diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 32190f5..42a6f0f 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ NETWORK=webservices
 NC_CONTAINER_NAME=
 NC_RESTART=
 MYSQL_HOST=
+REDIS_HOST=
 
 # db
 MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=
@@ -17,3 +18,9 @@ DB_IMG=
 DB_TAG=
 DB_CONTAINER_NAME=
 DB_RESTART=
+
+# redis (optional)
+RD_IMG=
+RD_TAG=
+RD_CONTAINER_NAME=
+RD_RESTART=
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index b36030c..4a8e0d4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ services:
       - nextcloud.env
       - nc_db.env
     environment:
-      MYSQL_HOST: ${MYSQL_HOST:-nextcloud-db}
+      MYSQL_HOST: ${MYSQL_HOST:-db}
+      REDIS_HOST: ${REDIS_HOST:-redis}
 
   db:
     image: ${DB_IMG:-mariadb}:${DB_TAG:-latest}
@@ -35,6 +36,13 @@ services:
     environment:
       MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: ${MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD}
 
+  redis:
+    image: ${RD_IMG:-redis}:${RD_TAG:-alpine}
+    container_name: ${RD_CONTAINER_NAME:-nextcloud-redis}
+    restart: ${RD_RESTART:-unless-stopped}
+    networks:
+      - nextcloud
+
 networks:
   default:
     external:
diff --git a/nextcloud.env.example b/nextcloud.env.example
index 31de005..3e3d12c 100644
--- a/nextcloud.env.example
+++ b/nextcloud.env.example
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_USER=
 NEXTCLOUD_ADMIN_PASSWORD=
 NEXTCLOUD_DATA_DIR=/var/www/html/data
-NEXTCLOUD_TABLE_PREFIX=
+NEXTCLOUD_TABLE_PREFIX=nc_
 
 # Reverse-proxy and certbot
 VIRTUAL_HOST=subdomain.domain.tld