diff --git a/akka-bbb-transcode/src/main/scala/org/bigbluebutton/Boot.scala b/akka-bbb-transcode/src/main/scala/org/bigbluebutton/Boot.scala
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index ca8f4ed7f6db..e4dc18f2f5c1
--- a/akka-bbb-transcode/src/main/scala/org/bigbluebutton/Boot.scala
+++ b/akka-bbb-transcode/src/main/scala/org/bigbluebutton/Boot.scala
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import org.bigbluebutton.common2.bus.IncomingJsonMessageBus
 import org.bigbluebutton.common2.redis.RedisPublisher
 import org.bigbluebutton.endpoint.redis.AppsRedisSubscriberActor
 import org.bigbluebutton.transcode.JsonMsgHdlrActor
-
+import org.bigbluebutton.common2.redis.RedisConfig
 import akka.actor.ActorSystem
 import org.bigbluebutton.common2.redis.MessageSender
 import org.bigbluebutton.transcode.core.TranscodingInGW
@@ -13,7 +13,15 @@ object Boot extends App with SystemConfiguration {
 
   implicit val system = ActorSystem("bigbluebutton-transcode-system")
 
-  val redisPublisher = new RedisPublisher(system, "BbbTranscodeAkkaPub")
+  val redisPass = if (redisPassword != "") Some(redisPassword) else None
+  val redisConfig = RedisConfig(redisHost, redisPort, redisPass, redisExpireKey)
+
+  val redisPublisher = new RedisPublisher(
+    system,
+    "BbbTranscodeAkkaPub",
+    redisConfig
+  )
+
   val msgSender = new MessageSender(redisPublisher)
 
   var inGW = new TranscodingInGW(system, msgSender)
@@ -22,5 +30,17 @@ object Boot extends App with SystemConfiguration {
   val redisMessageHandlerActor = system.actorOf(JsonMsgHdlrActor.props(inGW))
   inJsonMsgBus.subscribe(redisMessageHandlerActor, toAkkaTranscodeJsonChannel)
 
-  val redisSubscriberActor = system.actorOf(AppsRedisSubscriberActor.props(system, inJsonMsgBus), "redis-subscriber")
+  val channelsToSubscribe = Seq(toAkkaTranscodeRedisChannel)
+
+  val redisSubscriberActor = system.actorOf(
+    AppsRedisSubscriberActor.props(
+      system,
+      inJsonMsgBus,
+      redisConfig,
+      channelsToSubscribe,
+      Nil,
+      toAkkaTranscodeJsonChannel
+    ),
+    "redis-subscriber"
+  )
 }
diff --git a/akka-bbb-transcode/src/main/scala/org/bigbluebutton/SystemConfiguration.scala b/akka-bbb-transcode/src/main/scala/org/bigbluebutton/SystemConfiguration.scala
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index db2574f8d043..b7a4abda8b2f
--- a/akka-bbb-transcode/src/main/scala/org/bigbluebutton/SystemConfiguration.scala
+++ b/akka-bbb-transcode/src/main/scala/org/bigbluebutton/SystemConfiguration.scala
@@ -1,14 +1,26 @@
 package org.bigbluebutton
 
 import scala.util.Try
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 
-import org.bigbluebutton.common2.redis.RedisConfiguration
+trait SystemConfiguration {
+  val config = ConfigFactory.load()
+
+  // Redis server configuration
+  lazy val redisHost = Try(config.getString("redis.host")).getOrElse("127.0.0.1")
+  lazy val redisPort = Try(config.getInt("redis.port")).getOrElse(6379)
+  lazy val redisPassword = Try(config.getString("redis.password")).getOrElse("")
+  lazy val redisExpireKey = Try(config.getInt("redis.keyExpiry")).getOrElse(1209600)
 
-trait SystemConfiguration extends RedisConfiguration {
   lazy val _ffmpegPath = Try(config.getString("transcoder.ffmpeg-path")).getOrElse("/usr/local/bin/ffmpeg")
   lazy val _ffprobePath = Try(config.getString("transcoder.ffprobe-path")).getOrElse("/usr/local/bin/ffprobe")
 
