diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index a4ebfedf..4214c4b1 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ setGlobalDispatcher(
 require('dotenv').config();
 
 const envClients = [];
-const clients = process.env.REDIS_CLIENT.trim()
+const clients = process.env.REDIS_CLIENT?.trim()
 	.replace(/^\[|\]$/g, '')
 	.split(/\s*,\s*/);
 
-clients.forEach((client) => envClients.push(RedisClientPrefix[client]));
+clients?.forEach((client) => envClients.push(RedisClientPrefix[client]));
 
 const REDIS_CLIENTS = envClients.length ? envClients : [RedisClientPrefix.DLOB, RedisClientPrefix.DLOB_HELIUS];
 console.log('Redis Clients:', REDIS_CLIENTS);
diff --git a/src/serverLite.ts b/src/serverLite.ts
index 9ab8e30b..d2e4024b 100644
--- a/src/serverLite.ts
+++ b/src/serverLite.ts
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ require('dotenv').config();
 
 // Reading in Redis env vars
 const envClients = [];
-const clients = process.env.REDIS_CLIENT.trim()
+const clients = process.env.REDIS_CLIENT?.trim()
 	.replace(/^\[|\]$/g, '')
 	.split(/\s*,\s*/);
 
-clients.forEach((client) => envClients.push(RedisClientPrefix[client]));
+clients?.forEach((client) => envClients.push(RedisClientPrefix[client]));
 
 const REDIS_CLIENTS = envClients.length ? envClients : [RedisClientPrefix.DLOB, RedisClientPrefix.DLOB_HELIUS];
 console.log('Redis Clients:', REDIS_CLIENTS);