diff --git a/manager/database/database.go b/manager/database/database.go
index dc03d812f..e978c7774 100644
--- a/manager/database/database.go
+++ b/manager/database/database.go
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ func New(cfg *config.Config) (*Database, error) {
 		SentinelPassword: cfg.Database.Redis.SentinelPassword,
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		logger.Errorf("redis: %s", err.Error())
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/redis/proxy.go b/pkg/redis/proxy.go
index 8acc3565e..4fbedf6e7 100644
--- a/pkg/redis/proxy.go
+++ b/pkg/redis/proxy.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package redis
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"sync"
@@ -79,6 +80,13 @@ func (p *proxy) Stop() {
 // handleConn handles the incoming connection and establishes a connection to the remote host.
 func (p *proxy) handleConn(conn net.Conn) {
 	defer conn.Close()
+
+	reader, isRedisProtocol := p.isRedisProtocol(conn)
+	if !isRedisProtocol {
+		logger.Errorf("not a redis protocol: %s", conn.RemoteAddr())
+		return
+	}
+
 	rConn, err := net.Dial("tcp", p.to)
 	if err != nil {
 		logger.Errorf("error dialing remote host: %v", err)
@@ -89,7 +97,7 @@ func (p *proxy) handleConn(conn net.Conn) {
 	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
 	wg.Add(2)
 	go p.copy(rConn, conn, wg)
-	go p.copy(conn, rConn, wg)
+	go p.copyReader(reader, rConn, wg)
 	wg.Wait()
 }
 
@@ -101,9 +109,44 @@ func (p *proxy) copy(from, to net.Conn, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 		return
 	default:
 		if _, err := io.Copy(to, from); err != nil {
-			logger.Errorf("error copy: %v", err)
+			logger.Errorf("error copying from %s to %s: %v", from.RemoteAddr(), to.RemoteAddr(), err)
 			p.Stop()
 			return
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// copyReader copies data from a reader to a connection.
+func (p *proxy) copyReader(from io.Reader, to net.Conn, wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
+	defer wg.Done()
+	select {
+	case <-p.done:
+		return
+	default:
+		if _, err := io.Copy(to, from); err != nil {
+			logger.Errorf("error copying to %s: %v", to.RemoteAddr(), err)
+			p.Stop()
+			return
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// isRedisProtocol checks if the connection uses the Redis protocol.
+func (p *proxy) isRedisProtocol(conn net.Conn) (io.Reader, bool) {
+	reader := bufio.NewReader(conn)
+	firstByte, err := reader.Peek(1)
+	if err != nil {
+		if err != io.EOF {
+			logger.Errorf("reading first byte from client failed: %s: %v", conn.RemoteAddr(), err)
+		}
+
+		return reader, false
+	}
+
+	switch firstByte[0] {
+	case '*', '+', '-', ':', '$':
+		return reader, true
+	}
+
+	return reader, false
+}
diff --git a/pkg/redis/redis.go b/pkg/redis/redis.go
index eebb82037..73ac37f3a 100644
--- a/pkg/redis/redis.go
+++ b/pkg/redis/redis.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/redis/go-redis/v9"
 
+	logger "d7y.io/dragonfly/v2/internal/dflog"
 	"d7y.io/dragonfly/v2/pkg/types"
 )
 
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ func NewRedis(cfg *redis.UniversalOptions) (redis.UniversalClient, error) {
 	})
 
 	if err := client.Ping(context.Background()).Err(); err != nil {
+		logger.Errorf("failed to ping redis: %v", err)
 		return nil, err
 	}