diff --git a/RedisBungee-API/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/api/summoners/ClusterJedisSummoner.java b/RedisBungee-API/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/api/summoners/ClusterJedisSummoner.java
index 41e3dfc..1e7ff48 100644
--- a/RedisBungee-API/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/api/summoners/ClusterJedisSummoner.java
+++ b/RedisBungee-API/src/main/java/com/imaginarycode/minecraft/redisbungee/api/summoners/ClusterJedisSummoner.java
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ public class ClusterJedisSummoner implements Summoner<JedisCluster> {
 
     public ClusterJedisSummoner(JedisCluster jedisCluster) {
         this.jedisCluster = jedisCluster;
+        // test the connection
+        jedisCluster.set("random_data", "0");
+        jedisCluster.del("random_data");
     }
 
     @Override