diff --git a/app/Exceptions/GithubReport.php b/app/Exceptions/GithubReport.php
index fc2cc7a..c9635a4 100644
--- a/app/Exceptions/GithubReport.php
+++ b/app/Exceptions/GithubReport.php
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class GithubReport
         $report->phpVersion = PHP_VERSION;
 
         $report->redisRunning = false;
-        if (env('CACHING') && env('CACHE_DRIVER') === 'redis') {
+        if (env('CACHING') && strtolower(env('CACHE_DRIVER')) === 'redis') {
             try {
                 $report->redisRunning = trim(app('redis')->ping()) === 'PONG' ? "Connected" : "Disconnected";
             } catch (ConnectionException $e) {
diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/MicroCaching.php b/app/Http/Middleware/MicroCaching.php
index e8980e2..87fd691 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/MicroCaching.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/MicroCaching.php
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class MicroCaching
         if (
             !env('CACHING')
             || !env('MICROCACHING')
-            || env('CACHE_DRIVER') !== 'redis'
+            || strtolower(env('CACHE_DRIVER')) !== 'redis'
         ) {
             return $next($request);
         }
diff --git a/bootstrap/app.php b/bootstrap/app.php
index 913236b..74d7ef6 100644
--- a/bootstrap/app.php
+++ b/bootstrap/app.php
@@ -100,11 +100,8 @@ $app->routeMiddleware([
 |
 */
 
-if (env('CACHING')) {
-    $app->configure('cache');
-    $app->register(Illuminate\Redis\RedisServiceProvider::class);
-}
 
+$app->configure('cache');
 $app->configure('database');
 $app->configure('queue');
 $app->configure('controller-to-table-mapping');
@@ -118,8 +115,9 @@ $app->register(\App\Providers\SourceHeartbeatProvider::class);
 $app->register(\App\Providers\EventServiceProvider::class);
 $app->register(Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\LegacyFactoryServiceProvider::class);
 $app->register(\App\Providers\AppServiceProvider::class);
+$app->register(Illuminate\Redis\RedisServiceProvider::class);
 
-if (env('REPORTING') && env('REPORTING_DRIVER') === 'sentry') {
+if (env('REPORTING') && strtolower(env('REPORTING_DRIVER')) === 'sentry') {
     $app->register(\Sentry\Laravel\ServiceProvider::class);
     // Sentry Performance Monitoring (optional)
     $app->register(\Sentry\Laravel\Tracing\ServiceProvider::class);
@@ -130,13 +128,6 @@ if (env('REPORTING') && env('REPORTING_DRIVER') === 'sentry') {
     });
 }
 
-// Guzzle removed as of lumen 8.x
-//$guzzleClient = new \GuzzleHttp\Client([
-//    'timeout' => env('SOURCE_TIMEOUT', 5),
-//    'connect_timeout' => env('SOURCE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT', 5)
-//]);
-//$app->instance('GuzzleClient', $guzzleClient);
-
 $httpClient = \Symfony\Component\HttpClient\HttpClient::create(
     [
         'timeout' => env('SOURCE_TIMEOUT', 1)