diff --git a/cmd/server/main.go b/cmd/server/main.go
index 06b1c862d..01f9185c7 100644
--- a/cmd/server/main.go
+++ b/cmd/server/main.go
@@ -51,10 +51,9 @@ func main() {
 	// (debugging: show services that are enabled or not)
 	if appConfig.Debug {
 		services.Logger.Debug().Msgf(
-			"datastore: %s | cachestore: %s | taskmanager: %s [%s] | new_relic: %t | paymail: %t | graphql: %t",
+			"datastore: %s | cachestore: %s | taskmanager: %s | new_relic: %t | paymail: %t | graphql: %t",
 			appConfig.Db.Datastore.Engine.String(),
 			appConfig.Cache.Engine.String(),
-			config.TaskManagerEngine,
 			appConfig.TaskManager.Factory.String(),
 			appConfig.NewRelic.Enabled,
 			appConfig.Paymail.Enabled,
diff --git a/config/services.go b/config/services.go
index cc1688a85..441ad0887 100644
--- a/config/services.go
+++ b/config/services.go
@@ -394,23 +394,13 @@ func splitBroadcastClientApis(apis []string) []broadcastclient.ArcClientConfig {
 }
 
 func loadTaskManager(appConfig *AppConfig, options []bux.ClientOps) []bux.ClientOps {
-	// Load task manager (redis or taskq)
-	// todo: this needs more improvement with redis options etc
-	if TaskManagerEngine == taskmanager.TaskQ {
-		config := taskmanager.DefaultTaskQConfig(TaskManagerQueueName)
-		if appConfig.TaskManager.Factory == taskmanager.FactoryRedis {
-			options = append(
-				options,
-				bux.WithTaskQUsingRedis(
-					config,
-					&redis.Options{
-						Addr: strings.Replace(appConfig.Cache.Redis.URL, "redis://", "", -1),
-					},
-				))
-		} else {
-			options = append(options, bux.WithTaskQ(config, appConfig.TaskManager.Factory))
-		}
+	ops := []taskmanager.TasqOps{}
+	if appConfig.TaskManager.Factory == taskmanager.FactoryRedis {
+		ops = append(ops, taskmanager.WithRedis(appConfig.Cache.Redis.URL))
 	}
+	options = append(options, bux.WithTaskqConfig(
+		taskmanager.DefaultTaskQConfig(TaskManagerQueueName, ops...),
+	))
 	return options
 }
 
diff --git a/config/task_manager.go b/config/task_manager.go
index 885f162f3..506367381 100644
--- a/config/task_manager.go
+++ b/config/task_manager.go
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 package config
 
-import (
-	"github.com/BuxOrg/bux/taskmanager"
-)
-
 // TaskManager defaults
 const (
-	TaskManagerEngine    = taskmanager.TaskQ
 	TaskManagerQueueName = "bux_queue"
 )
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 6d4f3b43c..c1d12abd2 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ go 1.19
 
 require (
 	github.com/99designs/gqlgen v0.17.41
-	github.com/BuxOrg/bux v0.8.1
+	github.com/BuxOrg/bux v0.9.0
 	github.com/BuxOrg/bux-models v0.2.1
 	github.com/bitcoin-sv/go-broadcast-client v0.9.0
 	github.com/go-ozzo/ozzo-validation v3.6.0+incompatible
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index c4751ce61..39c754888 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 github.com/99designs/gqlgen v0.17.41 h1:C1/zYMhGVP5TWNCNpmZ9Mb6CqT1Vr5SHEWoTOEJ3v3I=
 github.com/99designs/gqlgen v0.17.41/go.mod h1:GQ6SyMhwFbgHR0a8r2Wn8fYgEwPxxmndLFPhU63+cJE=
-github.com/BuxOrg/bux v0.8.1 h1:YEMK1LXOEJyFqyqafH7ZI0jm19a+y5HiNFQh5ZRCdbk=
-github.com/BuxOrg/bux v0.8.1/go.mod h1:9h8+Sdw907Cf2IzVrlH16O/K6kyxUGfpp3wqO+ous4k=
+github.com/BuxOrg/bux v0.9.0 h1:mj0rvJ0jc8lMGXOZ2XKdOlddxEaN3fjrCq/WC5D8POM=
+github.com/BuxOrg/bux v0.9.0/go.mod h1:XmW5W1ST2y1sCOGnUM0nfpFC5ld2wVk7SpnYztZsiCE=
 github.com/BuxOrg/bux-models v0.2.1 h1:wgNTYCqisH3M+Z87hb0Jpbxc8MMdOEJ35mdw/WoZ73k=
 github.com/BuxOrg/bux-models v0.2.1/go.mod h1:nH3MOdsIPPerBPOiEvwA01yTeArYtBk+PtDo7E+vPCk=
 github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.5.1 h1:FK6RCIUSfmbnI/imIICmboyQBkOckutaa6R5YYlLZyo=