diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index b0f31a61..f723f587 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -152,5 +152,5 @@ group :test do
 end
 
 group :production do
-  gem "gitlab_meta", '3.0'
+  gem "gitlab_meta", '3.1'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index d5be48d1..0e3a9810 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ GEM
       mime-types (~> 1.19)
       pygments.rb (>= 0.2.13)
     github-markup (0.7.4)
-    gitlab_meta (3.0)
+    gitlab_meta (3.1)
     gitolite (1.1.0)
       gratr19 (~> 0.4.4.1)
       grit (~> 2.5.0)
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   git
   github-linguist (~> 2.3.4)
   github-markup (~> 0.7.4)
-  gitlab_meta (= 3.0)
+  gitlab_meta (= 3.1)
   gitolite (= 1.1.0)
   grack!
   grape (~> 0.2.1)
diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/dashboard_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/dashboard_controller.rb
index 5152f6fa..827dd0cf 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/dashboard_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/dashboard_controller.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 class Admin::DashboardController < AdminController
   def index
-    @workers = Resque.workers
-    @pending_jobs = Resque.size(:post_receive)
     @projects = Project.order("created_at DESC").limit(10)
     @users = User.order("created_at DESC").limit(10)
+
+    @resque_accessible = true
+    @workers = Resque.workers
+    @pending_jobs = Resque.size(:post_receive)
+
+  rescue Redis::InheritedError
+    @resque_accessible = false
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/admin/dashboard/index.html.haml b/app/views/admin/dashboard/index.html.haml
index 3e26f566..b0b59a46 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/dashboard/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/dashboard/index.html.haml
@@ -4,13 +4,21 @@
       %h5
         Resque Workers
       .data.padded
-        = link_to admin_resque_path do
-          %h1{class: @workers.present? ? "cgreen" : "cred"}
-            = @workers.count
-        %hr
-        %p
-          %strong{class: @pending_jobs > 0 ? "cred" : "cgreen"}
-            #{@pending_jobs} post receive jobs waiting
+        - if @resque_accessible
+          = link_to admin_resque_path do
+            %h1{class: @workers.present? ? "cgreen" : "cred"}
+              = @workers.count
+          %hr
+          %p
+            %strong{class: @pending_jobs > 0 ? "cred" : "cgreen"}
+              #{@pending_jobs} post receive jobs waiting
+        - else
+          = link_to admin_resque_path do
+            %h1.cdark ?
+          %hr
+          %p
+            %strong Resque status unknown
+
 
   .span4
     .ui-box
@@ -42,6 +50,6 @@
     %hr
     - @users.each do |user|
       %p
-        = link_to [:admin, user] do 
+        = link_to [:admin, user] do
           = user.name
           %small= user.email