diff --git a/redis_cache/backends/base.py b/redis_cache/backends/base.py
index fd146c02..ebcec8e6 100644
--- a/redis_cache/backends/base.py
+++ b/redis_cache/backends/base.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 from django.utils.importlib import import_module
 
-from redis_cache.compat import smart_bytes, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
+from redis_cache.compat import bytes_type, smart_bytes, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
 
 try:
     import cPickle as pickle
@@ -22,6 +22,26 @@
 from redis_cache.utils import CacheKey
 
 
+from functools import wraps
+
+
+def get_client(write=False):
+
+    def wrapper(method):
+
+        @wraps(method)
+        def wrapped(self, key, *args, **kwargs):
+            version = kwargs.pop('version', None)
+            client = self.get_client(key, write=write)
+            key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
+
+            return method(self, client, key, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        return wrapped
+
+    return wrapper
+
+
 class BaseRedisCache(BaseCache):
 
     def __init__(self, server, params):
@@ -30,15 +50,20 @@ def __init__(self, server, params):
         """
         super(BaseRedisCache, self).__init__(params)
         self.server = server
+        self.servers = self.get_servers(server)
         self.params = params or {}
         self.options = params.get('OPTIONS', {})
+        self.clients = {}
+        self.client_list = []
 
         self.db = self.get_db()
         self.password = self.get_password()
         self.parser_class = self.get_parser_class()
         self.pickle_version = self.get_pickle_version()
         self.connection_pool_class = self.get_connection_pool_class()
-        self.connection_pool_class_kwargs = self.get_connection_pool_class_kwargs()
+        self.connection_pool_class_kwargs = (
+            self.get_connection_pool_class_kwargs()
+        )
 
     def __getstate__(self):
         return {'params': self.params, 'server': self.server}
@@ -46,6 +71,20 @@ def __getstate__(self):
     def __setstate__(self, state):
         self.__init__(**state)
 
+    def get_servers(self, server):
+        """returns a list of servers given the server argument passed in
+        from Django.
+        """
+        if isinstance(server, bytes_type):
+            servers = server.split(',')
+        elif hasattr(server, '__iter__'):
+            servers = server
+        else:
+            raise ImproperlyConfigured(
+                '"server" must be an iterable or string'
+            )
+        return servers
+
     def get_db(self):
         _db = self.params.get('db', self.options.get('DB', 1))
         try:
@@ -92,6 +131,13 @@ def get_connection_pool_class(self):
     def get_connection_pool_class_kwargs(self):
         return self.options.get('CONNECTION_POOL_CLASS_KWARGS', {})
 
+    def get_master_client(self):
+        """
+        Get the write server:port of the master cache
+        """
+        cache = self.options.get('MASTER_CACHE', None)
+        return self.client_list[0] if cache is None else self.create_client(cache)
+
     def create_client(self, server):
         kwargs = {
             'db': self.db,
@@ -172,33 +218,27 @@ def make_keys(self, keys, version=None):
     # Django cache api #
     ####################
 
-    def _add(self, client, key, value, timeout):
-        return self._set(key, value, timeout, client, _add_only=True)
-
-    def add(self, key, value, timeout=None, version=None):
-        """
-        Add a value to the cache, failing if the key already exists.
+    @get_client(write=True)
+    def add(self, client, key, value, timeout=None):
+        """Add a value to the cache, failing if the key already exists.
 
         Returns ``True`` if the object was added, ``False`` if not.
         """
-        raise NotImplementedError
+        return self._set(client, key, self.prep_value(value), timeout, _add_only=True)
+
+    @get_client()
+    def get(self, client, key, default=None):
+        """Retrieve a value from the cache.
 
-    def _get(self, client, key, default=None):
+        Returns deserialized value if key is found, the default if not.
+        """
         value = client.get(key)
         if value is None:
             return default
         value = self.get_value(value)
         return value
 
-    def get(self, key, default=None, version=None):
-        """
-        Retrieve a value from the cache.
-
-        Returns unpickled value if key is found, the default if not.
-        """
-        raise NotImplementedError
-
-    def __set(self, client, key, value, timeout, _add_only=False):
+    def _set(self, client, key, value, timeout, _add_only=False):
         if timeout is None or timeout == 0:
             if _add_only:
                 return client.setnx(key, value)
@@ -213,36 +253,24 @@ def __set(self, client, key, value, timeout, _add_only=False):
         else:
             return False
 
-    def _set(self, key, value, timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, client=None, _add_only=False):
-        """
-        Persist a value to the cache, and set an optional expiration time.
+    @get_client(write=True)
+    def set(self, client, key, value, timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT):
+        """Persist a value to the cache, and set an optional expiration time.
         """
         if timeout is DEFAULT_TIMEOUT:
             timeout = self.default_timeout
+
         if timeout is not None:
             timeout = int(timeout)
-        # If ``value`` is not an int, then pickle it
-        if not isinstance(value, int) or isinstance(value, bool):
-            result = self.__set(client, key, pickle.dumps(value), timeout, _add_only)
-        else:
-            result = self.__set(client, key, value, timeout, _add_only)
-        # result is a boolean
-        return result
 
-    def set(self, key, value, timeout=None, version=None, client=None):
-        """
-        Persist a value to the cache, and set an optional expiration time.
-        """
-        raise NotImplementedError()
+        result = self._set(client, key, self.prep_value(value), timeout, _add_only=False)
 
-    def _delete(self, client, key):
-        return client.delete(key)
+        return result
 
-    def delete(self, key, version=None):
-        """
-        Remove a key from the cache.
-        """
-        raise NotImplementedError
+    @get_client(write=True)
+    def delete(self, client, key):
+        """Remove a key from the cache."""
+        return client.delete(key)
 
     def _delete_many(self, client, keys):
         return client.delete(*keys)
@@ -257,8 +285,7 @@ def _clear(self, client):
         return client.flushdb()
 
     def clear(self, version=None):
-        """
-        Flush cache keys.
+        """Flush cache keys.
 
         If version is specified, all keys belonging the version's key
         namespace will be deleted.  Otherwise, all keys will be deleted.
@@ -266,9 +293,6 @@ def clear(self, version=None):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     def _get_many(self, client, original_keys, versioned_keys):
-        """
-        Retrieve many keys.
-        """
         recovered_data = {}
         map_keys = dict(zip(versioned_keys, original_keys))
 
@@ -282,18 +306,14 @@ def _get_many(self, client, original_keys, versioned_keys):
         return recovered_data
 
     def get_many(self, keys, version=None):
+        """Retrieve many keys."""
         raise NotImplementedError
 
     def _set_many(self, client, data):
-        new_data = {}
-        for key, value in data.items():
-            new_data[key] = self.prep_value(value)
-
-        return client.mset(new_data)
+        return client.mset(data)
 
     def set_many(self, data, timeout=None, version=None):
-        """
-        Set a bunch of values in the cache at once from a dict of key/value
+        """Set a bunch of values in the cache at once from a dict of key/value
         pairs. This is much more efficient than calling set() multiple times.
 
         If timeout is given, that timeout will be used for the key; otherwise
@@ -301,37 +321,32 @@ def set_many(self, data, timeout=None, version=None):
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def _incr(self, client, key, delta=1):
+    @get_client(write=True)
+    def incr(self, client, key, delta=1):
+        """Add delta to value in the cache. If the key does not exist, raise a
+        `ValueError` exception.
+        """
         exists = client.exists(key)
         if not exists:
             raise ValueError("Key '%s' not found" % key)
         try:
             value = client.incr(key, delta)
         except redis.ResponseError:
-            value = self._get(client, key) + delta
-            self._set(client, key, value, timeout=None)
+            key = key._original_key
+            value = self.get(key) + delta
+            self.set(key, value, timeout=None)
         return value
 
-    def incr(self, key, delta=1, version=None):
-        """
-        Add delta to value in the cache. If the key does not exist, raise a
-        ValueError exception.
-        """
-        raise NotImplementedError
-
     def _incr_version(self, client, old, new, delta, version):
         try:
             client.rename(old, new)
         except redis.ResponseError:
             raise ValueError("Key '%s' not found" % old._original_key)
-
         return version + delta
 
     def incr_version(self, key, delta=1, version=None):
-        """
-        Adds delta to the cache version for the supplied key. Returns the
+        """Adds delta to the cache version for the supplied key. Returns the
         new version.
-
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
@@ -339,28 +354,22 @@ def incr_version(self, key, delta=1, version=None):
     # Extra api methods #
     #####################
 
