diff --git a/lemoncurry/settings/base.py b/lemoncurry/settings/base.py
index 21ab396..d6283a6 100644
--- a/lemoncurry/settings/base.py
+++ b/lemoncurry/settings/base.py
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ MIDDLEWARE = [
 
 ROOT_URLCONF = 'lemoncurry.urls'
 
+SESSION_ENGINE = 'django.contrib.sessions.backends.cached_db'
+
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',