diff --git a/src/Command/TestRiderTrackerCommand.php b/src/Command/TestRiderTrackerCommand.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7b26a9ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Command/TestRiderTrackerCommand.php
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Command;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Command\Command;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputArgument;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\InputInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\OutputInterface;
+
+use CrEOF\Spatial\PHP\Types\Geometry\Point;
+
+use App\Service\RiderTracker;
+
+class TestRiderTrackerCommand extends Command
+{
+    protected function configure()
+    {
+        $this->setName('test:ridertracker')
+            ->setDescription('Test the rider tracker service')
+            ->setHelp('Test the rider tracker service.')
+            ->addArgument('rider_id', InputArgument::REQUIRED, 'Rider ID');
+    }
+
+    public function __construct(RiderTracker $rtracker)
+    {
+        $this->rtracker = $rtracker;
+
+        parent::__construct();
+    }
+
+    public function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output)
+    {
+        $rider_id = $input->getArgument('rider_id');
+
+        $coordinates = $this->rtracker->getRiderLocation($rider_id); 
+
+        if ($coordinates != null)
+        {
+            echo "Rider Location: " . $coordinates->getLongitude() . "," . $coordinates->getLatitude() . "\n";
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            echo "Invalid rider id." . "\n";
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Controller/APIController.php b/src/Controller/APIController.php
index 4925cf9b..d85978a8 100644
--- a/src/Controller/APIController.php
+++ b/src/Controller/APIController.php
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ use App\Service\InvoiceCreator;
 use App\Service\RisingTideGateway;
 use App\Service\MQTTClient;
 use App\Service\GeofenceTracker;
+use App\Service\RiderTracker;
 
 use App\Entity\MobileSession;
 use App\Entity\Customer;
@@ -1116,7 +1117,7 @@ class APIController extends Controller
         return $res->getReturnResponse();
     }
 
-    public function getRiderStatus(Request $req)
+    public function getRiderStatus(Request $req, RiderTracker $rt)
     {
         $required_params = [];
         $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();
@@ -1243,8 +1244,9 @@ class APIController extends Controller
             case JOStatus::ASSIGNED:
             case JOStatus::IN_TRANSIT:
             case JOStatus::IN_PROGRESS:
-                $coord = $jo->getHub()->getCoordinates();
                 $rider = $jo->getRider();
+                // get rider coordinates from redis
+                $coord = $rt->getRiderLocation($rider->getID());
 
                 // default image url
                 $url_prefix = $req->getSchemeAndHttpHost();
diff --git a/src/Service/RiderTracker.php b/src/Service/RiderTracker.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c34d215d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Service/RiderTracker.php
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Service;
+
+use App\Entity\Rider;
+
+use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
+
+use CrEOF\Spatial\PHP\Types\Geometry\Point;
+
+use Predis\Client as PredisClient;
+
+class RiderTracker
+{
+    const RIDER_PREFIX_KEY        = 'rider.location';
+
+    protected $em;
+    protected $redis;
+
+    public function __construct(EntityManagerInterface $em)
+    {
+        $this->em = $em;
+
+        // TODO: make it read redis settings from config
+        //       build a service maybe?
+        $this->redis = new PredisClient();
+    }
+
+    protected function getRiderKey($rider_id)
+    {
+        return self::RIDER_PREFIX_KEY . '.' . $rider_id;
+    }
+
+    public function getRiderLocation($rider_id)
+    {
+        $coordinates = new Point(0,0);
+        $key = $this->getRiderKey($rider_id);
+
+        // check redis cache for rider information
+        if (($this->redis->hexists($key, 'longitude')) && 
+            ($this->redis->hexists($key, 'latitude')))
+        {
+            $long = $this->redis->hget($key, 'longitude');
+            $lat = $this->redis->hget($key, 'latitude');
+
+            $coordinates = new Point($long, $lat);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            $rider = $this->em->getRepository(Rider::class)->find($rider_id);
+            $coordinates = $rider->getHub()->getCoordinates();
+        }
+
+        return $coordinates;
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/utils/rider_location_cache/daemon.py b/utils/rider_location_cache/daemon.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f371720d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/rider_location_cache/daemon.py
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys, os, time, atexit
+from signal import SIGTERM 
+
+class Daemon:
+	"""
+	A generic daemon class.
+	
+	Usage: subclass the Daemon class and override the run() method
+	"""
+	def __init__(self, pidfile, stdin='/dev/null', stdout='/dev/null', stderr='/dev/null'):
+		self.stdin = stdin
+		self.stdout = stdout
+		self.stderr = stderr
+		self.pidfile = pidfile
+	
+	def daemonize(self):
+		"""
+		do the UNIX double-fork magic, see Stevens' "Advanced 
+		Programming in the UNIX Environment" for details (ISBN 0201563177)
+		http://www.erlenstar.demon.co.uk/unix/faq_2.html#SEC16
+		"""
+		try: 
+			pid = os.fork() 
+			if pid > 0:
+				# exit first parent
+				sys.exit(0) 
+		except OSError, e: 
+			sys.stderr.write("fork #1 failed: %d (%s)\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
+			sys.exit(1)
+	
+		# decouple from parent environment
+		os.chdir("/") 
+		os.setsid() 
+		os.umask(0) 
+	
+		# do second fork
+		try: 
+			pid = os.fork() 
+			if pid > 0:
+				# exit from second parent
+				sys.exit(0) 
+		except OSError, e: 
+			sys.stderr.write("fork #2 failed: %d (%s)\n" % (e.errno, e.strerror))
+			sys.exit(1) 
+	
+		# redirect standard file descriptors
+		sys.stdout.flush()
+		sys.stderr.flush()
+		si = file(self.stdin, 'r')
+		so = file(self.stdout, 'a+')
+		se = file(self.stderr, 'a+', 0)
+		os.dup2(si.fileno(), sys.stdin.fileno())
+		os.dup2(so.fileno(), sys.stdout.fileno())
+		os.dup2(se.fileno(), sys.stderr.fileno())
+	
+		# write pidfile
+		atexit.register(self.delpid)
+		pid = str(os.getpid())
+		file(self.pidfile,'w+').write("%s\n" % pid)
+	
+	def delpid(self):
+		os.remove(self.pidfile)
+
+	def start(self):
+		"""
+		Start the daemon
+		"""
+		# Check for a pidfile to see if the daemon already runs
+		try:
+			pf = file(self.pidfile,'r')
+			pid = int(pf.read().strip())
+			pf.close()
+		except IOError:
+			pid = None
+	
+		if pid:
+			message = "pidfile %s already exist. Daemon already running?\n"
+			sys.stderr.write(message % self.pidfile)
+			sys.exit(1)
+		
+		# Start the daemon
+		self.daemonize()
+		self.run()
+
+	def stop(self):
+		"""
+		Stop the daemon
+		"""
+		# Get the pid from the pidfile
+		try:
+			pf = file(self.pidfile,'r')
+			pid = int(pf.read().strip())
+			pf.close()
+		except IOError:
+			pid = None
+	
+		if not pid:
+			message = "pidfile %s does not exist. Daemon not running?\n"
+			sys.stderr.write(message % self.pidfile)
+			return # not an error in a restart
+
+		# Try killing the daemon process	
+		try:
+			while 1:
+				os.kill(pid, SIGTERM)
+				time.sleep(0.1)
+		except OSError, err:
+			err = str(err)
+			if err.find("No such process") > 0:
+				if os.path.exists(self.pidfile):
+					os.remove(self.pidfile)
+			else:
+				print str(err)
+				sys.exit(1)
+
+	def restart(self):
+		"""
+		Restart the daemon
+		"""
+		self.stop()
+		self.start()
+
+	def run(self):
+		"""
+		You should override this method when you subclass Daemon. It will be called after the process has been
+		daemonized by start() or restart().
+		"""
diff --git a/utils/rider_location_cache/daemon.pyc b/utils/rider_location_cache/daemon.pyc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51504185
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diff --git a/utils/rider_location_cache/rider_location_cache.py b/utils/rider_location_cache/rider_location_cache.py
index 441938e4..504884e3 100644
--- a/utils/rider_location_cache/rider_location_cache.py
+++ b/utils/rider_location_cache/rider_location_cache.py
@@ -1,106 +1,89 @@
 import paho.mqtt.client as mqtt
 import ssl
 from threading import Thread
+from daemon import Daemon
 import redis
 import time
 import signal
 import sys
 import os
-import mysql.connector
 import json
 
-def mysql_connect(user, password, host, database):
-    conn = mysql.connector.connect(user=user,
-        password=password,
-        host=host,
-        database=database)
-    return conn
+class RiderLocationCache(object):
 
-def init_subscriptions(client, conn):
-    # given mysql connection, get all rider sessions
-    query = ("select id from rider_session")
-    cursor = conn.cursor()
-    cursor.execute(query)
-    for (id) in cursor:
-        print "subscribing to rider session %s" % id
-        client.subscribe('motorider_%s' % id)
-    cursor.close()
+    def run(self):
+        client = mqtt.Client()
+
+        client.on_connect = on_connect
+        # client.on_publish = on_publish
+        client.on_message = on_message
+
+        #client.tls_set(
+        #    "/etc/letsencrypt/live/resqaws.jankstudio.com/fullchain.pem", cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_NONE,
+        #    tls_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
+        #client.tls_set(
+        #    "/root/aws_ssl_keys/fullchain.pem", cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_NONE,
+        #    tls_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
+        #client.connect("resqaws.jankstudio.com", 8883, 60)
+        client.connect("localhost", 1883, 60)
+
+        #t = Thread(target=getRedis, args=(1,))
+
+        #t.start()
+
+        #signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, sigint_handler)
+        client.loop_forever()
+
+def init_subscriptions(client):
+        #print "subscribing to wildcard"
+        client.subscribe('#')
 
