diff --git a/apps/master/package.json b/apps/master/package.json
index d27f3fda..b44e29e9 100644
--- a/apps/master/package.json
+++ b/apps/master/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 		"debug": "^4.3.4",
 		"ioredis": "^5.0.1",
 		"mongodb": "^5.1.0",
+		"p-event": "^6.0.0",
 		"source-map-support": "^0.5.21"
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
diff --git a/apps/master/src/index.ts b/apps/master/src/index.ts
index 52005da7..d9c4d20f 100644
--- a/apps/master/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/master/src/index.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { Redis } from "ioredis";
 
 import calculatePresenceUsage from "./util/calculatePresenceUsage.js";
 import updateScience from "./util/updateScience.js";
+import { pEvent } from "p-event";
 
 if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production")
 	(await import("dotenv")).config({ path: "../../../.env" });
@@ -39,11 +40,8 @@ export const redis = new Redis({
 
 debug.enable("API-Master*");
 
-mainLog("Connecting to MongoDB...");
-await mongo.connect();
-mainLog("Connecting to Redis...");
-await redis.connect();
-
+mainLog("Connecting to MongoDB and Redis...");
+await Promise.all([mongo.connect(), pEvent(redis, "connect")]);
 mainLog("Connected!");
 
 await Promise.all([updateScience(), calculatePresenceUsage()]);
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 50ccbe02..44b2df85 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ importers:
       mongodb:
         specifier: ^5.1.0
         version: 5.1.0
+      p-event:
+        specifier: ^6.0.0
+        version: 6.0.0
       source-map-support:
         specifier: ^0.5.21
         version: 0.5.21
@@ -3187,6 +3190,13 @@ packages:
       p-timeout: 3.2.0
     dev: false
 
+  /p-event@6.0.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-Xbfxd0CfZmHLGKXH32k1JKjQYX6Rkv0UtQdaFJ8OyNcf+c0oWCeXHc1C4CX/IESZLmcvfPa5aFIO/vCr5gqtag==}
+    engines: {node: '>=16.17'}
+    dependencies:
+      p-timeout: 6.1.2
+    dev: false
+
   /p-finally@1.0.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-LICb2p9CB7FS+0eR1oqWnHhp0FljGLZCWBE9aix0Uye9W8LTQPwMTYVGWQWIw9RdQiDg4+epXQODwIYJtSJaow==}
     engines: {node: '>=4'}
@@ -3204,6 +3214,11 @@ packages:
       p-finally: 1.0.0
     dev: false
 
+  /p-timeout@6.1.2:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-UbD77BuZ9Bc9aABo74gfXhNvzC9Tx7SxtHSh1fxvx3jTLLYvmVhiQZZrJzqqU0jKbN32kb5VOKiLEQI/3bIjgQ==}
+    engines: {node: '>=14.16'}
+    dev: false
+
   /package-json@6.5.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-k3bdm2n25tkyxcjSKzB5x8kfVxlMdgsbPr0GkZcwHsLpba6cBjqCt1KlcChKEvxHIcTB1FVMuwoijZ26xex5MQ==}
     engines: {node: '>=8'}