diff --git a/nexus_memcache/conf.py b/nexus_memcache/conf.py
index 06de16c..a1066df 100644
--- a/nexus_memcache/conf.py
+++ b/nexus_memcache/conf.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 from django.conf import settings
 
-BACKEND = getattr(settings, 'NEXUS_MEMCACHE_BACKEND', settings.CACHE_BACKEND)
+BACKEND = getattr(settings, 'NEXUS_MEMCACHE_BACKEND', getattr(settings, 'CACHE_BACKEND', None))
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index dc80fb2..b3b51fa 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def run(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
 setup(
     name='nexus-memcache',
-    version='0.3.5',
+    version='0.3.6',
     author='David Cramer',
     author_email='dcramer@gmail.com',
     url='http://github.com/dcramer/nexus-memcache',