diff --git a/transfer_service/config/vos_ts.conf.sample b/transfer_service/config/vos_ts.conf.sample
index 2ef985963d152c0343dfb3261734affc0ec834f4..b742294855c6c8a79672352d96eaae28119216f0 100644
--- a/transfer_service/config/vos_ts.conf.sample
+++ b/transfer_service/config/vos_ts.conf.sample
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ password = postgres
 # Redis
 [job_cache]
 ; hostname or IP address of the machine that hosts the Redis cache system
-host = job_cache
+host = localhost
 ; port at which the cache service is available, default is 6379 TCP
 port = 6379
 ; db index representing the db that stores the scheduling queues, default is 0
diff --git a/transfer_service/db_connector.py b/transfer_service/db_connector.py
index 3817c6f5d52cb0cb04f65f3e6171550324302dd4..d8080afa8028a1e49f9b8478b244436c029e0208 100644
--- a/transfer_service/db_connector.py
+++ b/transfer_service/db_connector.py
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import psycopg2
 import sys
 import time
 
-from contextlib import contextmanager
 from psycopg2.extras import RealDictCursor
 from psycopg2.pool import ThreadedConnectionPool