diff --git a/utils/rider_location_cache/rider_location_cache.py b/utils/rider_location_cache/rider_location_cache.py
index e96cba0e..cbd1bd4b 100644
--- a/utils/rider_location_cache/rider_location_cache.py
+++ b/utils/rider_location_cache/rider_location_cache.py
@@ -12,14 +12,10 @@ import json
 class RiderLocationCache(object):
 
     def run(self):
-        global client, redis_conn 
-        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)
@@ -36,6 +32,8 @@ class RiderLocationCache(object):
         #signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, sigint_handler)
         client.loop_forever()
 
+client = mqtt.Client()
+redis_conn = redis.StrictRedis(host='localhost', port=6379, db=0)
 
 def init_subscriptions(client):
     print "subscribing to wildcard"