-    def _has_key(self, client, key, version=None):
+    @get_client()
+    def has_key(self, client, key):
         """Returns True if the key is in the cache and has not expired."""
-        key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
         return client.exists(key)
 
-    def has_key(self, key, version=None):
-        raise NotImplementedError
-
-    def _ttl(self, client, key):
-        """
-        Returns the 'time-to-live' of a key.  If the key is not volitile, i.e.
-        it has not set expiration, then the value returned is None.  Otherwise,
-        the value is the number of seconds remaining.  If the key does not exist,
-        0 is returned.
+    @get_client()
+    def ttl(self, client, key):
+        """Returns the 'time-to-live' of a key.  If the key is not volitile,
+        i.e. it has not set expiration, then the value returned is None.
+        Otherwise, the value is the number of seconds remaining.  If the key
+        does not exist, 0 is returned.
         """
         if client.exists(key):
             return client.ttl(key)
         return 0
 
-    def ttl(self, key, version=None):
-        raise NotImplementedError
-
     def _delete_pattern(self, client, pattern):
         keys = client.keys(pattern)
         if len(keys):
@@ -369,26 +378,24 @@ def _delete_pattern(self, client, pattern):
     def delete_pattern(self, pattern, version=None):
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def _get_or_set(self, client, key, func, timeout=None):
+    @get_client(write=True)
+    def get_or_set(self, client, key, func, timeout=None):
         if not callable(func):
-            raise Exception("func must be a callable")
+            raise Exception("Must pass in a callable")
 
         dogpile_lock_key = "_lock" + key._versioned_key
         dogpile_lock = client.get(dogpile_lock_key)
 
         if dogpile_lock is None:
-            self._set(dogpile_lock_key, 0, None, client)
+            self.set(dogpile_lock_key, 0, None)
             value = func()
-            self.__set(client, key, self.prep_value(value), None)
-            self.__set(client, dogpile_lock_key, 0, timeout)
+            self._set(client, key, self.prep_value(value), None)
+            self._set(client, dogpile_lock_key, 0, timeout)
         else:
-            value = self._get(client, key)
+            value = self.get(key._original_key)
 
         return value
 
-    def get_or_set(self, key, func, timeout=None, version=None):
-        raise NotImplementedError
-
     def _reinsert_keys(self, client):
         keys = client.keys('*')
         for key in keys:
@@ -404,25 +411,21 @@ def reinsert_keys(self):
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
 
-    def _persist(self, client, key, version=None):
-        if client.exists(key):
-            client.persist(key)
+    @get_client(write=True)
+    def persist(self, client, key):
+        """Remove the timeout on a key.
 
-    def persist(self, key):
-        """
-        Remove the timeout on a key.  Equivalent to setting a timeout
-        of None in a set command.
-        """
-        raise NotImplementedError
+        Equivalent to setting a timeout of None in a set command.
 
-    def _expire(self, client, key, timeout, version=None):
-        if client.exists(key):
-            client.expire(key, timeout)
+        Returns True if successful and False if not.
+        """
+        return client.persist(key)
 
-    def expire(self, key, timeout):
+    @get_client(write=True)
+    def expire(self, client, key, timeout):
         """
         Set the expire time on a key
 
-        Will raise an exception if the key does not exist
+        returns True if successful and False if not.
         """
-        raise NotImplementedError
+        return client.expire(key, timeout)
diff --git a/redis_cache/backends/multiple.py b/redis_cache/backends/multiple.py
index bc40eb13..d8bb21d1 100644
--- a/redis_cache/backends/multiple.py
+++ b/redis_cache/backends/multiple.py
@@ -11,98 +11,38 @@ class ShardedRedisCache(BaseRedisCache):
 
     def __init__(self, server, params):
         super(ShardedRedisCache, self).__init__(server, params)
-        self._params = params
-        self._server = server
-        self._pickle_version = None
-        self.__master_client = None
-        self.clients = {}
         self.sharder = HashRing()
 
