diff --git a/bird/redis_cache_test.go b/bird/redis_cache_test.go
index e54c546..a8b6103 100644
--- a/bird/redis_cache_test.go
+++ b/bird/redis_cache_test.go
@@ -56,3 +56,45 @@ func Test_RedisCacheAccessKeyMissing(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Log("Cache error:", err)
 	t.Log(parsed)
 }
+
+func Test_RedisCacheRoutes(t *testing.T) {
+	f, err := openFile("routes_bird1_ipv4.sample")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	parsed := parseRoutes(f)
+	_, ok := parsed["routes"].([]Parsed)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("Error getting routes")
+	}
+
+	cache, err := NewRedisCache(CacheConfig{
+		RedisServer: "localhost:6379",
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Log("Redis server not available:", err)
+		t.Log("Skipping redis tests.")
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = cache.Set("routes_protocol_test", parsed)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	parsed, err = cache.Get("routes_protocol_test")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	routes, ok := parsed["routes"].([]interface{})
+	if !ok {
+		t.Error("Error getting routes")
+	}
+
+	t.Log("Retrieved routes:", len(routes))
+}