diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cf398baf..864818f6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ if (NOT WIN32)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wall -Wextra -pedantic")
 endif()
 
+if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" MATCHES "Clang")
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -Wshorten-64-to-32")
+endif()
+
 set( IXWEBSOCKET_SOURCES
     ixwebsocket/IXSocket.cpp
     ixwebsocket/IXSocketServer.cpp
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.cpp
index 624e1093..5e922088 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXDNSLookup.cpp
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ namespace ix
         errMsg = "no error";
 
         // Maybe a cancellation request got in before the background thread terminated ?
-        if (isCancellationRequested())
+        if (isCancellationRequested && isCancellationRequested())
         {
             errMsg = "cancellation requested";
             return nullptr;
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ namespace ix
             }
 
             // Were we cancelled ?
-            if (isCancellationRequested())
+            if (isCancellationRequested && isCancellationRequested())
             {
                 errMsg = "cancellation requested";
                 return nullptr;
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ namespace ix
         }
 
         // Maybe a cancellation request got in before the bg terminated ?
-        if (isCancellationRequested())
+        if (isCancellationRequested && isCancellationRequested())
         {
             errMsg = "cancellation requested";
             return nullptr;
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocket.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXSocket.cpp
index 76b4d234..224d8bfe 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXSocket.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocket.cpp
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ namespace ix
     {
         while (true)
         {
-            if (isCancellationRequested()) return false;
+            if (isCancellationRequested && isCancellationRequested()) return false;
 
             char* buffer = const_cast<char*>(str.c_str());
             int len = (int) str.size();
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ namespace ix
             {
                 return ret == len;
             }
-            // There is possibly something to be write, try again
+            // There is possibly something to be writen, try again
             else if (ret < 0 && (getErrno() == EWOULDBLOCK ||
                                  getErrno() == EAGAIN))
             {
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ namespace ix
     {
         while (true)
         {
-            if (isCancellationRequested()) return false;
+            if (isCancellationRequested && isCancellationRequested()) return false;
 
             ssize_t ret;
             ret = recv(buffer, 1);
@@ -304,9 +304,12 @@ namespace ix
         std::vector<uint8_t> output;
         while (output.size() != length)
         {
-            if (isCancellationRequested()) return std::make_pair(false, std::string());
+            if (isCancellationRequested && isCancellationRequested())
+            {
+                return std::make_pair(false, std::string());
+            }
 
-            int size = std::min(kChunkSize, length - output.size());
+            size_t size = std::min(kChunkSize, length - output.size());
             ssize_t ret = recv((char*)&_readBuffer[0], size);
 
             if (ret <= 0 && (getErrno() != EWOULDBLOCK &&
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketConnect.cpp b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketConnect.cpp
index 6d3be10a..7944fa40 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXSocketConnect.cpp
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXSocketConnect.cpp
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ namespace ix
 
         for (;;)
         {
-            if (isCancellationRequested()) // Must handle timeout as well
+            if (isCancellationRequested && isCancellationRequested()) // Must handle timeout as well
             {
                 closeSocket(fd);
                 errMsg = "Cancelled";
diff --git a/ws/CMakeLists.txt b/ws/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a2b4ee2..fe26f0b3 100644
--- a/ws/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ws/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ add_executable(ws
   ixcrypto/IXHash.cpp
   ixcrypto/IXUuid.cpp
 
+  IXRedisClient.cpp
+
   ws_http_client.cpp
   ws_ping_pong.cpp
   ws_broadcast_server.cpp
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@ add_executable(ws
   ws_transfer.cpp
   ws_send.cpp
   ws_receive.cpp
+  ws_redis_publish.cpp
+  ws_redis_subscribe.cpp
   ws.cpp)
 