-        if not isinstance(server, (list, tuple)):
-            servers = [server]
-        else:
-            servers = server
-
-        for server in servers:
+        for server in self.servers:
             client = self.create_client(server)
             self.clients[client.connection_pool.connection_identifier] = client
             self.sharder.add(client.connection_pool.connection_identifier)
 
-    @property
-    def master_client(self):
-        """
-        Get the write server:port of the master cache
-        """
-        if not hasattr(self, '_master_client') and self.__master_client is None:
-            cache = self.options.get('MASTER_CACHE', None)
-            if cache is None:
-                self._master_client = None
-            else:
-                self._master_client = self.create_client(cache)
-        return self._master_client
-
-    def get_client(self, key, for_write=False):
-        if for_write and self.master_client is not None:
-            return self.master_client
+        self.client_list = self.clients.values()
+
+
+    def get_client(self, key, write=False):
         node = self.sharder.get_node(unicode(key))
         return self.clients[node]
 
-    def shard(self, keys, for_write=False, version=None):
+    def shard(self, keys, write=False, version=None):
         """
         Returns a dict of keys that belong to a cache's keyspace.
         """
         clients = defaultdict(list)
         for key in keys:
-            clients[self.get_client(key, for_write)].append(self.make_key(key, version))
+            clients[self.get_client(key, write)].append(self.make_key(key, version))
         return clients
 
     ####################
     # Django cache api #
     ####################
 
-    def add(self, key, value, timeout=None, version=None):
-        """
-        Add a value to the cache, failing if the key already exists.
-
-        Returns ``True`` if the object was added, ``False`` if not.
-        """
-        client = self.get_client(key)
-        key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
-        return self._add(client, key, value, timeout)
-
-    def get(self, key, default=None, version=None):
-        """
-        Retrieve a value from the cache.
-
-        Returns unpickled value if key is found, the default if not.
-        """
-        client = self.get_client(key)
-        key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
-
-        return self._get(client, key, default)
-
-    def set(self, key, value, timeout=None, version=None, client=None):
-        """
-        Persist a value to the cache, and set an optional expiration time.
-        """
-        if client is None:
-            client = self.get_client(key, for_write=True)
-        key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
-        return self._set(key, value, timeout, client=client)
-
-    def delete(self, key, version=None):
-        """
-        Remove a key from the cache.
-        """
-        client = self.get_client(key, for_write=True)
-        key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
-        return self._delete(client, key)
-
     def delete_many(self, keys, version=None):
         """
         Remove multiple keys at once.
         """
-        clients = self.shard(keys, for_write=True, version=version)
+        clients = self.shard(keys, write=True, version=version)
         for client, keys in clients.items():
             self._delete_many(client, keys)
 
@@ -114,11 +54,8 @@ def clear(self, version=None):
         namespace will be deleted.  Otherwise, all keys will be deleted.
         """
         if version is None:
-            if self.master_client is None:
-                for client in self.clients.itervalues():
-                    self._clear(client)
-            else:
-                self._clear(self.master_client)
+            for client in self.clients.itervalues():
+                self._clear(client)
         else:
             self.delete_pattern('*', version=version)
 
@@ -138,31 +75,23 @@ def set_many(self, data, timeout=None, version=None):
         If timeout is given, that timeout will be used for the key; otherwise
         the default cache timeout will be used.
         """
-        clients = self.shard(data.keys(), for_write=True, version=version)
+        clients = self.shard(data.keys(), write=True, version=version)
 
         if timeout is None:
             for client, keys in clients.items():
                 subset = {}
                 for key in keys:
-                    subset[key] = data[key._original_key]
+                    subset[key] = self.prep_value(data[key._original_key])
                 self._set_many(client, subset)
             return
 
         for client, keys in clients.items():
             pipeline = client.pipeline()
             for key in keys:
-                self._set(key, data[key._original_key], timeout, client=pipeline)
+                value = self.prep_value(data[key._original_key])
+                self._set(pipeline, key, value, timeout)
             pipeline.execute()
 
