diff --git a/limitador/src/storage/redis/counters_cache.rs b/limitador/src/storage/redis/counters_cache.rs
index d527bd1f..fc0688ef 100644
--- a/limitador/src/storage/redis/counters_cache.rs
+++ b/limitador/src/storage/redis/counters_cache.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::{Duration, SystemTime};
 use tokio::select;
 use tokio::sync::{Notify, Semaphore};
+use tracing::info;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct CachedCounterValue {
@@ -203,17 +204,26 @@ impl Batcher {
                 return result;
             } else {
                 ready = select! {
-                    _ = self.notifier.notified() => self.batch_ready(max),
-                    _ = tokio::time::sleep(self.interval) => true,
+                    _ = async {
+                        loop {
+                            self.notifier.notified().await;
+                            if self.batch_ready(max) {
+                                break;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    } => {
+                        info!("Priority flush!");
+                        true
+                    },
+                    _ = tokio::time::sleep(self.interval) => {
+                        // info!("Time limit hit!");
+                        true
+                    },
                 }
             }
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
-        self.updates.is_empty()
-    }
-
     fn batch_ready(&self, size: usize) -> bool {
         self.updates.len() >= size
             || self
diff --git a/limitador/src/storage/redis/redis_async.rs b/limitador/src/storage/redis/redis_async.rs
index d77a16bd..c8adf009 100644
--- a/limitador/src/storage/redis/redis_async.rs
+++ b/limitador/src/storage/redis/redis_async.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use redis::{AsyncCommands, RedisError};
 use std::collections::HashSet;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::time::{Duration, Instant};
-use tracing::{debug_span, Instrument};
+use tracing::{debug_span, warn, Instrument};
 
 // Note: this implementation does not guarantee exact limits. Ensuring that we
 // never go over the limits would hurt performance. This implementation
@@ -215,6 +215,14 @@ impl AsyncRedisStorage {
             .clone()
             .incr::<&str, i32, u64>("LIMITADOR_LIVE_CHECK", 1)
             .await
+            .map_err(|err| {
+                let err = <RedisError as Into<StorageErr>>::into(err);
+                if !err.is_transient() {
+                    panic!("Unrecoverable Redis error: {}", err);
+                }
+                warn!("Live check failure: {}", err);
+                err
+            })
             .is_ok()
             .then(|| histogram!("liveness_latency").record(now.elapsed().as_secs_f64()))
             .is_some()
diff --git a/limitador/src/storage/redis/redis_cached.rs b/limitador/src/storage/redis/redis_cached.rs
index 992f2a81..9bbafbf4 100644
--- a/limitador/src/storage/redis/redis_cached.rs
+++ b/limitador/src/storage/redis/redis_cached.rs
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ use redis::aio::{ConnectionLike, ConnectionManager};
 use redis::{ConnectionInfo, RedisError};
 use std::collections::{HashMap, HashSet};
 use std::str::FromStr;
+use std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Acquire;
 use std::sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
-use tracing::{debug_span, error, warn, Instrument};
+use tracing::{debug_span, error, info, warn, Instrument};
 
 // This is just a first version.
 //
@@ -189,7 +190,6 @@ impl CachedRedisStorage {
             AsyncRedisStorage::new_with_conn_manager(redis_conn_manager.clone());
 
         {
-            let storage = async_redis_storage.clone();
             let counters_cache_clone = counters_cache.clone();
             let conn = redis_conn_manager.clone();
             let p = Arc::clone(&partitioned);
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ impl CachedRedisStorage {
                 loop {
                     flush_batcher_and_update_counters(
                         conn.clone(),
-                        storage.is_alive().await,
                         counters_cache_clone.clone(),
                         p.clone(),
                         batch_size,
@@ -333,35 +332,38 @@ async fn update_counters<C: ConnectionLike>(
 #[tracing::instrument(skip_all)]
 async fn flush_batcher_and_update_counters<C: ConnectionLike>(
     mut redis_conn: C,
-    storage_is_alive: bool,
     cached_counters: Arc<CountersCache>,
     partitioned: Arc<AtomicBool>,
     batch_size: usize,
 ) {
-    if partitioned.load(Ordering::Acquire) || !storage_is_alive {
-        if !cached_counters.batcher().is_empty() {
+    let updated_counters = cached_counters
+        .batcher()
+        .consume(batch_size, |counters| {
+            if !counters.is_empty() && !partitioned.load(Acquire) {
+                info!("Flushing {} counter updates", counters.len());
+            }
+            update_counters(&mut redis_conn, counters)
+        })
+        .await
+        .map(|res| {
+            // info!("Success {} counters", res.len());
             flip_partitioned(&partitioned, false);
-        }
-    } else {
-        let updated_counters = cached_counters
-            .batcher()
-            .consume(batch_size, |counters| {
-                update_counters(&mut redis_conn, counters)
-            })
-            .await
-            .or_else(|err| {
-                if err.is_transient() {
-                    flip_partitioned(&partitioned, true);
-                    Ok(Vec::new())
-                } else {
-                    Err(err)
+            res
+        })
+        .or_else(|err| {
+            if err.is_transient() {
+                if flip_partitioned(&partitioned, true) {
+                    warn!("Error flushing {}", err);
                 }
-            })
-            .expect("Unrecoverable Redis error!");
+                Ok(Vec::new())
+            } else {
+                Err(err)
+            }
+        })
+        .expect("Unrecoverable Redis error!");
 
-        for (counter, new_value, remote_deltas, ttl) in updated_counters {
-            cached_counters.apply_remote_delta(counter, new_value, remote_deltas, ttl);
-        }
+    for (counter, new_value, remote_deltas, ttl) in updated_counters {
+        cached_counters.apply_remote_delta(counter, new_value, remote_deltas, ttl);
     }
 }