diff --git a/tubearchivist/api/views.py b/tubearchivist/api/views.py
index f21292e8..3e5d79e8 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/api/views.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/api/views.py
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ class DownloadApiView(ApiBaseView):
 
         print(f"{video_id}: change status to {item_status}")
         PendingInteract(video_id=video_id, status=item_status).update_status()
-        RedisQueue().clear_item(video_id)
+        RedisQueue(queue_name="dl_queue").clear_item(video_id)
 
         return Response(request.data)
 
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
index 3c6a4a56..c1d5ddde 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/download/yt_dlp_handler.py
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ class VideoDownloader:
         """setup download queue in redis loop until no more items"""
         self._setup_queue()
 
-        queue = RedisQueue()
+        queue = RedisQueue(queue_name="dl_queue")
 
         limit_queue = self.config["downloads"]["limit_count"]
         if limit_queue:
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ class VideoDownloader:
             RedisArchivist().set_message(self.MSG, mess_dict, expire=True)
             return
 
-        RedisQueue().add_list(to_add)
+        RedisQueue(queue_name="dl_queue").add_list(to_add)
 
     def _progress_hook(self, response):
         """process the progress_hooks from yt_dlp"""
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/frontend/api_calls.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/frontend/api_calls.py
index d8325fbe..6e0bb78d 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/frontend/api_calls.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/frontend/api_calls.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class PostData:
         print(f"{video_id}: ignore video from download queue")
         PendingInteract(video_id=video_id, status="ignore").update_status()
         # also clear from redis queue
-        RedisQueue().clear_item(video_id)
+        RedisQueue(queue_name="dl_queue").clear_item(video_id)
         return {"success": True}
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class PostData:
         to_execute = self.exec_val
         if to_execute == "stop":
             print("stopping download queue")
-            RedisQueue().clear()
+            RedisQueue(queue_name="dl_queue").clear()
         elif to_execute == "kill":
             task_id = RedisArchivist().get_message("dl_queue_id")
             if not isinstance(task_id, str):
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/ta_redis.py b/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/ta_redis.py
index 536209f5..e963dfdd 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/ta_redis.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/src/ta/ta_redis.py
@@ -102,11 +102,11 @@ class RedisArchivist(RedisBase):
 
 
 class RedisQueue(RedisBase):
-    """dynamically interact with the download queue in redis"""
+    """dynamically interact with queues in redis"""
 
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, queue_name):
         super().__init__()
-        self.key = self.NAME_SPACE + "dl_queue"
+        self.key = f"{self.NAME_SPACE}{queue_name}"
 
     def get_all(self):
         """return all elements in list"""
diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py b/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py
index b868da50..d7200510 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ def download_pending():
 @shared_task
 def download_single(youtube_id):
     """start download single video now"""
-    queue = RedisQueue()
+    queue = RedisQueue(queue_name="dl_queue")
     queue.add_priority(youtube_id)
     print("Added to queue with priority: " + youtube_id)
     # start queue if needed
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ def kill_dl(task_id):
         app.control.revoke(task_id, terminate=True)
 
     _ = RedisArchivist().del_message("dl_queue_id")
-    RedisQueue().clear()
+    RedisQueue(queue_name="dl_queue").clear()
 
     clear_dl_cache(CONFIG)