-    def incr(self, key, delta=1, version=None):
-        """
-        Add delta to value in the cache. If the key does not exist, raise a
-        ValueError exception.
-        """
-        client = self.get_client(key, for_write=True)
-        key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
-        return self._incr(client, key, delta=delta)
-
     def incr_version(self, key, delta=1, version=None):
         """
         Adds delta to the cache version for the supplied key. Returns the
@@ -172,7 +101,7 @@ def incr_version(self, key, delta=1, version=None):
         if version is None:
             version = self.version
 
-        client = self.get_client(key, for_write=True)
+        client = self.get_client(key, write=True)
         old = self.make_key(key, version=version)
         new = self.make_key(key, version=version + delta)
 
@@ -182,27 +111,10 @@ def incr_version(self, key, delta=1, version=None):
     # Extra api methods #
     #####################
 
-    def has_key(self, key, version=None):
-        client = self.get_client(key, for_write=False)
-        return self._has_key(client, key, version)
-
-    def ttl(self, key, version=None):
-        client = self.get_client(key, for_write=False)
-        key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
-        return self._ttl(client, key)
-
     def delete_pattern(self, pattern, version=None):
         pattern = self.make_key(pattern, version=version)
-        if self.master_client is None:
-            for client in self.clients.itervalues():
-                self._delete_pattern(client, pattern)
-        else:
-            self._delete_pattern(self.master_client, pattern)
-
-    def get_or_set(self, key, func, timeout=None, version=None):
-        client = self.get_client(key, for_write=True)
-        key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
-        return self._get_or_set(client, key, func, timeout)
+        for client in self.clients.itervalues():
+            self._delete_pattern(client, pattern)
 
     def reinsert_keys(self):
         """
@@ -210,14 +122,3 @@ def reinsert_keys(self):
         """
         for client in self.clients.itervalues():
             self._reinsert_keys(client)
-        print
-
-    def persist(self, key, version=None):
-        client = self.get_client(key, for_write=True)
-        key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
-        self._persist(client, key, version)
-
-    def expire(self, key, timeout, version=None):
-        client = self.get_client(key, for_write=True)
-        key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
-        self._expire(client, key, timeout, version)
diff --git a/redis_cache/backends/single.py b/redis_cache/backends/single.py
index cb16aa35..fee1c837 100644
--- a/redis_cache/backends/single.py
+++ b/redis_cache/backends/single.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
     import cPickle as pickle
 except ImportError:
     import pickle
+import random
 
 from redis_cache.backends.base import BaseRedisCache
 from redis_cache.compat import bytes_type, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
@@ -15,75 +16,41 @@ def __init__(self, server, params):
         """
         super(RedisCache, self).__init__(server, params)
 
-        if not isinstance(server, bytes_type):
-            self._server, = server
+        for server in self.servers:
+            client = self.create_client(server)
+            self.clients[client.connection_pool.connection_identifier] = client
 
-        self.client = self.create_client(server)
-        self.clients = {
-            self.client.connection_pool.connection_identifier: self.client
-        }
+        self.client_list = self.clients.values()
+        self.master_client = self.get_master_client()
 
-    def get_client(self, *args):
-        return self.client
+    def get_client(self, key, write=False):
+        if write and self.master_client is not None:
+            return self.master_client
+        return random.choice(self.client_list)
 
     ####################
     # Django cache api #
     ####################
 
-    def add(self, key, value, timeout=None, version=None):
-        """
-        Add a value to the cache, failing if the key already exists.
-
-        Returns ``True`` if the object was added, ``False`` if not.
-        """
-        key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
-        return self._add(self.client, key, value, timeout)
-
-    def get(self, key, default=None, version=None):
-        """
-        Retrieve a value from the cache.
-
-        Returns unpickled value if key is found, the default if not.
-        """
-        key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
-        return self._get(self.client, key, default)
-
-    def set(self, key, value, timeout=DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, version=None, client=None):
-        """
-        Persist a value to the cache, and set an optional expiration time.
-        """
-        key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
-        return self._set(key, value, timeout, client=self.client)
-
-    def delete(self, key, version=None):
-        """
-        Remove a key from the cache.
-        """
-        key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
-        return self._delete(self.client, key)
-
     def delete_many(self, keys, version=None):
-        """
-        Remove multiple keys at once.
-        """
+        """Remove multiple keys at once."""
         versioned_keys = self.make_keys(keys, version=version)
-        self._delete_many(self.client, versioned_keys)
+        self._delete_many(self.master_client, versioned_keys)
 
     def clear(self, version=None):
-        """
-        Flush cache keys.
+        """Flush cache keys.
 
