diff --git a/include/admin_checks.php b/include/admin_checks.php
index 0f5f7402..27e7011a 100644
--- a/include/admin_checks.php
+++ b/include/admin_checks.php
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if (@$_SESSION['USERDATA']['is_admin'] && $user->isAdmin(@$_SESSION['USERDATA'][
     }
     if (class_exists('Memcached')) {
       $memcache_test = @new Memcached();
-      if ($config['memcache']['sasl']) {
+      if ($config['memcache']['sasl'] === true) {
         $memcache_test->setOption(Memcached::OPT_BINARY_PROTOCOL, true);
         $memcache_test->setSaslAuthData($config['memcache']['sasl']['username'], $config['memcache']['sasl']['password']);
       }
diff --git a/include/classes/statscache.class.php b/include/classes/statscache.class.php
index c224dbe6..615ba5d1 100644
--- a/include/classes/statscache.class.php
+++ b/include/classes/statscache.class.php
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ class StatsCache {
         require_once(CLASS_DIR . '/memcached.class.php');
       }
       $this->cache = new Memcached();
-      if ($config['memcache']['sasl']) {
+      if ($config['memcache']['sasl'] === true) {
         $this->cache->setOption(Memcached::OPT_BINARY_PROTOCOL, true);
-        $this->cache->setSaslAuthData($config['memcache']['sasl']['username'], $config['memcache']['sasl']['password']) or die("failed!");
+        $this->cache->setSaslAuthData($config['memcache']['sasl']['username'], $config['memcache']['sasl']['password']);
       }
     }
   }