diff --git a/bin/run_backend.py b/bin/run_backend.py
index fe22d3ab..99b2ff81 100755
--- a/bin/run_backend.py
+++ b/bin/run_backend.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import os
 import time
 from pathlib import Path
 from subprocess import Popen
-from typing import List, Optional, Union
+from typing import Optional, Dict
 
 from redis import Redis
 from redis.exceptions import ConnectionError
@@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ def shutdown_cache(storage_directory: Optional[Path]=None):
     if not storage_directory:
         storage_directory = get_homedir()
     r = Redis(unix_socket_path=get_socket_path('cache'))
-    r.save()
-    r.shutdown()
+    r.shutdown(save=True)
     print('Redis cache database shutdown.')
 
 
@@ -52,8 +51,7 @@ def shutdown_indexing(storage_directory: Optional[Path]=None):
     if not storage_directory:
         storage_directory = get_homedir()
     r = Redis(unix_socket_path=get_socket_path('indexing'))
-    r.save()
-    r.shutdown()
+    r.shutdown(save=True)
     print('Redis indexing database shutdown.')
 
 
@@ -63,24 +61,24 @@ def launch_all():
 
 
 def check_all(stop: bool=False):
-    backends: List[List[Union[str, bool]]] = [['cache', False], ['indexing', False]]
+    backends: Dict[str, bool] = {'cache': False, 'indexing': False}
     while True:
-        for b in backends:
+        for db_name in backends.keys():
             try:
-                b[1] = check_running(b[0])  # type: ignore
+                backends[db_name] = check_running(db_name)
             except Exception:
-                b[1] = False
+                backends[db_name] = False
         if stop:
-            if not any(b[1] for b in backends):
+            if not any(running for running in backends.values()):
                 break
         else:
-            if all(b[1] for b in backends):
+            if all(running for running in backends.values()):
                 break
-        for b in backends:
-            if not stop and not b[1]:
-                print(f"Waiting on {b[0]}")
-            if stop and b[1]:
-                print(f"Waiting on {b[0]}")
+        for db_name, running in backends.items():
+            if not stop and not running:
+                print(f"Waiting on {db_name} to start")
+            if stop and running:
+                print(f"Waiting on {db_name} to stop")
         time.sleep(1)
 
 
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 5c3b0a2f..39caf1e9 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -1246,7 +1246,7 @@ python-versions = "*"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "types-redis"
-version = "4.0.2"
+version = "4.0.3"
 description = "Typing stubs for redis"
 category = "dev"
 optional = false
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ misp = ["python-magic", "pydeep"]
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "1.1"
 python-versions = ">=3.8,<3.11"
-content-hash = "713d24cfa75de52121d6f4ec9b7c5eb6e35e112b2f85d9b05e881887c47c7dde"
+content-hash = "8f908dde9b6d3f132acf820966f0abf4920ecfe8b3df2d0e4a5cbec08392d8bb"
 
 [metadata.files]
 aiohttp = [
@@ -2389,8 +2389,8 @@ types-pkg-resources = [
     {file = "types_pkg_resources-0.1.3-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0cb9972cee992249f93fff1a491bf2dc3ce674e5a1926e27d4f0866f7d9b6d9c"},
 ]
 types-redis = [
-    {file = "types-redis-4.0.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:ac87b237fc1f42344ea6d33f6c0dcbf0aa990834d5d1f50fe96508b86d69e102"},
-    {file = "types_redis-4.0.2-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:58928f32b061005e33c1ca660b6c3c7341f9f94f5330fce5a40d00557e7efe40"},
+    {file = "types-redis-4.0.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:c7a99bdfea2e4fdf57952159614d85f0d08991007f0666dfa3c4220c3baa8fba"},
+    {file = "types_redis-4.0.3-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:0c980f5df48610b0933cfe914c75e7c7eed8cf10025c47391a016b844145233a"},
 ]
 types-requests = [
     {file = "types-requests-2.26.1.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0893e112e1510bbb67f537941c92192de7472e51bf7f236e0e583866f0ed933e"},
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b66bd274..82aeca65 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ misp = ['python-magic', 'pydeep']
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 mypy = "^0.910"
 ipython = "^7.29.0"
-types-redis = "^4.0.1"
+types-redis = "^4.0.3"
 types-requests = "^2.26.1"
 types-Flask = "^1.1.6"
 types-pkg-resources = "^0.1.2"