diff --git a/proxypool/storages/redis.py b/proxypool/storages/redis.py
index 5ae145bc..8ab0e41d 100644
--- a/proxypool/storages/redis.py
+++ b/proxypool/storages/redis.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def __init__(self, host=REDIS_HOST, port=REDIS_PORT, password=REDIS_PASSWORD, db
         """
         # if set connection_string, just use it
         if connection_string:
-            self.db = redis.StrictRedis.from_url(connection_string)
+            self.db = redis.StrictRedis.from_url(connection_string, decode_responses=True, **kwargs)
         else:
             self.db = redis.StrictRedis(
                 host=host, port=port, password=password, db=db, decode_responses=True, **kwargs)