diff --git a/clitools/exports/toRedis.py b/clitools/exports/toRedis.py
index a42ac55..b98f2eb 100755
--- a/clitools/exports/toRedis.py
+++ b/clitools/exports/toRedis.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import time
 argsparser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Redis exporter LJ")
 argsparser.add_argument("-i","--ip",help="IP address of the Redis server ",default="127.0.0.1",type=str)
 argsparser.add_argument("-p","--port",help="Port of the Redis server ",default="6379",type=str)
-argsparser.add_argument("-k","--key",help="Redis key to update",default="0",type=int)
+argsparser.add_argument("-k","--key",help="Redis key to update",default="0",type=str)
 argsparser.add_argument("-v","--verbose",action="store_true",help="Verbose")
 args = argsparser.parse_args()
 
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ try:
       if line == "":
          time.sleep(0.01)
       line = line.rstrip('\n')
+      line=line[1:-1]
+      line = line.replace("[",'(')
+      line = line.replace("]",')')
+      line = "[{}]".format(line)
       if r.set(key,line)==True:
           debug("exports::redis set("+str(key)+") to "+line)
 except EOFError: