diff --git a/scripts/config.py b/scripts/config.py
index 77498d6c..8c582a15 100644
--- a/scripts/config.py
+++ b/scripts/config.py
@@ -64,8 +64,9 @@ class Config(metaclass=Singleton):
         self.redis_host = os.getenv("REDIS_HOST")
         self.redis_port = os.getenv("REDIS_PORT")
         self.redis_password = os.getenv("REDIS_PASSWORD")
+        self.wipe_redis_on_start = os.getenv("WIPE_REDIS_ON_START", "True") == 'True'
         # Note that indexes must be created on db 0 in redis, this is not configureable.
-        
+
         self.memory_backend = os.getenv("MEMORY_BACKEND", 'pinecone')
         # Initialize the OpenAI API client
         openai.api_key = self.openai_api_key
diff --git a/scripts/memory/redismem.py b/scripts/memory/redismem.py
index 162b9269..e7021066 100644
--- a/scripts/memory/redismem.py
+++ b/scripts/memory/redismem.py
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ class RedisMemory(MemoryProviderSingleton):
             password=redis_password,
             db=0  # Cannot be changed
         )
-        self.redis.flushall()
+        if cfg.wipe_redis_on_start:
+            self.redis.flushall()
         try:
             self.redis.ft("gpt").create_index(
                 fields=SCHEMA,
@@ -55,7 +56,9 @@ class RedisMemory(MemoryProviderSingleton):
                 )
         except Exception as e:
             print("Error creating Redis search index: ", e)
-        self.vec_num = 0
+        existing_vec_num = self.redis.get('vec_num')
+        self.vec_num = int(existing_vec_num.decode('utf-8')) if\
+            existing_vec_num else 0
 
     def add(self, data: str) -> str:
         """
@@ -72,10 +75,13 @@ class RedisMemory(MemoryProviderSingleton):
             b"data": data,
             "embedding": vector
         }
-        self.redis.hset(f"gpt:{self.vec_num}", mapping=data_dict)
+        pipe = self.redis.pipeline()
+        pipe.hset(f"gpt:{self.vec_num}", mapping=data_dict)
         _text = f"Inserting data into memory at index: {self.vec_num}:\n"\
             f"data: {data}"
         self.vec_num += 1
+        pipe.set('vec_num', self.vec_num)
+        pipe.execute()
         return _text
 
     def get(self, data: str) -> Optional[List[Any]]: