diff --git a/Core.Blueprint.Redis/RedisCacheProvider.cs b/Core.Blueprint.Redis/RedisCacheProvider.cs
index 525e310..47a275d 100644
--- a/Core.Blueprint.Redis/RedisCacheProvider.cs
+++ b/Core.Blueprint.Redis/RedisCacheProvider.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using Azure.Identity;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
 using StackExchange.Redis;
+using System;
 using System.Text.Json;
 
 namespace Core.Blueprint.Redis
@@ -29,20 +30,32 @@ namespace Core.Blueprint.Redis
         }
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Initializes and establishes a connection to Redis using the provided connection string.
+        /// Initializes and establishes a connection to Redis based on the environment.
+        /// Uses a local connection in development, and Azure with token credentials in other environments.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="connectionString">The Redis connection string.</param>
         /// <returns>An <see cref="IDatabase"/> instance representing the Redis cache database.</returns>
-        /// <exception cref="Exception">Thrown when the connection to Redis fails.</exce
+        /// <exception cref="Exception">Thrown when the connection to Redis fails.</exception>
         async Task<IDatabase> InitializeRedisAsync(string connectionString)
         {
             try
             {
-                var configurationOptions = await ConfigurationOptions.Parse($"{connectionString}")
-                    .ConfigureForAzureWithTokenCredentialAsync(new DefaultAzureCredential());
+                var environment = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT") ?? string.Empty;
+                ConnectionMultiplexer connectionMultiplexer;
 
-                configurationOptions.AbortOnConnectFail = false;
-                var connectionMultiplexer = await ConnectionMultiplexer.ConnectAsync(configurationOptions);
+                if (environment.Equals("Local", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    connectionMultiplexer = await ConnectionMultiplexer.ConnectAsync(connectionString);
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    var configurationOptions = await ConfigurationOptions.Parse(connectionString)
+                        .ConfigureForAzureWithTokenCredentialAsync(new DefaultAzureCredential());
+
+                    configurationOptions.AbortOnConnectFail = false;
+
+                    connectionMultiplexer = await ConnectionMultiplexer.ConnectAsync(configurationOptions);
+                }
 
                 _logger.LogInformation("Successfully connected to Redis.");