         If version is specified, all keys belonging the version's key
         namespace will be deleted.  Otherwise, all keys will be deleted.
         """
         if version is None:
-            self._clear(self.client)
+            self._clear(self.master_client)
         else:
             self.delete_pattern('*', version=version)
 
     def get_many(self, keys, version=None):
         versioned_keys = self.make_keys(keys, version=version)
-        return self._get_many(self.client, keys, versioned_keys=versioned_keys)
+        return self._get_many(self.master_client, keys, versioned_keys=versioned_keys)
 
     def set_many(self, data, timeout=None, version=None):
         """
@@ -97,22 +64,15 @@ def set_many(self, data, timeout=None, version=None):
         if timeout is None:
             new_data = {}
             for key in versioned_keys:
-                new_data[key] = data[key._original_key]
-            return self._set_many(self.client, new_data)
+                new_data[key] = self.prep_value(data[key._original_key])
+            return self._set_many(self.master_client, new_data)
 
-        pipeline = self.client.pipeline()
+        pipeline = self.master_client.pipeline()
         for key in versioned_keys:
-            self._set(key, data[key._original_key], timeout, client=pipeline)
+            value = self.prep_value(data[key._original_key])
+            self._set(pipeline, key, value, timeout)
         pipeline.execute()
 
-    def incr(self, key, delta=1, version=None):
-        """
-        Add delta to value in the cache. If the key does not exist, raise a
-        ValueError exception.
-        """
-        key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
-        return self._incr(self.client, key, delta=delta)
-
     def incr_version(self, key, delta=1, version=None):
         """
         Adds delta to the cache version for the supplied key. Returns the
@@ -125,37 +85,18 @@ def incr_version(self, key, delta=1, version=None):
         old = self.make_key(key, version)
         new = self.make_key(key, version=version + delta)
 
-        return self._incr_version(self.client, old, new, delta, version)
+        return self._incr_version(self.master_client, old, new, delta, version)
 
     #####################
     # Extra api methods #
     #####################
 
-    def has_key(self, key, version=None):
-        return self._has_key(self.client, key, version)
-
-    def ttl(self, key, version=None):
-        key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
-        return self._ttl(self.client, key)
-
     def delete_pattern(self, pattern, version=None):
         pattern = self.make_key(pattern, version=version)
-        self._delete_pattern(self.client, pattern)
-
-    def get_or_set(self, key, func, timeout=None, version=None):
-        key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
-        return self._get_or_set(self.client, key, func, timeout)
+        self._delete_pattern(self.master_client, pattern)
 
     def reinsert_keys(self):
         """
         Reinsert cache entries using the current pickle protocol version.
         """
-        self._reinsert_keys(self.client)
-
-    def persist(self, key, version=None):
-        key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
-        self._persist(self.client, key, version)
-
-    def expire(self, key, timeout, version=None):
-        key = self.make_key(key, version=version)
-        self._expire(self.client, key, timeout, version)
+        self._reinsert_keys(self.master_client)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 81b3cf88..8e6ff989 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     url="http://github.com/sebleier/django-redis-cache/",
     author="Sean Bleier",
     author_email="sebleier@gmail.com",
-    version="1.0.1",
+    version="1.1.0",
     packages=["redis_cache", "redis_cache.backends"],
     description="Redis Cache Backend for Django",
     install_requires=['redis>=2.4.5'],
diff --git a/tests/testapp/tests/master_slave_tests.py b/tests/testapp/tests/master_slave_tests.py
index e25af27e..e9e264d6 100644
--- a/tests/testapp/tests/master_slave_tests.py
+++ b/tests/testapp/tests/master_slave_tests.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 @override_settings(CACHES={
     'default': {
-        'BACKEND': 'redis_cache.ShardedRedisCache',
+        'BACKEND': 'redis_cache.RedisCache',
         'LOCATION': LOCATIONS,
         'OPTIONS': {
             'DB': 1,