diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index ba19548..d59fc9d 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ GEM
     ast (2.4.2)
     bindata (2.4.15)
     builder (3.2.4)
-    byebug (11.1.3)
     climate_control (1.2.0)
     coderay (1.1.3)
     concurrent-ruby (1.2.2)
@@ -41,9 +40,11 @@ GEM
       faraday-net_http (>= 2.0, < 3.1)
       ruby2_keywords (>= 0.0.4)
     faraday-net_http (3.0.2)
+    ffi (1.15.5-java)
     google-cloud-env (1.6.0)
       faraday (>= 0.17.3, < 3.0)
     json (2.6.3)
+    json (2.6.3-java)
     language_server-protocol (3.17.0.3)
     method_source (1.0.0)
     mock_redis (0.36.0)
@@ -52,6 +53,7 @@ GEM
       ruby2_keywords (~> 0.0.1)
     net-ldap (0.18.0)
     nio4r (2.5.9)
+    nio4r (2.5.9-java)
     opentelemetry-api (1.2.1)
     opentelemetry-common (0.19.7)
       opentelemetry-api (~> 1.0)
@@ -99,12 +101,16 @@ GEM
     pry (0.14.2)
       coderay (~> 1.1)
       method_source (~> 1.0)
-    pry-byebug (3.10.1)
-      byebug (~> 11.0)
-      pry (>= 0.13, < 0.15)
+    pry (0.14.2-java)
+      coderay (~> 1.1)
+      method_source (~> 1.0)
+      spoon (~> 0.0)
     puma (6.3.0)
       nio4r (~> 2.0)
+    puma (6.3.0-java)
+      nio4r (~> 2.0)
     racc (1.7.1)
+    racc (1.7.1-java)
     rack (2.2.8)
     rack-protection (3.1.0)
       rack (~> 2.2, >= 2.2.4)
@@ -159,6 +165,8 @@ GEM
       tilt (~> 2.0)
     spicy-proton (2.1.15)
       bindata (~> 2.3)
+    spoon (0.0.6)
+      ffi
     statsd-ruby (1.5.0)
     thor (1.2.2)
     thrift (0.18.1)
@@ -169,13 +177,13 @@ GEM
       rspec (~> 3)
 
 PLATFORMS
+  universal-java-11
   x86_64-darwin-22
 
 DEPENDENCIES
   climate_control (>= 0.2.0)
   mock_redis (>= 0.17.0)
   pry
-  pry-byebug
   rack-test (>= 0.6)
   rspec (>= 3.2)
   rubocop (~> 1.54.2)
diff --git a/lib/vmpooler.rb b/lib/vmpooler.rb
index 197bf4a..02a6a85 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module Vmpooler
   # Dependencies for tracing
   require 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-concurrent_ruby'
   require 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-http_client'
-  # require 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis'
+  require 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-redis'
   require 'opentelemetry-instrumentation-sinatra'
   require 'opentelemetry-sdk'
   require 'opentelemetry/exporter/jaeger'
diff --git a/lib/vmpooler/api/helpers.rb b/lib/vmpooler/api/helpers.rb
index e393466..c6351a9 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler/api/helpers.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler/api/helpers.rb
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ module Vmpooler
       def validate_token(backend)
         tracer.in_span("Vmpooler::API::Helpers.#{__method__}") do
           if valid_token?(backend)
-            backend.hset("vmpooler__token__#{request.env['HTTP_X_AUTH_TOKEN']}", 'last', Time.now)
+            backend.hset("vmpooler__token__#{request.env['HTTP_X_AUTH_TOKEN']}", 'last', Time.now.to_s)
 
             return true
           end
diff --git a/lib/vmpooler/api/v3.rb b/lib/vmpooler/api/v3.rb
index 3b629dc..41c6480 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler/api/v3.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler/api/v3.rb
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ module Vmpooler
           span.set_attribute('enduser.id', user)
           has_token_result = has_token?
           backend.sadd("vmpooler__migrating__#{template}", vm)
-          backend.hset("vmpooler__active__#{template}", vm, Time.now)
-          backend.hset("vmpooler__vm__#{vm}", 'checkout', Time.now)
+          backend.hset("vmpooler__active__#{template}", vm, Time.now.to_s)
+          backend.hset("vmpooler__vm__#{vm}", 'checkout', Time.now.to_s)
 
           if Vmpooler::API.settings.config[:auth] and has_token_result
             backend.hset("vmpooler__vm__#{vm}", 'token:token', request.env['HTTP_X_AUTH_TOKEN'])
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@ module Vmpooler
           result['token'] = o[rand(25)] + (0...31).map { o[rand(o.length)] }.join
 
