diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0929c17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+version: 2.1
+jobs:
+  build:
+    docker:
+      - image: cimg/ruby:3.2.0
+
+    working_directory: ~/ratelimit
+
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+
+      - run:
+          name: "Ruby Bundler: Configure bundler"
+          command: |
+            bundle config set path '.bundle'
+
+      - restore_cache:
+          keys:
+            - v1-ruby-3.2.0-deps-{{ checksum "Gemfile.lock" }}
+            # fallback to using the latest cache if no exact match is found
+            - v1-ruby-3.2.0-deps-
+
+      - run:
+          name: install dependencies
+          command: |
+            bundle install --jobs=4 --retry=3
+            bundle clean --force
+
+      - save_cache:
+          paths:
+            - .bundle
+          key: v1-ruby-3.2.0-deps-{{ checksum "Gemfile.lock" }}
+
+      - run:
+          name: run tests
+          command: |
+            mkdir /tmp/test-results
+            
+            bundle exec rspec --format progress \
+                --format RspecJunitFormatter \
+                --out /tmp/test-results/rspec.xml \
+                --format progress
+
+      - store_test_results:
+          path: /tmp/test-results
+      - store_artifacts:
+          path: /tmp/test-results
+          destination: test-results
+  deploy:
+    docker:
+      - image: cimg/ruby:3.2.0
+    working_directory: ~/ratelimit
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run:
+          name: Release Gem
+          command: |
+            gem build ratelimit.gemspec
+            gem push --host https://rubygems.pkg.github.com/buyapowa *.gem
+
+workflows:
+  version: 2
+  build-and-deploy:
+    jobs:
+      - build
+      - deploy:
+          context:
+            - gem-deploy
+          requires:
+            - build
+          filters:
+            branches:
+              only: master
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 31cafb5..e74cb7b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 .bundle
 .config
 .yardoc
-Gemfile.lock
 InstalledFiles
 _yardoc
 coverage
diff --git a/.ruby-gemset b/.ruby-gemset
deleted file mode 100644
index 6dcedfe..0000000
--- a/.ruby-gemset
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ratelimit
diff --git a/.ruby-version b/.ruby-version
deleted file mode 100644
index ec6b00f..0000000
--- a/.ruby-version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-ruby-2.1.2
diff --git a/.tool-versions b/.tool-versions
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c23af94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.tool-versions
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ruby 3.2.0
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c3a1ed7..0000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-script: "bundle exec rspec"
-rvm:
-  - 1.9.2
-  - 1.9.3
-  - 2.0.0
-  - 2.1.1
-  - 2.1.2
-  - rbx-2
-  - jruby-19mode
diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 4cff8c5..fa75df1 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 source 'https://rubygems.org'
 
-# Specify your gem's dependencies in ratelimit.gemspec
 gemspec
-
-gem 'coveralls', require: false
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b162b75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+PATH
+  remote: .
+  specs:
+    ratelimit (1.1.1)
+      redis (< 5.0.0)
+
+GEM
+  remote: https://rubygems.org/
+  specs:
+    diff-lcs (1.5.0)
+    fakeredis (0.8.0)
+      redis (~> 4.1)
+    maruku (0.7.3)
+    psych (5.0.2)
+      stringio
+    rake (13.0.6)
+    rdoc (6.5.0)
+      psych (>= 4.0.0)
+    redis (4.8.0)
+    rspec (3.12.0)
+      rspec-core (~> 3.12.0)
+      rspec-expectations (~> 3.12.0)
+      rspec-mocks (~> 3.12.0)
+    rspec-core (3.12.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
+    rspec-expectations (3.12.2)
+      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
+    rspec-mocks (3.12.3)
+      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
+      rspec-support (~> 3.12.0)
+    rspec-support (3.12.0)
+    rspec_junit_formatter (0.6.0)
+      rspec-core (>= 2, < 4, != 2.12.0)
+    stringio (3.0.4)
+    timecop (0.9.6)
+    webrick (1.7.0)
+    yard (0.9.28)
+      webrick (~> 1.7.0)
+
+PLATFORMS
+  ruby
+
+DEPENDENCIES
+  bundler
+  fakeredis
+  maruku
+  rake
+  ratelimit!
+  rdoc
+  rspec
+  rspec_junit_formatter (~> 0.6)
+  timecop
+  yard
+
+BUNDLED WITH
+   2.4.5
diff --git a/Rakefile b/Rakefile
index 3c4590c..204a896 100644
--- a/Rakefile
+++ b/Rakefile
@@ -34,5 +34,4 @@ namespace :doc do
   task :clean do
     rm_r doc_dir if File.exists?(doc_destination)
   end
-
 end
diff --git a/lib/ratelimit.rb b/lib/ratelimit.rb
index 607df69..d74ce75 100644
--- a/lib/ratelimit.rb
+++ b/lib/ratelimit.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 require 'redis'
-require 'redis-namespace'
 
 class Ratelimit
 
@@ -11,10 +10,12 @@ class Ratelimit
   # @option options [Integer] :bucket_interval (5) How many seconds each bucket represents
   # @option options [Integer] :bucket_expiry (@bucket_span) How long we keep data in each bucket before it is auto expired. Cannot be larger than the bucket_span.
   # @option options [Redis]   :redis (nil) Redis client if you need to customize connection options
+  # @option options [Lambda]  :checkout_redis_with (nil) Lambda that yields to a passed block with a Redis instance, for use with a Redis connection pool
   #
   # @return [RateLimit] RateLimit instance
   #
   def initialize(key, options = {})
+    @namespace = "ratelimit"
     @key = key
     unless options.is_a?(Hash)
       raise ArgumentError.new("Redis object is now passed in via the options hash - options[:redis]")
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ def initialize(key, options = {})
       raise ArgumentError.new("Cannot have less than 3 buckets")
     end
     @redis = options[:redis]
+    @checkout_redis_with = options[:checkout_redis_with]
   end
 
