diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yaml b/docker/docker-compose.yaml
index 69e3559da..77aca0129 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ services:
       - "5433:5432"
     networks:
       - sapl-net
+
   saplsolr:
     image: solr:8.11
     restart: always
@@ -32,6 +33,34 @@ services:
       - "8983:8983"
     networks:
       - sapl-net
+
+  saplredis:
+    image: redis:7-alpine
+    restart: always
+    container_name: redis
+    labels:
+      NAME: "redis"
+    command: >
+      redis-server
+      --save ""
+      --appendonly no
+      --maxmemory 512mb
+      --maxmemory-policy allkeys-lru
+      --maxmemory-samples 10
+      --maxclients 1000
+      --timeout 300
+      --tcp-keepalive 60
+      --hz 20
+      --lazyfree-lazy-eviction yes
+      --lazyfree-lazy-expire yes
+      --lazyfree-lazy-server-del yes
+      --databases 4
+      --protected-mode no
+    ports:
+      - "6379:6379"
+    networks:
+      - sapl-net
+
   sapl:
     image: sapl:local
 #    build:
@@ -57,20 +86,25 @@ services:
       IS_ZK_EMBEDDED: 'True'
       ENABLE_SAPN: 'False'
       TZ: America/Sao_Paulo
+      REDIS_URL: redis://saplredis:6379
+      CACHE_BACKEND: redis
     volumes:
       - sapl_data:/var/interlegis/sapl/data
       - sapl_media:/var/interlegis/sapl/media
     depends_on:
       - sapldb
       - saplsolr
+      - saplredis
     ports:
       - "80:80"
     networks:
       - sapl-net
+
 networks:
   sapl-net:
     name: sapl-net
     driver: bridge
+
 volumes:
   sapldb_data:
   sapl_data:
diff --git a/sapl/middleware/ratelimit.py b/sapl/middleware/ratelimit.py
index 103983d33..0ab70b7d5 100644
--- a/sapl/middleware/ratelimit.py
+++ b/sapl/middleware/ratelimit.py
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@ Decision flow (per request):
 All decisions are no-ops when RATELIMIT_DRY_RUN=True (logged only).
 Degrades gracefully to non-atomic counting when Redis is unavailable.
 
-Tenant namespace (_NAMESPACE) is resolved once at module load from:
-  1. POD_NAMESPACE env var  (K8s Downward API — preferred)
-  2. K8s service-account namespace file (always present in-cluster)
-  3. 'global' (local development fallback)
-Since each pod serves exactly one tenant, this is a startup constant —
+_NAMESPACE is settings.POD_NAMESPACE, resolved once at startup:
+  - K8s: start.sh reads the k8s namespace from the Downward API env var
+    or the service-account namespace file, writes it to .env as POD_NAMESPACE.
+  - Bare-metal / VM / docker-compose: defaults to the machine hostname
+    (socket.gethostbyname_ex result computed in settings.py).
+Since a deployment serves exactly one tenant, this is a startup constant —
 no per-request lookup is needed or correct.
 """
 
@@ -46,11 +47,11 @@ _NAMESPACE = settings.POD_NAMESPACE
 # Redis key templates — module-level constants, never inline strings
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-RL_IP_REQUESTS   = 'rl:ip:{ip}:reqs'
-RL_IP_BLOCKED    = 'rl:ip:{ip}:blocked'
+RL_IP_REQUESTS = 'rl:ip:{ip}:reqs'
+RL_IP_BLOCKED = 'rl:ip:{ip}:blocked'
 RL_USER_REQUESTS = 'rl:{ns}:user:{uid}:reqs'
-RL_USER_BLOCKED  = 'rl:{ns}:user:{uid}:blocked'
-RL_NS_WINDOW     = 'rl:{ns}:ip:{ip}:w:{bucket}'
+RL_USER_BLOCKED = 'rl:{ns}:user:{uid}:blocked'
+RL_NS_WINDOW = 'rl:{ns}:ip:{ip}:w:{bucket}'
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Bot UA fragments
@@ -95,9 +96,9 @@ def get_client_ip(request):
         ip = x_forwarded_for.split(',')[0].strip()
     else:
         ip = (
-            request.META.get('HTTP_X_REAL_IP')
-            or request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR')
-            or '0.0.0.0'
+                request.META.get('HTTP_X_REAL_IP')
+                or request.META.get('REMOTE_ADDR')
+                or '0.0.0.0'
         )
     return ip_mask(ip)