diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings.py
index e434e362..fda8b6d7 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings.py
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ class Local(Common):
         'SHOW_TEMPLATE_CONTEXT': True,
     }
     ########## end django-debug-toolbar
-    
+
     ########## STATIC FILE CONFIGURATION
     # See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#static-root
     STATIC_ROOT = 'staticfiles'
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ class Production(Common):
 
     ########## CACHING
     # Only do this here because thanks to django-pylibmc-sasl and pylibmc memcacheify is painful to install on windows.
-    CACHES = values.CacheURLValue("memcached://127.0.0.1:11211")
+    CACHES = values.CacheURLValue(default="memcached://127.0.0.1:11211")
     ########## END CACHING
 
     ########## Your production stuff: Below this line define 3rd party libary settings