diff --git a/apps/redis-api/src/index.ts b/apps/redis-api/src/index.ts
index 55da9a95a..a0b4de058 100644
--- a/apps/redis-api/src/index.ts
+++ b/apps/redis-api/src/index.ts
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ const app = new Elysia()
                 set.status = 404;
                 return getErrorReturn(error);
             case "INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR":
+            default:
                 set.status = 500;
                 baseLogger.error("Internal server error", error);
                 Sentry.captureException(error);
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ app.listen(env.PORT, (server) => {
     baseLogger.debug(`🦊 REDISAPI@${env.VERSION} running on ${server.url}`);
 });
 
-function getErrorReturn(error: Error) {
+function getErrorReturn(error: { toString: () => string }) {
     return {
         status: "error",
         message: error.toString(),
diff --git a/apps/redis-api/src/routes/api/cache.ts b/apps/redis-api/src/routes/api/cache.ts
index 0ea5f0fc6..f54f9f117 100644
--- a/apps/redis-api/src/routes/api/cache.ts
+++ b/apps/redis-api/src/routes/api/cache.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export const cacheRoutes = new Elysia({ prefix: "/cache" })
                 const output = JSON.parse(value);
                 return { data: output };
             } catch (e) {
-                redis.del(key);
+                redis.unlink(key);
                 cacheRouteLogger.error(`Invalid JSON in cache for '${key}'`, e);
 
                 Sentry.captureException(e, {