   lazy val _videoconfLogoImagePath = Try(config.getString("videoconference.videoconf-logo-image-path")).getOrElse("")
   lazy val _enableUserVideoSubtitle = Try(config.getString("videoconference.enable-user-video-subtitle").toBoolean).getOrElse(false)
   lazy val _sipVideoResolution = Try(config.getString("videoconference.sip-video-resolution")).getOrElse("")
+
+  lazy val toAkkaTranscodeRedisChannel = Try(config.getString("redis.toAkkaTranscodeRedisChannel")).getOrElse("bigbluebutton:to-bbb-transcode:system")
+  lazy val fromAkkaTranscodeRedisChannel = Try(config.getString("redis.fromAkkaTranscodeRedisChannel")).getOrElse("bigbluebutton:from-bbb-transcode:system")
+  lazy val toAkkaTranscodeJsonChannel = Try(config.getString("eventBus.toAkkaTranscodeJsonChannel")).getOrElse("to-akka-transcode-json-channel")
+  lazy val fromAkkaTranscodeJsonChannel = Try(config.getString("eventBus.fromAkkaTranscodeJsonChannel")).getOrElse("from-akka-transcode-json-channel")
 }
diff --git a/akka-bbb-transcode/src/main/scala/org/bigbluebutton/endpoint/redis/AppsRedisSubscriberActor.scala b/akka-bbb-transcode/src/main/scala/org/bigbluebutton/endpoint/redis/AppsRedisSubscriberActor.scala
index 805501b31f3d..1429ec282f17 100755
--- a/akka-bbb-transcode/src/main/scala/org/bigbluebutton/endpoint/redis/AppsRedisSubscriberActor.scala
+++ b/akka-bbb-transcode/src/main/scala/org/bigbluebutton/endpoint/redis/AppsRedisSubscriberActor.scala
@@ -1,48 +1,63 @@
-package org.bigbluebutton.endpoint.redis
-
-import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
-import scala.concurrent.duration.DurationInt
-
-import org.bigbluebutton.SystemConfiguration
-import org.bigbluebutton.common2.bus.IncomingJsonMessageBus
-import org.bigbluebutton.common2.redis.{ RedisSubscriber, RedisSubscriberProvider }
-
-import akka.actor.ActorSystem
-import akka.actor.Props
-
-object AppsRedisSubscriberActor extends RedisSubscriber {
-
-  val channels = Seq(toAkkaTranscodeRedisChannel)
-  val patterns = Seq("bigbluebutton:to-bbb-transcode:*")
-
-  def props(system: ActorSystem, jsonMsgBus: IncomingJsonMessageBus): Props =
-    Props(
-      classOf[AppsRedisSubscriberActor],
-      system, jsonMsgBus,
-      redisHost, redisPort,
-      channels, patterns
-    ).withDispatcher("akka.redis-subscriber-worker-dispatcher")
-}
-
-class AppsRedisSubscriberActor(
-    system: ActorSystem,
-    msgBus: IncomingJsonMessageBus, redisHost: String,
-    redisPort: Int,
-    channels:  Seq[String] = Nil, patterns: Seq[String] = Nil
-)
-  extends RedisSubscriberProvider(system, "BbbTranscodeAkkaSub", channels, patterns, msgBus) with SystemConfiguration {
-
-  var lastPongReceivedOn = 0L
-  system.scheduler.schedule(10 seconds, 10 seconds)(checkPongMessage())
-
-  def checkPongMessage() {
-    val now = System.currentTimeMillis()
-
-    if (lastPongReceivedOn != 0 && (now - lastPongReceivedOn > 30000)) {
-      log.error("BBB-Transcode pubsub error!");
-    }
-  }
-
-  addListener(toAkkaTranscodeJsonChannel)
-  subscribe()
-}
+package org.bigbluebutton.endpoint.redis
+
+import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
+import scala.concurrent.duration.DurationInt
+import org.bigbluebutton.common2.redis.RedisConfig
+import org.bigbluebutton.common2.bus.IncomingJsonMessageBus
+import org.bigbluebutton.common2.redis.{ RedisSubscriber, RedisSubscriberProvider }
+
+import akka.actor.ActorSystem
+import akka.actor.Props
+
+object AppsRedisSubscriberActor {
+
+  def props(
+      system:              ActorSystem,
+      jsonMsgBus:          IncomingJsonMessageBus,
+      redisConfig:         RedisConfig,
+      channelsToSubscribe: Seq[String],
+      patternsToSubscribe: Seq[String],
+      forwardMsgToChannel: String
+  ): Props =
+    Props(
+      classOf[AppsRedisSubscriberActor],
+      system,
+      jsonMsgBus,
+      redisConfig,
+      channelsToSubscribe,
+      patternsToSubscribe,
+      forwardMsgToChannel
+    ).withDispatcher("akka.redis-subscriber-worker-dispatcher")
+}
+
+class AppsRedisSubscriberActor(
+    system:              ActorSystem,
+    jsonMsgBus:          IncomingJsonMessageBus,
+    redisConfig:         RedisConfig,
+    channelsToSubscribe: Seq[String],
+    patternsToSubscribe: Seq[String],
+    forwardMsgToChannel: String
+)
+  extends RedisSubscriberProvider(
+    system,
+    "BbbTranscodeAkkaSub",
+    channelsToSubscribe,
+    patternsToSubscribe,
+    jsonMsgBus,
+    redisConfig
+  ) {
+
+  var lastPongReceivedOn = 0L
+  system.scheduler.schedule(10 seconds, 10 seconds)(checkPongMessage())
+
+  def checkPongMessage() {
+    val now = System.currentTimeMillis()
+
+    if (lastPongReceivedOn != 0 && (now - lastPongReceivedOn > 30000)) {
+      log.error("BBB-Transcode pubsub error!");
+    }
+  }
+
+  addListener(forwardMsgToChannel)
+  subscribe()
+}
diff --git a/akka-bbb-transcode/src/universal/conf/application.conf b/akka-bbb-transcode/src/universal/conf/application.conf
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index f7d6a7b185dc..79af4fd2796a
--- a/akka-bbb-transcode/src/universal/conf/application.conf
+++ b/akka-bbb-transcode/src/universal/conf/application.conf
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ redis {
     host="127.0.0.1"
     port=6379
     password=""
+    # recording keys should expire in 14 days
+    keyExpiry=1209600
 }
 
 videoconference {