diff --git a/roles/archweb/templates/local_settings.py.j2 b/roles/archweb/templates/local_settings.py.j2
index 75036a0354dab778c0dae89fa3945e8f59866892..6d9dcd670c62a6a90fde73b630b7136eaf0699c3 100644
--- a/roles/archweb/templates/local_settings.py.j2
+++ b/roles/archweb/templates/local_settings.py.j2
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ CACHES = {
     'default': {
         'BACKEND' : 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.PyMemcacheCache',
         'LOCATION': 'unix:/run/memcached/archweb.sock',
+        'OPTIONS': {
+            'no_delay': True,
+            'max_pool_size': 4,
+            'use_pooling': True,
+            'ignore_exc': True,
+        }
+
     }
 }