diff --git a/swh/lister/github/lister.py b/swh/lister/github/lister.py
index b11615c..6ee474d 100644
--- a/swh/lister/github/lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/github/lister.py
@@ -1,55 +1,58 @@
 # Copyright © 2016 The Software Heritage Developers <swh-devel@inria.fr>
 # License: GNU General Public License version 3, or any later version
 # See top-level LICENSE file for more information
 
 import os
 
 import requests
 
 from swh.core.config import load_named_config, prepare_folders
 from swh.storage import get_storage
 
-from . import req_queue, processors
+from . import req_queue, processors, cache
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
     'queue_file': ('str', '~/.cache/swh/lister-github/queue.pickle'),
+    'cache_url': ('str', 'redis://localhost'),
     'storage_class': ('str', 'local_storage'),
     'storage_args': ('list[str]', ['dbname=softwareheritage-dev',
                                    '/srv/softwareheritage/objects']),
     'credentials': ('list[str]', []),
 
 }
 CONFIG_NAME = 'lister/github.ini'
 
 
 def run_from_queue():
     config = load_named_config(CONFIG_NAME, DEFAULT_CONFIG)
 
+    cache.init_cache(config['cache_url'])
+
     queue_file = os.path.expanduser(config['queue_file'])
     prepare_folders(os.path.dirname(queue_file))
 
     credentials = {}
     for credential in config['credentials']:
         login, token = credential.split(':')
         credentials[login] = {'token': token}
 
     queue = req_queue.restore_from_file(queue_file)
 
     if req_queue.empty(queue):
         req_queue.push(queue, {'type': 'repositories', 'url': None})
 
     session = requests.Session()
     storage = get_storage(config['storage_class'], config['storage_args'])
 
     try:
         while not req_queue.empty(queue):
             processors.process_one_item(
                 queue, session=session, credentials=credentials,
                 storage=storage
             )
 
     finally:
         req_queue.dump_to_file(queue, queue_file)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     run_from_queue()