diff --git a/static/redis-server-ubuntu16.sh b/static/redis-server-ubuntu16.sh
index 7d13a5a3..d317d9d5 100644
--- a/static/redis-server-ubuntu16.sh
+++ b/static/redis-server-ubuntu16.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ SCRIPTS=/var/scripts
 NCPATH=/var/www/nextcloud
 REDIS_CONF=/etc/redis/redis.conf
 REDIS_SOCK=/var/run/redis/redis.sock
+REDIS_PASS=$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc "a-zA-Z0-9@#*=" | fold -w $SHUF | head -n 1)
 
 # Must be root
 [[ `id -u` -eq 0 ]] || { echo "Must be root to run script, in Ubuntu type: sudo -i"; exit 1; }
@@ -103,10 +104,13 @@ cat <<ADD_TO_CONFIG>> $NCPATH/config/config.php
     'port' => 0,
     'timeout' => 0,
     'dbindex' => 0,
+    'password' => '$REDIS_PASS',
   ),
 );
 ADD_TO_CONFIG
 
+
+
 # Redis performance tweaks
 if grep -Fxq "vm.overcommit_memory = 1" /etc/sysctl.conf
 then
@@ -117,6 +121,7 @@ fi
 sed -i "s|# unixsocket /var/run/redis/redis.sock|unixsocket $REDIS_SOCK|g" $REDIS_CONF
 sed -i "s|# unixsocketperm 700|unixsocketperm 777|g" $REDIS_CONF
 sed -i "s|port 6379|port 0|g" $REDIS_CONF
+sed -i "s|# requirepass|requirepass $REDIS_PASS|g" $REDIS_CONF
 redis-cli SHUTDOWN
 
 # Cleanup