diff --git a/packages/backend-core/src/redis/tests/redis.spec.ts b/packages/backend-core/src/redis/tests/redis.spec.ts
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+import { generator, structures } from "../../../tests"
+import RedisWrapper from "../redis"
+
+describe("redis", () => {
+  const redis = new RedisWrapper(structures.db.id())
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    await redis.init()
+  })
+
+  describe("store", () => {
+    it("a basic value can be persisted", async () => {
+      const key = structures.uuid()
+      const value = generator.word()
+
+      await redis.store(key, value)
+
+      expect(await redis.get(key)).toEqual(value)
+    })
+  })
+})