diff --git a/lib/rack/attack/store_proxy.rb b/lib/rack/attack/store_proxy.rb
index 0c65aee..6f6a507 100644
--- a/lib/rack/attack/store_proxy.rb
+++ b/lib/rack/attack/store_proxy.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ module Rack
 
         def read(key)
           self.get(key)
+          rescue Redis::BaseError
+            nil
         end
 
         def write(key, value, options={})
@@ -34,6 +36,8 @@ module Rack
           else
             self.set(key, value)
           end
+          rescue Redis::BaseError
+            nil
         end
 
         def increment(key, amount, options={})
@@ -43,6 +47,8 @@ module Rack
             self.expire(key, options[:expires_in]) if options[:expires_in]
           end
           count.value if count
+          rescue Redis::BaseError
+            nil
         end
 
       end
diff --git a/spec/rack_attack_cache_spec.rb b/spec/rack_attack_cache_spec.rb
index 3f7fac9..0016ff9 100644
--- a/spec/rack_attack_cache_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/rack_attack_cache_spec.rb
@@ -78,6 +78,34 @@ if ENV['TEST_INTEGRATION']
 
     end
 
+    describe "should not error if redis is not running" do
+      before {
+        @cache = Rack::Attack::Cache.new
+        @key = "rack::attack:cache-test-key"
+        @expires_in = 1
+        # Use ip reserved for documentation to ensure it does not exist
+        # http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5737
+        @cache.store = ActiveSupport::Cache::RedisStore.new(:host => '203.0.113.0', :port => 3333)
+      }
+      describe "write" do
+        it "should not raise exception" do
+          @cache.write("cache-test-key", "foobar", 1)
+        end
+      end
+
+      describe "read" do
+        it "should not raise exception" do
+          @cache.read("cache-test-key")
+        end
+      end
+
+      describe "do_count" do
+        it "should not raise exception" do
+          @cache.send(:do_count, @key, @expires_in)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
   end
 else
   puts 'Skipping cache store integration tests (set ENV["TEST_INTEGRATION"] to enable)'