diff --git a/Enyim.Caching/Configuration/MemcachedClientConfiguration.cs b/Enyim.Caching/Configuration/MemcachedClientConfiguration.cs
index c2e69e76..000d6ca7 100755
--- a/Enyim.Caching/Configuration/MemcachedClientConfiguration.cs
+++ b/Enyim.Caching/Configuration/MemcachedClientConfiguration.cs
@@ -48,7 +48,24 @@ public MemcachedClientConfiguration(
                     Servers.Add(new DnsEndPoint(server.Address, server.Port));
                 }                
             }
-            SocketPool = options.SocketPool;
+
+            SocketPool = new SocketPoolConfiguration();
+            if (options.SocketPool != null)
+            {
+                SocketPool.MinPoolSize = options.SocketPool.MinPoolSize;
+                _logger.LogInformation($"{nameof(SocketPool.MinPoolSize)}: {SocketPool.MinPoolSize}");
+                SocketPool.MaxPoolSize = options.SocketPool.MaxPoolSize;
+                _logger.LogInformation($"{nameof(SocketPool.MaxPoolSize)}: {SocketPool.MaxPoolSize}");
+                SocketPool.ConnectionTimeout = options.SocketPool.ConnectionTimeout;
+                _logger.LogInformation($"{nameof(SocketPool.ConnectionTimeout)}: {SocketPool.ConnectionTimeout}");
+                SocketPool.ReceiveTimeout = options.SocketPool.ReceiveTimeout;
+                _logger.LogInformation($"{nameof(SocketPool.ReceiveTimeout)}: {SocketPool.ReceiveTimeout}");
+                SocketPool.DeadTimeout = options.SocketPool.DeadTimeout;
+                _logger.LogInformation($"{nameof(SocketPool.DeadTimeout)}: {SocketPool.DeadTimeout}");
+                SocketPool.QueueTimeout = options.SocketPool.QueueTimeout;
+                _logger.LogInformation($"{nameof(SocketPool.QueueTimeout)}: {SocketPool.QueueTimeout}");
+            }
+            
             Protocol = options.Protocol;
 
             if (options.Authentication != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(options.Authentication.Type))
diff --git a/Enyim.Caching/Configuration/MemcachedClientOptions.cs b/Enyim.Caching/Configuration/MemcachedClientOptions.cs
index 43727354..325db5c6 100644
--- a/Enyim.Caching/Configuration/MemcachedClientOptions.cs
+++ b/Enyim.Caching/Configuration/MemcachedClientOptions.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ public class MemcachedClientOptions : IOptions<MemcachedClientOptions>
     {
         public MemcachedProtocol Protocol { get; set; } = MemcachedProtocol.Binary;
 
-        public SocketPoolConfiguration SocketPool { get; set; } = new SocketPoolConfiguration();
+        public SocketPoolOptions SocketPool { get; set; }
 
         public List<Server> Servers { get; set; } = new List<Server>();
 
@@ -57,4 +57,14 @@ public class Authentication
 
         public Dictionary<string, string> Parameters { get; set; }
     }
+
+    public class SocketPoolOptions
+    {
+        public int MinPoolSize { get; set; } = 10;
+        public int MaxPoolSize { get; set; } = 20;
+        public TimeSpan ConnectionTimeout { get; set; } = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 10);
+        public TimeSpan ReceiveTimeout { get; set; } = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 10);
+        public TimeSpan DeadTimeout { get; set; } = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 10);
+        public TimeSpan QueueTimeout { get; set; } = new TimeSpan(0, 0, 0, 0, 100);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Enyim.Caching/Enyim.Caching.csproj b/Enyim.Caching/Enyim.Caching.csproj
index e0c0e972..994b11d7 100755
--- a/Enyim.Caching/Enyim.Caching.csproj
+++ b/Enyim.Caching/Enyim.Caching.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Description>EnyimMemcachedCore is a Memcached client library for .NET Core. Usage: Add services.AddEnyimMemcached(...) and app.UseEnyimMemcached() in Startup. Add IMemcachedClient into constructor.</Description>
-    <VersionPrefix>2.0.3</VersionPrefix>
+    <VersionPrefix>2.0.4</VersionPrefix>
     <Authors>cnblogs.com</Authors>
     <TargetFramework>netstandard2.0</TargetFramework>
     <AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
diff --git a/SampleWebApp/Startup.cs b/SampleWebApp/Startup.cs
index d8a8db8e..ff20ff39 100644
--- a/SampleWebApp/Startup.cs
+++ b/SampleWebApp/Startup.cs
@@ -31,19 +31,8 @@ public Startup(IHostingEnvironment env)
 
         public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
         {
-            if (IsDevelopment)
-            {
-                services.AddEnyimMemcached(options =>
-                {
-                    options.AddServer("memcached", 11211);
-                    //options.AddPlainTextAuthenticator("", "usename", "password");
-                });
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                services.AddEnyimMemcached(Configuration.GetSection("enyimMemcached"));
-            }
-        }        
+            services.AddEnyimMemcached(Configuration.GetSection("enyimMemcached"));
+        }
 
         public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env, ILoggerFactory loggerFactory)
         {
diff --git a/SampleWebApp/appsettings.json b/SampleWebApp/appsettings.json
index aec0f360..cb1e56bc 100644
--- a/SampleWebApp/appsettings.json
+++ b/SampleWebApp/appsettings.json
@@ -5,7 +5,16 @@
         "Address": "memcached",
         "Port": 11211
       }
-    ]//,
+    ],
+    "socketPool": {
+      "minPoolSize": "5",
+      "maxPoolSize": "25",
+      "connectionTimeout": "15",
+      "receiveTimeout": "15",
+      "deadTimeout": "15",
+      "queueTimeout": "150"
+    }
+    //,
     //"KeyTransformer": "Enyim.Caching.Memcached.SHA1KeyTransformer"
     //,
     //"Authentication": {