diff --git a/CodeStreak/__init__.py b/CodeStreak/__init__.py
index e69de29..a180653 100644
--- a/CodeStreak/__init__.py
+++ b/CodeStreak/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+from johnny.cache import enable
+enable()
diff --git a/CodeStreak/contests/models/contest.py b/CodeStreak/contests/models/contest.py
index d5e9780..be1f38a 100644
--- a/CodeStreak/contests/models/contest.py
+++ b/CodeStreak/contests/models/contest.py
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 from django.db import models, transaction, IntegrityError
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse as url_reverse
 from django.utils.timezone import now
-
-from caching.base import CachingMixin, CachingManager
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 
 from CodeStreak.contests.models.participation import Participation
 from CodeStreak.contests.models.score import Score
 from CodeStreak.contests.models.log_entry import LogEntry
 
-
-class Contest(CachingMixin, models.Model):
-  objects = CachingManager()
+class Contest(models.Model):
 
   UNASSIGNED = 0
   STARTED = 1
diff --git a/CodeStreak/contests/models/log_entry.py b/CodeStreak/contests/models/log_entry.py
index 8a2f395..9e33af2 100644
--- a/CodeStreak/contests/models/log_entry.py
+++ b/CodeStreak/contests/models/log_entry.py
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 from django.db import models
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 
-from caching.base import CachingMixin, CachingManager
-
-class LogEntry(CachingMixin, models.Model):
-  objects = CachingManager()
+class LogEntry(models.Model):
 
   CONTEST_STARTED = 1
   CONTEST_PAUSED = 2
@@ -46,7 +43,9 @@ def get_log_entry(cls, log_id):
 
   @classmethod
   def get_all_entries(cls, contest_id, last_log_entry=None):
-    query = cls.objects.filter(contest__id=contest_id)
+    query = cls.objects.select_related(
+      'user'
+    ).filter(contest__id=contest_id)
     if last_log_entry:
       query = query.filter(id__gt=last_log_entry)
     return query.all()
diff --git a/CodeStreak/contests/models/participation.py b/CodeStreak/contests/models/participation.py
index b870b8a..0da70ac 100644
--- a/CodeStreak/contests/models/participation.py
+++ b/CodeStreak/contests/models/participation.py
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 from django.db import models
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 
-from caching.base import CachingMixin, CachingManager
-
-class Participation(CachingMixin, models.Model):
-  objects = CachingManager()
+class Participation(models.Model):
 
   contest = models.ForeignKey('Contest')
   user = models.ForeignKey(User)
diff --git a/CodeStreak/contests/models/score.py b/CodeStreak/contests/models/score.py
index a69090c..bf17cc0 100644
--- a/CodeStreak/contests/models/score.py
+++ b/CodeStreak/contests/models/score.py
@@ -1,15 +1,12 @@
 from django.db import models, transaction, IntegrityError
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from datetime import datetime
-
-from caching.base import CachingMixin, CachingManager
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 
 from CodeStreak.contests.models.task import Task
 from CodeStreak.contests.models.log_entry import LogEntry
 from CodeStreak.contests.models.participation import Participation
 
-class Score(CachingMixin, models.Model):
-  objects = CachingManager()
+class Score(models.Model):
 
   SKIPPED = 0.5
   FULL = 1.0
diff --git a/CodeStreak/contests/models/task.py b/CodeStreak/contests/models/task.py
index 9777a81..e1b3b00 100644
--- a/CodeStreak/contests/models/task.py
+++ b/CodeStreak/contests/models/task.py
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 from django.db import models
-from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 
-from caching.base import CachingMixin, CachingManager
-
-class Task(CachingMixin, models.Model):
-  objects = CachingManager()
+class Task(models.Model):
 
   UNASSIGNED = 0
   EASY = 1
diff --git a/CodeStreak/contests/views.py b/CodeStreak/contests/views.py
index 586c4f4..55e2f1d 100644
--- a/CodeStreak/contests/views.py
+++ b/CodeStreak/contests/views.py
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ def toggle_log(request, log_id):
 }
 
 
-@login_required
+# @login_required
 def data_provider(request, action):
   if request.is_ajax():
     try:
diff --git a/CodeStreak/settings.py b/CodeStreak/settings.py
index 4b1ae8f..d5aace1 100644
--- a/CodeStreak/settings.py
+++ b/CodeStreak/settings.py
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
 
 MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
     #'django.middleware.cache.UpdateCacheMiddleware',
+    'johnny.middleware.QueryCacheMiddleware',
     ############# first ######################################################
     'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
     'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@
     # Uncomment the next line for simple clickjacking protection:
     # 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
     ############## last ######################################################
+    'johnny.middleware.LocalStoreClearMiddleware', # clears data at the end
     #'django.middleware.cache.FetchFromCacheMiddleware',
 )
 
@@ -196,16 +198,13 @@
 
 DEFAULT_LOCATION = '127.0.0.1:11211'
 CACHES = {
-  'default': {
-    'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
-    'LOCATION': DEFAULT_LOCATION,
-    'TIMEOUT': 60, # we should modify this
-    'KEY_PREFIX': DEFAULT_LOCATION,
-  }
+    'default': {
+      'BACKEND': 'johnny.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache',
+      'LOCATION': [DEFAULT_LOCATION],
+      'JOHNNY_CACHE': True,
+    }
 }
-CACHE_BACKEND = 'caching.backends.memcached://{}'.format(CACHES['default']['LOCATION'])
-CACHE_PREFIX = CACHES['default']['KEY_PREFIX']
-CACHE_COUNT_TIMEOUT = CACHES['default']['TIMEOUT'] / 2 # seconds, not too long.
+JOHNNY_MIDDLEWARE_KEY_PREFIX = 'jc_CS'
 
 try:
   # import here to override, also catch error if file not here
diff --git a/runserver b/runserver
index c80ea85..1bf3e8a 100755
--- a/runserver
+++ b/runserver
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # /bin/bash
 
-# just inc ase, we define base python here
+# just in case, we define base python here
 if [ -z $PYTHON ];
 then
   PYTHON=python
@@ -8,6 +8,21 @@ fi
 
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 
+MEMCACHED_PORT=11211
+MEMCACHED_PID_FILE=/tmp/memcached.pid
+
+start_memcached()
+{
+  memcached -d -p $MEMCACHED_PORT -P $MEMCACHED_PID_FILE
+  echo "Starting memcached"
+}
+
+kill_memcached()
+{
+  kill $(cat $MEMCACHED_PID_FILE)
+  echo "Killing memcached"
+}
+
 start_uwsgi()
 {
   echo "Starting uWSGI"
@@ -41,6 +56,10 @@ start_normal()
   $PYTHON manage.py runserver --settings=CodeStreak.settings_debug $@
 }
 
+##############################################################################
+start_memcached
+trap kill_memcached SIGINT
+##############################################################################
 case $1 in
 "--uwsgi")
   shift