           backend.hset("vmpooler__token__#{result['token']}", 'user', @auth.username)
-          backend.hset("vmpooler__token__#{result['token']}", 'created', Time.now)
+          backend.hset("vmpooler__token__#{result['token']}", 'created', Time.now.to_s)
           span = OpenTelemetry::Trace.current_span
           span.set_attribute('enduser.id', @auth.username)
 
diff --git a/lib/vmpooler/pool_manager.rb b/lib/vmpooler/pool_manager.rb
index 25afb44..a4fd3b2 100644
--- a/lib/vmpooler/pool_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/vmpooler/pool_manager.rb
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ module Vmpooler
         pool_alias = redis.hget("vmpooler__vm__#{vm}", 'pool_alias')
 
         redis.pipelined do |pipeline|
-          pipeline.hset("vmpooler__active__#{pool}", vm, Time.now)
-          pipeline.hset("vmpooler__vm__#{vm}", 'checkout', Time.now)
+          pipeline.hset("vmpooler__active__#{pool}", vm, Time.now.to_s)
+          pipeline.hset("vmpooler__vm__#{vm}", 'checkout', Time.now.to_s)
           if ondemandrequest_hash['token:token']
             pipeline.hset("vmpooler__vm__#{vm}", 'token:token', ondemandrequest_hash['token:token'])
             pipeline.hset("vmpooler__vm__#{vm}", 'token:user', ondemandrequest_hash['token:user'])
@@ -184,10 +184,10 @@ module Vmpooler
 
       redis.pipelined do |pipeline|
         pipeline.hset("vmpooler__boot__#{Date.today}", "#{pool}:#{vm}", finish) # maybe remove as this is never used by vmpooler itself?
-        pipeline.hset("vmpooler__vm__#{vm}", 'ready', Time.now)
+        pipeline.hset("vmpooler__vm__#{vm}", 'ready', Time.now.to_s)
 
         # last boot time is displayed in API, and used by alarming script
-        pipeline.hset('vmpooler__lastboot', pool, Time.now)
+        pipeline.hset('vmpooler__lastboot', pool, Time.now.to_s)
       end
 
       $metrics.timing("time_to_ready_state.#{pool}", finish)
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ module Vmpooler
           last_checked_too_soon = ((Time.now - Time.parse(check_stamp)).to_i < $config[:config]['vm_checktime'] * 60) if check_stamp
           break if check_stamp && last_checked_too_soon
 
-          redis.hset("vmpooler__vm__#{vm}", 'check', Time.now)
+          redis.hset("vmpooler__vm__#{vm}", 'check', Time.now.to_s)
           # Check if the hosts TTL has expired
           # if 'boottime' is nil, set bootime to beginning of unix epoch, forces TTL to be assumed expired
           boottime = redis.hget("vmpooler__vm__#{vm}", 'ready')
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ module Vmpooler
             end
 
             if options[:pending_vm]
-               pending_vm_count = redis.scard("vmpooler__pending__#{options[:poolname]}")
+              pending_vm_count = redis.scard("vmpooler__pending__#{options[:poolname]}")
               break unless pending_vm_count == 0
             end
 
@@ -1333,8 +1333,8 @@ module Vmpooler
         ready = redis.scard("vmpooler__ready__#{pool_name}")
         pending = redis.scard("vmpooler__pending__#{pool_name}")
         running = redis.scard("vmpooler__running__#{pool_name}")
-        
-          total = pending.to_i + ready.to_i
+
+        total = pending.to_i + ready.to_i
 
         $metrics.gauge("ready.#{pool_name}", ready)
         $metrics.gauge("running.#{pool_name}", running)
diff --git a/spec/unit/pool_manager_spec.rb b/spec/unit/pool_manager_spec.rb
index 742ea54..8561896 100644
--- a/spec/unit/pool_manager_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/pool_manager_spec.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 require 'time'
 require 'mock_redis'
-require 'pry'
-require 'pry-byebug'
 
 # Custom RSpec :Matchers
 
diff --git a/vmpooler.gemspec b/vmpooler.gemspec
index e997b11..c3ba291 100644
--- a/vmpooler.gemspec
+++ b/vmpooler.gemspec
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.add_development_dependency 'climate_control', '>= 0.2.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'mock_redis', '>= 0.17.0'
   s.add_development_dependency 'pry'
-  s.add_development_dependency 'pry-byebug'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rack-test', '>= 0.6'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rspec', '>= 3.2'
   s.add_development_dependency 'rubocop', '~> 1.54.2'