diff --git a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RealTimeRedisManager.coffee b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RealTimeRedisManager.coffee
index 5644fe82a0..e949268f62 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RealTimeRedisManager.coffee
+++ b/services/document-updater/app/coffee/RealTimeRedisManager.coffee
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Settings = require('settings-sharelatex')
-rclient = require("redis-sharelatex").createClient(Settings.redis.pubsub)
+rclient = require("redis-sharelatex").createClient(Settings.redis.documentupdater)
+pubsubClient = require("redis-sharelatex").createClient(Settings.redis.pubsub)
 Keys = Settings.redis.documentupdater.key_schema
 logger = require('logger-sharelatex')
 os = require "os"
@@ -35,4 +36,4 @@ module.exports = RealTimeRedisManager =
 		# create a unique message id using a counter
 		message_id = "doc:#{HOST}:#{RND}-#{COUNT++}"
 		data?._id = message_id
-		rclient.publish "applied-ops", JSON.stringify(data)
+		pubsubClient.publish "applied-ops", JSON.stringify(data)
diff --git a/services/document-updater/test/unit/coffee/RealTimeRedisManager/RealTimeRedisManagerTests.coffee b/services/document-updater/test/unit/coffee/RealTimeRedisManager/RealTimeRedisManagerTests.coffee
index 2d23e948a2..1d97779bfa 100644
--- a/services/document-updater/test/unit/coffee/RealTimeRedisManager/RealTimeRedisManagerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/document-updater/test/unit/coffee/RealTimeRedisManager/RealTimeRedisManagerTests.coffee
@@ -11,13 +11,17 @@ describe "RealTimeRedisManager", ->
 			auth: () ->
 			exec: sinon.stub()
 		@rclient.multi = () => @rclient
+		@pubsubClient = 
+			publish: sinon.stub()
 		@RealTimeRedisManager = SandboxedModule.require modulePath, requires:
-			"redis-sharelatex": createClient: () => @rclient
+			"redis-sharelatex": createClient: (config) =>  if (config.name is 'pubsub') then @pubsubClient else @rclient
 			"settings-sharelatex":
 				redis:
 					documentupdater: @settings =
 						key_schema:
 							pendingUpdates: ({doc_id}) -> "PendingUpdates:#{doc_id}"
+					pubsub:
+						name: "pubsub"
 			"logger-sharelatex": { log: () -> }
 			"crypto": @crypto = { randomBytes: sinon.stub().withArgs(4).returns(Buffer.from([0x1, 0x2, 0x3, 0x4])) }
 			"os": @os = {hostname: sinon.stub().returns("somehost")}
@@ -81,8 +85,7 @@ describe "RealTimeRedisManager", ->
 	describe "sendData", ->
 		beforeEach ->
 			@message_id = "doc:somehost:01020304-0"
-			@rclient.publish = sinon.stub()
 			@RealTimeRedisManager.sendData({op: "thisop"})
 		
 		it "should send the op with a message id", ->
-			@rclient.publish.calledWith("applied-ops", JSON.stringify({op:"thisop",_id:@message_id})).should.equal true
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+			@pubsubClient.publish.calledWith("applied-ops", JSON.stringify({op:"thisop",_id:@message_id})).should.equal true
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