diff --git a/config/environments/development.rb b/config/environments/development.rb
index 7e0593176..7870c6540 100644
--- a/config/environments/development.rb
+++ b/config/environments/development.rb
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
   config.assets.quiet = true
 
   # memcache setup
-  config.cache_store = ActiveSupport::Cache::MemCacheStore.new('cache:11211', namespace: 'BioPortal')
+  config.cache_store = ActiveSupport::Cache::MemCacheStore.new('localhost', namespace: 'BioPortal')
 
   # Silence cache output
   config.cache_store.logger = Logger.new("/dev/null") if config.cache_store.respond_to?(:logger)