diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     libpq-dev \
     libsvn-dev \
     libsystemd-dev \
+    memcached \
     postgresql-client \
     wait-for-it \
     ngrep && \
diff --git a/docker/conf/web.yml b/docker/conf/web.yml
--- a/docker/conf/web.yml
+++ b/docker/conf/web.yml
@@ -37,8 +37,10 @@
 serve_assets: yes
 
 development_db: /tmp/db.sqlite3
+production_db: /tmp/db.sqlite3
 
 throttling:
+  cache_uri: 127.0.0.1:11211
   scopes:
     swh_api:
       limiter_rate:
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.yml b/docker/docker-compose.yml
--- a/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
       - ./env/common_python.env
     environment:
       VERBOSITY: 3
-      DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: swh.web.settings.development
+      DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE: swh.web.settings.production
       SWH_CONFIG_FILENAME: /web.yml
     entrypoint: /entrypoint.sh
     volumes:
diff --git a/docker/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh b/docker/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh
--- a/docker/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/services/swh-web/entrypoint.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@
         exec bash -i
         ;;
      *)
+        echo "Starting memcached"
+        memcached&
+
         echo "Migrating db using ${DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE}"
         django-admin migrate --settings=${DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE}