diff --git a/src/Hub/Transport/Redis/RedisTransport.php b/src/Hub/Transport/Redis/RedisTransport.php
index a9cb864..45624cb 100644
--- a/src/Hub/Transport/Redis/RedisTransport.php
+++ b/src/Hub/Transport/Redis/RedisTransport.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use Generator;
 use React\EventLoop\Loop;
 use React\Promise\PromiseInterface;
+use RuntimeException;
 use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolver;
 
 use function Freddie\maybeTimeout;
@@ -48,8 +49,10 @@ public function __construct(
         ]);
         $this->options = $resolver->resolve($options);
         if ($this->options['pingInterval']) {
+            $this->ping();
             Loop::addPeriodicTimer($this->options['pingInterval'], fn () => $this->ping());
         }
+        $this->subscriber->on('unsubscribe', fn () => Hub::die(new RuntimeException('Redis connection lost')));
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Hub/Transport/Redis/RedisTransportFactoryTest.php b/tests/Unit/Hub/Transport/Redis/RedisTransportFactoryTest.php
index 8ca3a65..718567e 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Hub/Transport/Redis/RedisTransportFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Hub/Transport/Redis/RedisTransportFactoryTest.php
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
     $factory = new RedisTransportFactory();
     expect($factory->supports($dsn))->toBe($expected);
 })->with(function () {
-    yield ['redis://localhost', true];
+    yield ['redis://localhost?pingInterval=0.0', true];
     yield ['rediss://some.secure.place.com', true];
     yield ['notredis://shrug', false];
 });
@@ -23,21 +23,22 @@
     expect($factory->create($dsn))->toEqual($expected);
 })->with(function () {
     $redisFactory = new Factory();
-    yield ['redis://localhost?foo=bar', new RedisTransport(
-        $redisFactory->createLazyClient('redis://localhost?foo=bar'),
-        $redisFactory->createLazyClient('redis://localhost?foo=bar'),
+    yield ['redis://localhost?foo=bar&pingInterval=0.0', new RedisTransport(
+        $redisFactory->createLazyClient('redis://localhost?foo=bar&pingInterval=0.0'),
+        $redisFactory->createLazyClient('redis://localhost?foo=bar&pingInterval=0.0'),
+        options: ['pingInterval' => 0.0],
     )];
-    yield ['redis://localhost?size=1000&trimInterval=2.5', new RedisTransport(
-        $redisFactory->createLazyClient('redis://localhost?size=1000&trimInterval=2.5'),
-        $redisFactory->createLazyClient('redis://localhost?size=1000&trimInterval=2.5'),
-        options: ['size' => 1000, 'trimInterval' => 2.5],
+    yield ['redis://localhost?size=1000&trimInterval=2.5&pingInterval=0.0', new RedisTransport(
+        $redisFactory->createLazyClient('redis://localhost?size=1000&trimInterval=2.5&pingInterval=0.0'),
+        $redisFactory->createLazyClient('redis://localhost?size=1000&trimInterval=2.5&pingInterval=0.0'),
+        options: ['size' => 1000, 'trimInterval' => 2.5, 'pingInterval' => 0.0],
     )];
 });
 
 it('instantiates 2 different clients', function () {
     $factory = new RedisTransportFactory();
     /** @var RedisTransport $transport */
-    $transport = $factory->create('redis://localhost?size=1000');
+    $transport = $factory->create('redis://localhost?size=1000&pingInterval=0.0');
     expect($transport->redis)->toBeInstanceOf(Client::class);
     expect($transport->subscriber)->toBeInstanceOf(Client::class);
     expect($transport->redis)->not()->toBe($transport->subscriber);
diff --git a/tests/Unit/Hub/Transport/Redis/RedisTransportTest.php b/tests/Unit/Hub/Transport/Redis/RedisTransportTest.php
index d8975a8..42335d4 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/Hub/Transport/Redis/RedisTransportTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/Hub/Transport/Redis/RedisTransportTest.php
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@
     $eventEmitter = new EventEmitter();
     $transport = new RedisTransport(
         new RedisClientStub($storage, $eventEmitter),
-        new RedisClientStub($storage, $eventEmitter)
+        new RedisClientStub($storage, $eventEmitter),
+        options: ['pingInterval' => 0.0],
     );
 
     // Given
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@
 
 it('performs state reconciliation', function () {
     $client = new RedisClientStub();
-    $transport = new RedisTransport($client, clone $client, options: ['size' => 3]);
+    $transport = new RedisTransport($client, clone $client, options: ['pingInterval' => 0.0, 'size' => 3]);
 
     // Given
     $updates = [
@@ -81,7 +82,11 @@
 
 it('periodically trims the database', function () {
     $client = new RedisClientStub();
-    $transport = new RedisTransport($client, clone $client, options: ['size' => 3, 'trimInterval' => 0.01]);
+    $transport = new RedisTransport($client, clone $client, options: [
+        'pingInterval' => 0.0,
+        'size' => 3,
+        'trimInterval' => 0.01
+    ]);
 
     // Given
     $updates = [