diff --git a/thrones.admin/pom.xml b/thrones.admin/pom.xml
index 31726fc5b60374d0b1b0b26cc926d0e2d170bf4f..11cc9aec9437ab023abc34711d3b68ef7b079226 100644
--- a/thrones.admin/pom.xml
+++ b/thrones.admin/pom.xml
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@
             <version>${spring-framework.version}</version>
             <exclusions>
                 <exclusion>
-                    <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>spring-jcl</artifactId>
                 </exclusion>
             </exclusions>
         </dependency>
diff --git a/thrones.admin/src/main/java/com/apobates/forum/thrones/admin/ThronesAdminAppConfig.java b/thrones.admin/src/main/java/com/apobates/forum/thrones/admin/ThronesAdminAppConfig.java
index 72c1bfd0cb0c7c07351adf8fe81f250ef9db40d1..4b46fcee0648059a630422982394968171b01247 100644
--- a/thrones.admin/src/main/java/com/apobates/forum/thrones/admin/ThronesAdminAppConfig.java
+++ b/thrones.admin/src/main/java/com/apobates/forum/thrones/admin/ThronesAdminAppConfig.java
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ import org.springframework.data.redis.connection.RedisStandaloneConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.connection.jedis.JedisClientConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.connection.jedis.JedisConnectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.core.RedisTemplate;
+import org.springframework.data.redis.serializer.GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializer;
+import org.springframework.data.redis.serializer.StringRedisSerializer;
 import org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager;
 import org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaVendorAdapter;
 import org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean;
@@ -156,6 +158,10 @@ public class ThronesAdminAppConfig {
     public RedisTemplate<String, Object> redisTemplate(RedisConnectionFactory cf) {
         RedisTemplate<String, Object> redisTemplate = new RedisTemplate<>();
         redisTemplate.setConnectionFactory(cf);
+        redisTemplate.setKeySerializer(new StringRedisSerializer());
+        redisTemplate.setValueSerializer(new GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializer());
+        redisTemplate.setHashKeySerializer(new StringRedisSerializer());
+        redisTemplate.setHashValueSerializer(new GenericJackson2JsonRedisSerializer());
         return redisTemplate;
     }
     @Bean