diff --git a/API/api_worker.py b/API/api_worker.py
index 458a0d79..95d55c6e 100644
--- a/API/api_worker.py
+++ b/API/api_worker.py
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ def process_raw_data(self, params):
         raise ex
 
 
-@celery.task(bind=True, name="process_hdx_request")
-def process_hdx_request(self, params):
+@celery.task(bind=True, name="process_custom_request")
+def process_custom_request(self, params):
     params = DynamicCategoriesModel(**params)
 
     if not params.dataset:
diff --git a/API/hdx.py b/API/hdx.py
index d5fdd486..b0bf2dd6 100644
--- a/API/hdx.py
+++ b/API/hdx.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 from src.config import RATE_LIMIT_PER_MIN
 from src.validation.models import DynamicCategoriesModel
 
-from .api_worker import process_hdx_request
+from .api_worker import process_custom_request
 from .auth import AuthUser, UserRole, staff_required
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/custom", tags=["Custom Exports"])
@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@ async def process_custom_requests(
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=400, detail=[{"msg": "Categories can't be empty"}]
         )
-    task = process_hdx_request.apply_async(
+    task = process_custom_request.apply_async(
         args=(params.model_dump(),), queue=queue_name, track_started=True
     )
     return JSONResponse({"task_id": task.id, "track_link": f"/tasks/status/{task.id}/"})
diff --git a/API/tasks.py b/API/tasks.py
index 27a538c3..ff1b4ab2 100644
--- a/API/tasks.py
+++ b/API/tasks.py
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/tasks", tags=["Tasks"])
 
 
-# Connect to the Redis server using the URL
-redis_client = redis.StrictRedis.from_url(CELERY_BROKER_URL)
-
-
 @router.get("/status/{task_id}/", response_model=SnapshotTaskResponse)
 @version(1)
 def get_task_status(
@@ -166,6 +162,7 @@ def discard_all_waiting_tasks(user: AuthUser = Depends(admin_required)):
 @version(1)
 def get_queue_info():
     queue_info = {}
+    redis_client = redis.StrictRedis.from_url(CELERY_BROKER_URL)
 
     for queue_name in queues:
         # Get queue length
@@ -183,6 +180,7 @@ def get_queue_info():
 async def get_list_details(queue_name: str):
     if queue_name not in queues:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail=f"Queue '{queue_name}' not found")
+    redis_client = redis.StrictRedis.from_url(CELERY_BROKER_URL)
 
     list_items = redis_client.lrange(queue_name, 0, -1)