diff --git a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.cc b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.cc
index 09b1c9cedac..f3ec32cabf4 100644
--- a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.cc
+++ b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCache.cc
@@ -78,6 +78,12 @@ XrdOucCache2 *XrdOucGetCache2(XrdSysLogger *logger,
    }
    err.Emsg("Retrieve", "Success - returning a factory.");
 
+   pthread_t tid1;
+   XrdSysThread::Run(&tid1, ProcessWriteTaskThread, (void*)(&factory), 0, "XrdFileCache WriteTasks ");
+
+   pthread_t tid2;
+   XrdSysThread::Run(&tid2, PrefetchThread, (void*)(&factory), 0, "XrdFileCache Prefetch ");
+
 
    pthread_t tid;
    XrdSysThread::Run(&tid, CacheDirCleanupThread, NULL, 0, "XrdFileCache CacheDirCleanup");
@@ -128,11 +134,6 @@ Cache::Cache() : XrdOucCache(),
      m_prefetch_condVar(0),
      m_RAMblocks_used(0)
 {
-   pthread_t tid1;
-   XrdSysThread::Run(&tid1, ProcessWriteTaskThread, (void*)this, 0, "XrdFileCache WriteTasks ");
-
-   pthread_t tid2;
-   XrdSysThread::Run(&tid2, PrefetchThread, (void*)this, 0, "XrdFileCache Prefetch ");
 }
 
 //______________________________________________________________________________
@@ -315,7 +316,7 @@ Cache::RegisterPrefetchFile(File* file)
 {
     //  called from File::Open()
 
-   if (Cache::GetInstance().RefConfiguration().m_prefetch)
+   if (Cache::GetInstance().RefConfiguration().m_prefetch_max_blocks)
    {
 
       XrdCl::DefaultEnv::GetLog()->Dump(XrdCl::AppMsg, "Cache::Register new file BEGIN");
@@ -408,7 +409,7 @@ Cache::Stat(const char *curl, struct stat &sbuff)
 void 
 Cache::Prefetch()
 {
-   const static int limitRAM= Cache::GetInstance().RefConfiguration().m_NRamBuffers * 0.7;
+   int limitRAM= Cache::GetInstance().RefConfiguration().m_NRamBuffers * 0.7;
 
    XrdCl::DefaultEnv::GetLog()->Dump(XrdCl::AppMsg, "Cache::Prefetch thread start");
 
diff --git a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheConfiguration.cc b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheConfiguration.cc
index 5d21489932e..fd9ca0e672b 100644
--- a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheConfiguration.cc
+++ b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheConfiguration.cc
@@ -159,10 +159,10 @@ bool Cache::Config(XrdSysLogger *logger, const char *config_filename, const char
       char buff[2048];
       loff = snprintf(buff, sizeof(buff), "result\n"
                "\tpfc.blocksize %lld\n"
-               "\tpfc.prefetch %d\n"
+               "\tpfc.prefetch %ld\n"
                "\tpfc.nramblocks %d\n\n",
                m_configuration.m_bufferSize,
-               m_configuration.m_prefetch, // AMT not sure what parsing should be
+               m_configuration.m_prefetch_max_blocks, // AMT not sure what parsing should be
                m_configuration.m_NRamBuffers );
 
       if (m_configuration.m_hdfsmode)