diff --git a/apps/reader/views.py b/apps/reader/views.py
index acdc7a531..1ab4597ec 100644
--- a/apps/reader/views.py
+++ b/apps/reader/views.py
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@ def refresh_all_feeds(request):
     force_update = False # request.GET.get('force', False)
     feeds = Feed.objects.all()
 
-    # t = threading.Thread(target=refresh_feeds,
-    #                     args=[feeds])
-    # t.setDaemon(True)
-    # t.start()
-    refresh_feeds(feeds)
+    t = threading.Thread(target=refresh_feeds,
+                         args=[feeds])
+    t.setDaemon(True)
+    t.start()
+
     # feeds = fetch_feeds(force_update, feeds)
     
     context = {}
diff --git a/settings.py b/settings.py
index ac593adad..59776bcee 100644
--- a/settings.py
+++ b/settings.py
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE = 'newsblur.UserProfile'
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'urls'
 
-# CACHE_BACKEND = 'file:///var/tmp/django_cache'
+CACHE_BACKEND = 'file:///var/tmp/django_cache'
 # CACHE_BACKEND = 'dummy:///'
-CACHE_BACKEND = 'locmem:///'
+# CACHE_BACKEND = 'locmem:///'
 
 INSTALLED_APPS = (
     'django.contrib.auth',