diff --git a/docker-app/qfieldcloud/settings.py b/docker-app/qfieldcloud/settings.py
index 22c836cc5..f08b646bc 100644
--- a/docker-app/qfieldcloud/settings.py
+++ b/docker-app/qfieldcloud/settings.py
@@ -73,6 +73,12 @@
     "default": {
         "BACKEND": "django.core.cache.backends.memcached.PyMemcacheCache",
         "LOCATION": "memcached:11211",
+        "OPTIONS": {
+            "no_delay": True,
+            "ignore_exc": True,
+            "max_pool_size": 10,
+            "use_pooling": True,
+        },
     }
 }