com/bluesky-social/indigo/atproto/syntax"
 	"github.com/carlmjohnson/versioninfo"
-	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/config"
 )
 
 type Resolver struct {
@@ -56,8 +55,8 @@ func DefaultResolver() *Resolver {
 	}
 }
 
-func RedisResolver(config config.RedisConfig) (*Resolver, error) {
-	directory, err := RedisDirectory(config.ToURL())
+func RedisResolver(redisUrl string) (*Resolver, error) {
+	directory, err := RedisDirectory(redisUrl)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/knotserver/ingester.go b/knotserver/ingester.go
index 97ba2723..bc6011d8 100644
--- a/knotserver/ingester.go
+++ b/knotserver/ingester.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bluesky-social/jetstream/pkg/models"
 	securejoin "github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/api/tangled"
-	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/appview/idresolver"
+	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/idresolver"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/knotserver/db"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/knotserver/git"
 	"tangled.sh/tangled.sh/core/log"