diff --git a/apps/gateway/src/queue/queue.service.ts b/apps/gateway/src/queue/queue.service.ts
index 7dca931..a807a75 100644
--- a/apps/gateway/src/queue/queue.service.ts
+++ b/apps/gateway/src/queue/queue.service.ts
@@ -51,16 +51,42 @@ export interface QueueHealthStatus {
 // Constants
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-export const QUEUE_SUMMARIZATION = 'mosaic:summarization';
-export const QUEUE_GC = 'mosaic:gc';
-export const QUEUE_TIER_MANAGEMENT = 'mosaic:tier-management';
+export const QUEUE_SUMMARIZATION = 'mosaic-summarization';
+export const QUEUE_GC = 'mosaic-gc';
+export const QUEUE_TIER_MANAGEMENT = 'mosaic-tier-management';
 
 const DEFAULT_VALKEY_URL = 'redis://localhost:6380';
 
+/**
+ * Parse a Redis URL string into a BullMQ-compatible ConnectionOptions object.
+ *
+ * BullMQ v5 does `Object.assign({ port: 6379, host: '127.0.0.1' }, opts)` in
+ * its RedisConnection constructor. If opts is a URL string, Object.assign only
+ * copies character-index properties and the defaults survive — so 6379 wins.
+ * We must parse the URL ourselves and return a plain RedisOptions object.
+ */
 function getConnection(): ConnectionOptions {
   const url = process.env['VALKEY_URL'] ?? DEFAULT_VALKEY_URL;
-  // BullMQ ConnectionOptions accepts a URL string (ioredis-compatible)
-  return url as unknown as ConnectionOptions;
+  try {
+    const parsed = new URL(url);
+    const opts: ConnectionOptions = {
+      host: parsed.hostname || '127.0.0.1',
+      port: parsed.port ? parseInt(parsed.port, 10) : 6380,
+    };
+    if (parsed.password) {
+      (opts as Record<string, unknown>)['password'] = decodeURIComponent(parsed.password);
+    }
+    if (parsed.pathname && parsed.pathname.length > 1) {
+      const db = parseInt(parsed.pathname.slice(1), 10);
+      if (!isNaN(db)) {
+        (opts as Record<string, unknown>)['db'] = db;
+      }
+    }
+    return opts;
+  } catch {
+    // Fallback: hope the value is already a host string ioredis understands
+    return { host: '127.0.0.1', port: 6380 } as ConnectionOptions;
+  }
 }
 
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------