   # Add to the counter for a given subject.
@@ -40,13 +42,15 @@ def initialize(key, options = {})
   # @return [Integer] The counter value
   def add(subject, count = 1)
     bucket = get_bucket
-    subject = "#{@key}:#{subject}"
-    redis.pipelined do
-      redis.hincrby(subject, bucket, count)
-      redis.hdel(subject, (bucket + 1) % @bucket_count)
-      redis.hdel(subject, (bucket + 2) % @bucket_count)
-      redis.expire(subject, @bucket_expiry)
-    end.first
+    subject = [@namespace, @key, subject].join(":")
+    use_redis do |r|
+      r.multi do |pipeline|
+        pipeline.hincrby(subject, bucket, count)
+        pipeline.hdel(subject, (bucket + 1) % @bucket_count)
+        pipeline.hdel(subject, (bucket + 2) % @bucket_count)
+        pipeline.expire(subject, @bucket_expiry)
+      end.first
+    end
   end
 
   # Returns the count for a given subject and interval
@@ -57,12 +61,15 @@ def count(subject, interval)
     bucket = get_bucket
     interval = [interval, @bucket_interval].max
     count = (interval / @bucket_interval).floor
-    subject = "#{@key}:#{subject}"
+    subject = [@namespace, @key, subject].join(":")
 
     keys = (0..count - 1).map do |i|
       (bucket - i) % @bucket_count
     end
-    return redis.hmget(subject, *keys).inject(0) {|a, i| a + i.to_i}
+
+    return use_redis do |r|
+      r.hmget(subject, *keys).inject(0) { |a, i| a + i.to_i }
+    end
   end
 
   # Check if the rate limit has been exceeded.
@@ -113,7 +120,15 @@ def get_bucket(time = Time.now.to_i)
     ((time % @bucket_span) / @bucket_interval).floor
   end
 
-  def redis
-    @redis ||= Redis::Namespace.new(:ratelimit, :redis => @redis || Redis.new)
+  def use_redis
+    if @checkout_redis_with
+      @checkout_redis_with.call { |redis| yield(redis) }
+    else
+      yield single_redis_instance
+    end
+  end
+
+  def single_redis_instance
+    @redis ||= Redis.new
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/ratelimit/version.rb b/lib/ratelimit/version.rb
index d3c5917..c34d32b 100644
--- a/lib/ratelimit/version.rb
+++ b/lib/ratelimit/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 class Ratelimit
-  VERSION = "1.0.2"
+  VERSION = "1.1.1"
 end
diff --git a/ratelimit.gemspec b/ratelimit.gemspec
index 13c8a16..29ead44 100644
--- a/ratelimit.gemspec
+++ b/ratelimit.gemspec
@@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.test_files    = spec.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
   spec.require_paths = ["lib"]
 
-  spec.add_dependency             "redis", ">= 2.0.0"
-  spec.add_dependency             "redis-namespace", ">= 1.0.0"
-  spec.add_development_dependency "bundler", "~> 1.6"
+  spec.metadata["allowed_push_host"] = "https://rubygems.pkg.github.com"
+  spec.metadata["github_repo"] = "ssh://github.com/Buyapowa/ratelimit"
+
+  spec.add_dependency             "redis", "< 5.0.0"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "bundler"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rake"
   spec.add_development_dependency "fakeredis"
   spec.add_development_dependency "timecop"
@@ -28,4 +30,5 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.add_development_dependency "yard"
   spec.add_development_dependency "maruku"
   spec.add_development_dependency "rdoc"
+  spec.add_development_dependency "rspec_junit_formatter", "~> 0.6"
 end
diff --git a/spec/ratelimit_spec.rb b/spec/ratelimit_spec.rb
index d390cd3..3a985ce 100644
--- a/spec/ratelimit_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/ratelimit_spec.rb
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe Ratelimit do
-
   before do
     @r = Ratelimit.new("key")
-    @r.send(:redis).flushdb
+    @r.send(:use_redis) { |r| r.flushdb }
   end
 
   it "should set_bucket_expiry to the bucket_span if not defined" do
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@
 
     @value = nil
     expect do
-      timeout(1) do
+      Timeout.timeout(1) do
         @r.exec_within_threshold("key", {:threshold => 30, :interval => 30}) do
           @value = 2
         end
@@ -106,4 +105,20 @@
     expect(@r.count('value1', 10)).to eql(1)
   end
 
+  context "using the checkout_redis_with option" do
+    let(:redis) { Redis.new }
+    let(:redis_checkout_lambda) do
+      lambda do |&block|
+        block.call(redis)
+      end
+    end
+
+    let(:key) { SecureRandom.hex(6) }
+    subject { Ratelimit.new(key, checkout_redis_with: redis_checkout_lambda) }
+
+    it "adds correctly" do
+      subject.add("value1", 3)
+      expect(subject.count("value1", 1)).to eq(3)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 0a8bc39..921aa1d 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@
 # users commonly want.
 #
 # See http://rubydoc.info/gems/rspec-core/RSpec/Core/Configuration
-require 'coveralls'
-Coveralls.wear!
 require 'fakeredis'
 require 'timecop'
 require 'ratelimit'
+require 'securerandom'
 
 RSpec.configure do |config|
 # The settings below are suggested to provide a good initial experience