diff --git a/services/rspamd/start.py b/services/rspamd/start.py
index 3febed2b..c98f90f8 100755
--- a/services/rspamd/start.py
+++ b/services/rspamd/start.py
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ log.basicConfig(stream=sys.stderr, level=os.environ.get("LOG_LEVEL", "WARNING"))
 
 # Actual startup script
 os.environ["FRONT_ADDRESS"] = resolve(os.environ.get("FRONT_ADDRESS", "front"))
-
-if "HOST_REDIS" not in os.environ: os.environ["HOST_REDIS"] = "redis"
+os.environ["HOST_REDIS"] = resolve(os.environ.get("HOST_REDIS", "redis"))
 
 for rspamd_file in glob.glob("/conf/*"):
     convert(rspamd_file, os.path.join("/etc/rspamd/local.d", os.path.basename(rspamd_file)))