 if (APPLE AND USE_TLS)
diff --git a/ws/IXRedisClient.cpp b/ws/IXRedisClient.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95a1ad32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ws/IXRedisClient.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,166 @@
+/*
+ *  IXRedisClient.cpp
+ *  Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+ *  Copyright (c) 2019 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include "IXRedisClient.h"
+#include <ixwebsocket/IXSocketFactory.h>
+#include <ixwebsocket/IXSocket.h>
+
+#include <sstream>
+#include <iomanip>
+#include <vector>
+#include <cstring>
+
+namespace ix
+{
+    bool RedisClient::connect(const std::string& hostname, int port)
+    {
+        bool tls = false;
+        std::string errorMsg;
+        _socket = createSocket(tls, errorMsg);
+
+        if (!_socket)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        std::string errMsg;
+        return _socket->connect(hostname, port, errMsg, nullptr);
+    }
+
+    bool RedisClient::publish(const std::string& channel,
+                              const std::string& message)
+    {
+        if (!_socket) return false;
+
+        std::stringstream ss;
+        ss << "PUBLISH ";
+        ss << channel;
+        ss << " ";
+        ss << message;
+        ss << "\r\n";
+
+        bool sent = _socket->writeBytes(ss.str(), nullptr);
+        if (!sent)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        auto pollResult = _socket->isReadyToRead(-1);
+        if (pollResult == PollResultType::Error)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        auto lineResult = _socket->readLine(nullptr);
+        auto lineValid = lineResult.first;
+        auto line = lineResult.second;
+
+        return lineValid;
+    }
+
+    //
+    // FIXME: we assume that redis never return errors...
+    //
+    bool RedisClient::subscribe(const std::string& channel,
+                                const OnRedisSubscribeCallback& callback)
+    {
+        if (!_socket) return false;
+
+        std::stringstream ss;
+        ss << "SUBSCRIBE ";
+        ss << channel;
+        ss << "\r\n";
+
+        bool sent = _socket->writeBytes(ss.str(), nullptr);
+        if (!sent)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // Wait 1s for the response
+        auto pollResult = _socket->isReadyToRead(-1);
+        if (pollResult == PollResultType::Error)
+        {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        // Read the first line of the response
+        auto lineResult = _socket->readLine(nullptr);
+        auto lineValid = lineResult.first;
+        auto line = lineResult.second;
+
+        if (!lineValid) return false;
+
+        // There are 5 items for the subscribe repply
+        for (int i = 0; i < 5; ++i)
+        {
+            auto lineResult = _socket->readLine(nullptr);
+            auto lineValid = lineResult.first;
+            auto line = lineResult.second;
+
+            if (!lineValid) return false;
+        }
+
+        // Wait indefinitely for new messages
+        while (true)
+        {
+            // Wait until something is ready to read
+            auto pollResult = _socket->isReadyToRead(-1);
+            if (pollResult == PollResultType::Error)
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+
+            // The first line of the response describe the return type, 
+            // => *3 (an array of 3 elements)
+            auto lineResult = _socket->readLine(nullptr);
+            auto lineValid = lineResult.first;
+            auto line = lineResult.second;
+
+            if (!lineValid) return false;
+
+            int arraySize;
+            {
+                std::stringstream ss;
+                ss << line.substr(1, line.size()-1);
+                ss >> arraySize;
+            }
+
+            // There are 6 items for each received message
+            for (int i = 0; i < arraySize; ++i)
+            {
+                auto lineResult = _socket->readLine(nullptr);
+                auto lineValid = lineResult.first;
+                auto line = lineResult.second;
+
+                if (!lineValid) return false;
+
+                // Messages are string, which start with a string size
+                // => $7 (7 bytes)
+                int stringSize;
+                std::stringstream ss;
+                ss << line.substr(1, line.size()-1);
+                ss >> stringSize;
+
+                auto readResult = _socket->readBytes(stringSize, nullptr, nullptr);
+                if (!readResult.first) return false;
+
+                if (i == 2)
+                {
+                    // The message is the 3rd element.
+                    callback(readResult.second);
+                }
+
+                // read last 2 bytes (\r\n)
+                char c;
+                _socket->readByte(&c, nullptr);
+                _socket->readByte(&c, nullptr);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ws/IXRedisClient.h b/ws/IXRedisClient.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..42f5e77f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ws/IXRedisClient.h
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ *  IXRedisClient.h
+ *  Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+ *  Copyright (c) 2019 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <functional>
+
+namespace ix
+{
+    class Socket;
+
+    class RedisClient {
+    public:
+        using OnRedisSubscribeCallback = std::function<void(const std::string&)>;
+
+        RedisClient() = default;
+        ~RedisClient() = default;
+
+        bool connect(const std::string& hostname,
+                     int port);
+
+        bool publish(const std::string& channel,
+                     const std::string& message);
+
+        bool subscribe(const std::string& channel,
+                       const OnRedisSubscribeCallback& callback);
+
+    private:
+        std::shared_ptr<Socket> _socket;
+    };
+}
+
diff --git a/ws/ws.cpp b/ws/ws.cpp
index 9aea1a6d..64f86bfc 100644
--- a/ws/ws.cpp
+++ b/ws/ws.cpp
@@ -35,12 +35,15 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     std::string output;
     std::string hostname("127.0.0.1");
     std::string pidfile;
+    std::string channel;
+    std::string message;
     bool headersOnly = false;
     bool followRedirects = false;
     bool verbose = false;
     bool save = false;
     bool compress = false;
     int port = 8080;
+    int redisPort = 6379;
     int connectTimeOut = 60;
     int transferTimeout = 1800;
     int maxRedirects = 5;
@@ -96,6 +99,18 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
     httpClientApp->add_option("--connect-timeout", connectTimeOut, "Connection timeout");
     httpClientApp->add_option("--transfer-timeout", transferTimeout, "Transfer timeout");
 
