diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c6fff9d..d4c2fcf 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ WORKDIR loader
 
 EXPOSE 3001
 ENV NODE_ENV=production
+ENV MEMCACHE_ADDR="localhost:11211"
 
 WORKDIR /srv/cprush-stats
 RUN npm install
-CMD ["node", "app.js"]
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+CMD ["sh", "-c", "node app.js -m $MEMCACHE_ADDR"]
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diff --git a/backend/src/app.ts b/backend/src/app.ts
index dd6ea8c..10db88a 100644
--- a/backend/src/app.ts
+++ b/backend/src/app.ts
@@ -34,5 +34,7 @@ app.use('/', (req, res) => {
 
 app.listen(port, async () => {
   await database.authenticate()
-  return console.log(`Express is listening at http://localhost:${port}`)
+  console.log(`Using memcache at ${memcache_addr}`)
+  console.log(`Express is listening at http://localhost:${port}`)
+  return
 })
diff --git a/docker-compose.yaml b/docker-compose.yaml
index 91bc19c..6953aec 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/docker-compose.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ services:
     image: potato
     networks:
       - cprush-net
+    environment:
+      - MEMCACHE_ADDR=memcache:11211
     ports:
       - 3001:3001
     depends_on: