diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 13ccec8..224caab 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@ composer require csrdelft/orm
 ```
 
 Before the ORM can be used the cache and database must be initialized. The memcache needs
-a writable path and the database and database admin need a host, database, username and
+a unix socket or host and port and the database and database admin need a host, database, username and
 password. After this any model has access to the database.
 
 ```php
 CsrDelft\Orm\Configuration::load([
-  'cache_path' => '/path/to/data/dir',
+  'cache_path' => '/path/to/data/dir/cache.socket', // Host or unix socket
+  'cache_port' => 11211, // Optional if cache_path is a host
   'db' => [
     'host' => 'localhost',
     'db' => 'myDatabase',
diff --git a/src/Configuration.php b/src/Configuration.php
index 897eedb..7be1373 100644
--- a/src/Configuration.php
+++ b/src/Configuration.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public static function load(array $config) {
 
 		$db_conf = $config['db'];
 
-		$ormMemcache = Persistence\OrmMemcache::init($config['cache_path']);
+		$ormMemcache = Persistence\OrmMemcache::init($config['cache_path'], $config['cache_port'] ?? 0);
 
 		$dsn = 'mysql:host=' . $db_conf['host'] . ';dbname=' . $db_conf['db'];
 		$options = [
diff --git a/src/Persistence/OrmMemcache.php b/src/Persistence/OrmMemcache.php
index 340295c..4b49030 100644
--- a/src/Persistence/OrmMemcache.php
+++ b/src/Persistence/OrmMemcache.php
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ class OrmMemcache extends DependencyManager {
 	/**
 	 * OrmMemcache constructor.
 	 * @param $path
+	 * @param int $port
 	 */
-	public function __construct($path) {
+	public function __construct($path, $port = 0) {
 		if (class_exists('Memcache')) {
 			$this->cache = new Memcache();
-			if ($this->cache->connect('unix://' . $path . 'csrdelft-cache.socket', 0)) {
+			if ($this->cache->connect($path, $port)) {
 				return;
 			}
 		}