+    CLI::App* redisPublishApp = app.add_subcommand("redis_publish", "Redis publisher");
+    redisPublishApp->add_option("--port", redisPort, "Port");
+    redisPublishApp->add_option("--host", hostname, "Hostname");
+    redisPublishApp->add_option("channel", channel, "Channel")->required();
+    redisPublishApp->add_option("message", message, "Message")->required();
+
+    CLI::App* redisSubscribeApp = app.add_subcommand("redis_subscribe", "Redis subscriber");
+    redisSubscribeApp->add_option("--port", redisPort, "Port");
+    redisSubscribeApp->add_option("--host", hostname, "Hostname");
+    redisSubscribeApp->add_option("channel", channel, "Channel")->required();
+    redisSubscribeApp->add_flag("-v", verbose, "Verbose");
+
     CLI11_PARSE(app, argc, argv);
 
     // pid file handling
@@ -149,6 +164,14 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
                                        followRedirects, maxRedirects, verbose,
                                        save, output, compress);
     }
+    else if (app.got_subcommand("redis_publish"))
+    {
+        return ix::ws_redis_publish_main(hostname, redisPort, channel, message);
+    }
+    else if (app.got_subcommand("redis_subscribe"))
+    {
+        return ix::ws_redis_subscribe_main(hostname, redisPort, channel, verbose);
+    }
 
     return 1;
 }
diff --git a/ws/ws.h b/ws/ws.h
index 45cba245..d5b5637a 100644
--- a/ws/ws.h
+++ b/ws/ws.h
@@ -39,4 +39,14 @@ namespace ix
 
     int ws_send_main(const std::string& url,
                      const std::string& path);
+
+    int ws_redis_publish_main(const std::string& hostname,
+                              int port,
+                              const std::string& channel,
+                              const std::string& message);
+
+    int ws_redis_subscribe_main(const std::string& hostname,
+                                int port,
+                                const std::string& channel,
+                                bool verbose);
 }
diff --git a/ws/ws_redis_publish.cpp b/ws/ws_redis_publish.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..592f664b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ws/ws_redis_publish.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ *  ws_redis_publish.cpp
+ *  Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+ *  Copyright (c) 2019 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include "IXRedisClient.h"
+
+namespace ix
+{
+    int ws_redis_publish_main(const std::string& hostname,
+                              int port,
+                              const std::string& channel,
+                              const std::string& message)
+    {
+        RedisClient redisClient;
+        if (!redisClient.connect(hostname, port))
+        {
+            std::cerr << "Cannot connect to redis host" << std::endl;
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        std::cerr << "Publishing message " << message
+                  << " to " << channel << "..." << std::endl;
+        if (!redisClient.publish(channel, message))
+        {
+            std::cerr << "Error publishing to channel " << channel << std::endl;
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/ws/ws_redis_subscribe.cpp b/ws/ws_redis_subscribe.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..50a76041
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ws/ws_redis_subscribe.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ *  ws_redis_subscribe.cpp
+ *  Author: Benjamin Sergeant
+ *  Copyright (c) 2019 Machine Zone, Inc. All rights reserved.
+ */
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <sstream>
+#include <chrono>
+#include "IXRedisClient.h"
+
+namespace ix
+{
+    int ws_redis_subscribe_main(const std::string& hostname,
+                                int port,
+                                const std::string& channel,
+                                bool verbose)
+    {
+        RedisClient redisClient;
+        if (!redisClient.connect(hostname, port))
+        {
+            std::cerr << "Cannot connect to redis host" << std::endl;
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::steady_clock> lastTimePoint;
+        int msgPerSeconds = 0;
+        int msgCount = 0;
+
+        auto callback = [&lastTimePoint, &msgPerSeconds, &msgCount, verbose]
+                         (const std::string& message)
+        {
+            if (verbose)
+            {
+                std::cout << message << std::endl;
+            }
+
+            msgPerSeconds++;
+
+            auto now = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+            if (now - lastTimePoint > std::chrono::seconds(1))
+            {
+                lastTimePoint = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+
+                msgCount += msgPerSeconds;
+
+                // #messages 901 msg/s 150
+                std::cout << "#messages " << msgCount << " "
+                          << "msg/s " << msgPerSeconds
+                          << std::endl;
+
+                msgPerSeconds = 0;
+            }
+        };
+
+        std::cerr << "Subscribing to " << channel << "..." << std::endl;
+        if (!redisClient.subscribe(channel, callback))
+        {
+            std::cerr << "Error subscribing to channel " << channel << std::endl;
+            return 1;
+        }
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+}
+