 def on_connect(client, userdata, flags, rc):
-    conn = mysql_connect('resq', 'Motolite456', '127.0.0.1', 'resq')
-    init_subscriptions(client, conn)
-    print("Connected with result code "+str(rc))
-    client.subscribe("$SYS/#")
+        init_subscriptions(client)
+        #print("Connected with result code "+str(rc))
+        # client.subscribe("$SYS/#")
+
+def user_data_set(userdata):
+        conn = redis.StrictRedis(host='localhost', port=6379, db=0)
+        return conn
 
 def on_publish(client, userdata, mid):
-    pass
+        pass
 
 def on_message(client, userdata, message):
-    print("message topic=",message.topic[0:10])
+        redis_conn = user_data_set(userdata)
+        #print("message topic=", message.topic[0:10])
 
-    if message.topic[0:10] != 'motorider_':
-        return
-    #print repr(message)
+        if message.topic[0:10] != 'motorider_':
+            return
+        #print repr(message)
 
-    # check if json decodable
-    res = json.loads(message.payload)
+        # check if json decodable
+        res = json.loads(message.payload)
+        #print res
 
-    # get rider session id
-    sess_id = message.topic[10:]
+        # get rider session id
+        sess_id = message.topic[10:]
 
-    # check if it has event
-    if 'event' not in res:
-        return
+        # check if it has event
+        if 'event' not in res:
+            return
 
-    # check if event is driver_location
-    if res['event'] != 'driver_location':
-        return
+        # check if event is driver_location
+        if res['event'] != 'driver_location':
+            return
 
-    # update our redis key
-    key = 'location_%s' % sess_id
-    print "setting %s" % key
-    redis_conn.setex(key, 1600, message.payload)
+        # save the longitude and latitude
+        # get the rider id from sess_id
+        rider_key = "rider.location.%s" % sess_id
+        rider_long = str(res['longitude'])
+        rider_lat = str(res['latitude'])
 
+        # set the location
+        redis_conn.hmset(rider_key, {'longitude': rider_long, 'latitude': rider_lat})
 
-
-def getRedis(i):
-    r = redis.StrictRedis(host='localhost', port=6379, db=0)
-    while 1:
-        time.sleep(0)
-        data = r.brpop("events", 10)
-        if data:
-            info = data[1].split('|')
-            print "Channel: " + info[0] + " message: " + info[1]
-            client.publish(info[0], info[1])
-
-
-def sigint_handler(signal, frame):
-    print 'Interrupted'
-    sys.exit(0)
-
-
-
-client = mqtt.Client()
-client.on_connect = on_connect
-# client.on_publish = on_publish
-client.on_message = on_message
-
-redis_conn = redis.StrictRedis(host='localhost', port=6379, db=0)
-
-
-#client.tls_set(
-#    "/etc/letsencrypt/live/resqaws.jankstudio.com/fullchain.pem", cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_NONE,
-#    tls_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
-client.tls_set(
-    "/root/aws_ssl_keys/fullchain.pem", cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_NONE,
-    tls_version=ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1)
-client.connect("resqaws.jankstudio.com", 8883, 60)
-
-
-#t = Thread(target=getRedis, args=(1,))
-
-#t.start()
-
-#signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, sigint_handler)
-client.loop_forever()
+        # update our redis key
+        key = 'location_%s' % sess_id
+        #print "setting %s" % key
+        redis_conn.setex(key, 1600, message.payload)
 
diff --git a/utils/rider_location_cache/rider_location_daemon.py b/utils/rider_location_cache/rider_location_daemon.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f56de6a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/rider_location_cache/rider_location_daemon.py
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+import sys
+import time
+from daemon import Daemon
+import rider_location_cache
+
+class RiderLocationDaemon(Daemon):
+    def run(self):
+        rider_location = rider_location_cache.RiderLocationCache()
+        rider_location.run()
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    daemon = RiderLocationDaemon('/tmp/rider_location_daemon.pid')
+    if len(sys.argv) == 2:
+        if 'start' == sys.argv[1]:
+            daemon.start()
+        elif 'stop' == sys.argv[1]:
+            daemon.stop()
+        elif 'restart' == sys.argv[1]:
+            daemon.restart()
+        elif 'foreground' == sys.argv[1]:
+            daemon.run()
+        else:
+            print "Unknown command"
+            sys.exit(2)
+        sys.exit(0)
+    else:
+        print "usage: %s start|stop|restart" % sys.argv[0]
+        sys.exit(2)