diff --git a/vcsserver/lib/_vendor/redis_lock/__init__.py b/vcsserver/lib/_vendor/redis_lock/__init__.py
--- a/vcsserver/lib/_vendor/redis_lock/__init__.py
+++ b/vcsserver/lib/_vendor/redis_lock/__init__.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from redis import StrictRedis
 __version__ = '3.7.0'
 
 loggers = {
-    k: getLogger(".".join((__name__, k)))
+    k: getLogger("vcsserver" + ".".join((__name__, k)))
     for k in [
         "acquire",
         "refresh.thread.start",
diff --git a/vcsserver/lib/rc_cache/backends.py b/vcsserver/lib/rc_cache/backends.py
--- a/vcsserver/lib/rc_cache/backends.py
+++ b/vcsserver/lib/rc_cache/backends.py
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ class BaseRedisBackend(redis_backend.Red
                 name=lock_key,
                 expire=self.lock_timeout,
                 auto_renewal=False,
+                strict=True,
             )
             return lock
         else: