diff --git a/lib/IDS/Caching/Memcached.php b/lib/IDS/Caching/Memcached.php
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/lib/IDS/Caching/Memcached.php
+++ b/lib/IDS/Caching/Memcached.php
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ class IDS_Caching_Memcached implements IDS_Caching_Interface
 
         $this->type     = $type;
         $this->config   = $config;
-        $this->memcache = $this->_connect();
+        
+        $this->_connect();
 
         if (file_exists($this->path) && !is_writable($this->path)) {
             throw new Exception('Make sure all files in IDS/tmp' .
fixed a minor bug in the memcached cahing class found by jan pieper