diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7b5d431..e001ace 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ test.db
 .mypy_cache/
 starlette.egg-info/
 venv/
+broadcaster_noteable.egg-info/
+build/
+dist/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 61709ac..58eff06 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Broadcaster
 
+**Forked from original [broadcaster](https://github.com/encode/broadcaster) to get patch fixes available for re-use**
+
 Broadcaster helps you develop realtime streaming functionality by providing
 a simple broadcast API onto a number of different backend services.
 
diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3b04959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Releasing
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+- Ensure release requirements are installed `pip install -r requirements-release.txt`
+
+## Push to GitHub
+
+Change from patch to minor or major for appropriate version updates in `broadcaster/__init__.py`, then push it to git.
+
+```bash
+<edit init>
+git tag <init_version>
+git push upstream && git push upstream --tags
+```
+
+## Push to PyPI
+
+```bash
+rm -rf dist/*
+rm -rf build/*
+python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+twine upload dist/*
+```
diff --git a/broadcaster/__init__.py b/broadcaster/__init__.py
index 49a4d37..81e8797 100644
--- a/broadcaster/__init__.py
+++ b/broadcaster/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from ._base import Broadcast, Event
 
-__version__ = "0.2.0"
+__version__ = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/broadcaster/_backends/memory.py b/broadcaster/_backends/memory.py
index 013c028..426a678 100644
--- a/broadcaster/_backends/memory.py
+++ b/broadcaster/_backends/memory.py
@@ -1,19 +1,26 @@
 import asyncio
+import logging
 import typing
 from .base import BroadcastBackend
 from .._base import Event
 
+logger = logging.getLogger("broadcaster.memory")
+
 
 class MemoryBackend(BroadcastBackend):
     def __init__(self, url: str):
         self._subscribed: typing.Set = set()
-        self._published: asyncio.Queue = asyncio.Queue()
+        self._published: typing.Optional[asyncio.Queue] = None
 
     async def connect(self) -> None:
-        pass
+        if self._published is not None:
+            logger.warning("already connected, cannot connect again!")
+            return
+
+        self._published = asyncio.Queue()
 
     async def disconnect(self) -> None:
-        pass
+        self._published = None
 
     async def subscribe(self, channel: str) -> None:
         self._subscribed.add(channel)
@@ -22,11 +29,19 @@ async def unsubscribe(self, channel: str) -> None:
         self._subscribed.remove(channel)
 
     async def publish(self, channel: str, message: typing.Any) -> None:
+        if self._published is None:
+            logger.warning("not connected, unable to publish message")
+            return
+
         event = Event(channel=channel, message=message)
         await self._published.put(event)
 
     async def next_published(self) -> Event:
         while True:
+            if self._published is None:
+                logger.warning("not connected, unable to retrieve next published message")
+                continue
+
             event = await self._published.get()
             if event.channel in self._subscribed:
                 return event
diff --git a/broadcaster/_backends/redis.py b/broadcaster/_backends/redis.py
index 096a033..2235fce 100644
--- a/broadcaster/_backends/redis.py
+++ b/broadcaster/_backends/redis.py
@@ -1,34 +1,99 @@
-import asyncio_redis
+import aioredis
+from aioredis.abc import AbcChannel
+from aioredis.pubsub import Receiver
+import asyncio
+import json
+import logging
 import typing
-from urllib.parse import urlparse
 from .base import BroadcastBackend
 from .._base import Event
 
+logger = logging.getLogger("broadcaster.redis")
+
 
 class RedisBackend(BroadcastBackend):
     def __init__(self, url: str):
-        parsed_url = urlparse(url)
-        self._host = parsed_url.hostname or "localhost"
-        self._port = parsed_url.port or 6379
+        self.conn_url = url
+
+        self._pub_conn: typing.Optional[aioredis.Redis] = None
+        self._sub_conn: typing.Optional[aioredis.Redis] = None
+
+        self._msg_queue: typing.Optional[asyncio.Queue] = None
+        self._reader_task: typing.Optional[asyncio.Task] = None
+        self._mpsc: typing.Optional[Receiver] = None
 
     async def connect(self) -> None:
-        self._pub_conn = await asyncio_redis.Connection.create(self._host, self._port)
-        self._sub_conn = await asyncio_redis.Connection.create(self._host, self._port)
-        self._subscriber = await self._sub_conn.start_subscribe()
+        if self._pub_conn or self._sub_conn or self._msg_queue:
+            logger.warning("connections are already setup but connect called again; not doing anything")
+            return
+
+        self._pub_conn = await aioredis.create_redis(self.conn_url)
+        self._sub_conn = await aioredis.create_redis(self.conn_url)
+        self._msg_queue = asyncio.Queue()  # must be created here, to get proper event loop
+        self._mpsc = Receiver()
+        self._reader_task = asyncio.create_task(self._reader())
 
     async def disconnect(self) -> None:
-        self._pub_conn.close()
-        self._sub_conn.close()
+        if self._pub_conn and self._sub_conn:
+            self._pub_conn.close()
+            self._sub_conn.close()
+        else:
+            logger.warning("connections are not setup, invalid call to disconnect")
+
+        self._pub_conn = None
+        self._sub_conn = None
+        self._msg_queue = None
+
+        if self._mpsc:
+            self._mpsc.stop()
+        else:
+            logger.warning("redis mpsc receiver is not set, cannot stop it")
+
+        if self._reader_task:
+            if self._reader_task.done():
+                self._reader_task.result()
+            else:
+                logger.debug("cancelling reader task")
+                self._reader_task.cancel()
+                self._reader_task = None
 
