diff --git a/functions b/functions
index 62ce3e7..5d2ebfd 100755
--- a/functions
+++ b/functions
@@ -104,10 +104,17 @@ service_start() {
   fi
 }
 
+
+service_password() {
+    local SERVICE="$1"
+    local SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"
+    local PASSWORD="$(cat "$SERVICE_ROOT/PASSWORD")"
+    echo "$PASSWORD"
+}
+
 service_url() {
   local SERVICE="$1"
-  local SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"
-  local PASSWORD="$(cat "$SERVICE_ROOT/PASSWORD")"
+  local PASSWORD="$(service_password "$SERVICE")"
   local SERVICE_ALIAS="$(service_alias "$SERVICE")"
   echo "$PLUGIN_SCHEME://$SERVICE:$PASSWORD@$SERVICE_ALIAS:${PLUGIN_DATASTORE_PORTS[0]}"
 }
diff --git a/subcommands/connect b/subcommands/connect
index 5cda85a..7906f47 100755
--- a/subcommands/connect
+++ b/subcommands/connect
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ redis-connect-cmd() {
   verify_service_name "$SERVICE"
   SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"
   SERVICE_NAME="$(get_service_name "$SERVICE")"
+  PASSWORD="$(service_password "$SERVICE")"
   has_tty && SERVICE_TTY_OPTS="-t"
 
-  docker exec -i $SERVICE_TTY_OPTS "$SERVICE_NAME" redis-cli
+  docker exec -i $SERVICE_TTY_OPTS "$SERVICE_NAME" redis-cli -a "$PASSWORD"
 }
 
 redis-connect-cmd "$@"
diff --git a/tests/service_connect.bats b/tests/service_connect.bats
index 90030f0..a6fd2aa 100755
--- a/tests/service_connect.bats
+++ b/tests/service_connect.bats
@@ -24,6 +24,5 @@ teardown() {
 @test "($PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:connect) success" {
   export ECHO_DOCKER_COMMAND="true"
   run dokku "$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:connect" l
-  assert_output 'docker exec -i -t dokku.redis.l redis-cli'
+  assert_contains 'docker exec -i -t dokku.redis.l redis-cli -a'
 }
-