diff --git a/platypush/__init__.py b/platypush/__init__.py
index 6c40b71ed2..ad7d303cea 100644
--- a/platypush/__init__.py
+++ b/platypush/__init__.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import traceback
 
 from threading import Thread
 
+from .bus import Bus
 from .bus.redis import RedisBus
 from .config import Config
 from .context import register_backends
@@ -120,7 +121,12 @@ class Daemon:
 
     def start(self):
         """ Start the daemon """
-        self.bus = RedisBus(on_message=self.on_message())
+        redis_conf = Config.get('backend.redis')
+        if redis_conf:
+            self.bus = RedisBus(on_message=self.on_message(),
+                                **redis_conf.get('redis_args', {}))
+        else:
+            self.bus = Bus(on_message=self.on_message())
 
         # Initialize the backends and link them to the bus
         self.backends = register_backends(bus=self.bus, global_scope=True)