     async def subscribe(self, channel: str) -> None:
-        await self._subscriber.subscribe([channel])
+        if not self._sub_conn:
+            logger.error(f"not connected, cannot subscribe to channel {channel!r}")
+            return
+
+        await self._sub_conn.subscribe(self._mpsc.channel(channel))
 
     async def unsubscribe(self, channel: str) -> None:
-        await self._subscriber.unsubscribe([channel])
+        if not self._sub_conn:
+            logger.error(f"not connected, cannot unsubscribe from channel {channel!r}")
+            return
+
+        await self._sub_conn.unsubscribe(channel)
 
     async def publish(self, channel: str, message: typing.Any) -> None:
-        await self._pub_conn.publish(channel, message)
+        if not self._pub_conn:
+            logger.error(f"not connected, cannot publish to channel {channel!r}")
+            return
+
+        await self._pub_conn.publish_json(channel, message)
 
     async def next_published(self) -> Event:
-        message = await self._subscriber.next_published()
-        return Event(channel=message.channel, message=message.value)
+        if not self._msg_queue:
+            raise RuntimeError("unable to get next_published event, RedisBackend is not connected")
+
+        return await self._msg_queue.get()
+
+    async def _reader(self) -> None:
+        async for channel, msg in self._mpsc.iter(encoding="utf8", decoder=json.loads):
+            if not isinstance(channel, AbcChannel):
+                logger.error(f"invalid channel returned from Receiver().iter() - {channel!r}")
+                continue
+
+            channel_name = channel.name.decode("utf8")
+
+            if not self._msg_queue:
+                logger.error(f"unable to put new message from {channel_name} into queue, not connected")
+                continue
+
+            await self._msg_queue.put(Event(channel=channel_name, message=msg))
diff --git a/broadcaster/_base.py b/broadcaster/_base.py
index 44ec030..25ccc27 100644
--- a/broadcaster/_base.py
+++ b/broadcaster/_base.py
@@ -28,20 +28,24 @@ class Broadcast:
     def __init__(self, url: str):
         parsed_url = urlparse(url)
         self._subscribers = {}
-        if parsed_url.scheme == 'redis':
+        if parsed_url.scheme in ('redis', 'rediss'):
             from ._backends.redis import RedisBackend
+
             self._backend = RedisBackend(url)
 
         elif parsed_url.scheme in ('postgres', 'postgresql'):
             from ._backends.postgres import PostgresBackend
+
             self._backend = PostgresBackend(url)
 
         if parsed_url.scheme == 'kafka':
             from ._backends.kafka import KafkaBackend
+
             self._backend = KafkaBackend(url)
 
         elif parsed_url.scheme == 'memory':
             from ._backends.memory import MemoryBackend
+
             self._backend = MemoryBackend(url)
 
     async def __aenter__(self) -> 'Broadcast':
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 60073b4..9b2b7d9 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -36,3 +36,8 @@ services:
       - POSTGRES_USER=postgres
     ports:
       - 5432:5432
+  redis-pass:
+    image: "redis:alpine"
+    command: redis-server --requirepass 123
+    ports:
+      - 6377:6379
diff --git a/requirements-release.txt b/requirements-release.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f6cb7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements-release.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+pip>=21.0.1
+wheel>=0.36.2
+setuptools>=51.1.0
+twine>=3.3.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 75229e5..ad9db5f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -35,19 +35,18 @@ def get_packages(package):
 
 
 setup(
-    name="broadcaster",
+    name="broadcaster-noteable",
     python_requires=">=3.7",
     version=get_version("broadcaster"),
-    url="https://github.com/encode/broadcaster",
+    url="https://github.com/noteable-io/broadcaster",
     license="BSD",
     description="Simple broadcast channels.",
     long_description=get_long_description(),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",
-    author="Tom Christie",
-    author_email="tom@tomchristie.com",
+    author="Noteable (extending from Tom Christie)",
     packages=get_packages("broadcaster"),
     extras_require={
-        "redis": ["asyncio-redis"],
+        "redis": ["aioredis"],
         "postgres": ["asyncpg"],
         "kafka": ["aiokafka"]
     },
diff --git a/tests/test_broadcast.py b/tests/test_broadcast.py
index 7e0c8c0..6ce711c 100644
--- a/tests/test_broadcast.py
+++ b/tests/test_broadcast.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import asyncio
 import pytest
 from broadcaster import Broadcast
 
@@ -7,6 +6,7 @@
 async def test_memory():
     async with Broadcast('memory://') as broadcast:
         async with broadcast.subscribe('chatroom') as subscriber:
+            await broadcast.publish('foo', 'bar')
             await broadcast.publish('chatroom', 'hello')
             event = await subscriber.get()
             assert event.channel == 'chatroom'
@@ -16,6 +16,17 @@ async def test_memory():
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_redis():
     async with Broadcast('redis://localhost:6379') as broadcast:
+        async with broadcast.subscribe('chatroom') as subscriber:
+            await broadcast.publish('foo', 'bar')
+            await broadcast.publish('chatroom', 'hello')
+            event = await subscriber.get()
+            assert event.channel == 'chatroom'
+            assert event.message == 'hello'
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_redis_complex():
+    async with Broadcast('redis://:123@localhost:6377/4') as broadcast:
         async with broadcast.subscribe('chatroom') as subscriber:
             await broadcast.publish('chatroom', 'hello')
             event = await subscriber.get()