diff --git a/public/include/autoloader.inc.php b/public/include/autoloader.inc.php
index c81a4812..f04988c2 100644
--- a/public/include/autoloader.inc.php
+++ b/public/include/autoloader.inc.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ require_once(INCLUDE_DIR . '/config/error_codes.inc.php');
 require_once(CLASS_DIR . '/base.class.php');
 require_once(CLASS_DIR . '/coins/coin_base.class.php');
 require_once(CLASS_DIR . '/setting.class.php');
+if (PHP_OS == 'WINNT') require_once(CLASS_DIR . '/memcached.class.php');
 
 // Now decide on which coin class to load and instantiate
 if (file_exists(CLASS_DIR . '/coins/coin_' . $config['algorithm'] . '.class.php')) {
diff --git a/public/index.php b/public/index.php
index b1d1d60a..4665a0a6 100644
--- a/public/index.php
+++ b/public/index.php
@@ -43,14 +43,8 @@ include_once('include/bootstrap.php');
 $hts = ($config['https_only'] && (!empty($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']))) ? "https://".$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].$_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']."?".$_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] : "https://".$_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'].$_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME'];
 ($config['https_only'] && @!$_SERVER['HTTPS']) ? exit(header("Location: ".$hts)):0;
 
-// Rate limiting
+// Rate limiting, we use our initilized memcache from bootstrap/autoloader
 if ($config['memcache']['enabled'] && $config['mc_antidos']['enabled']) {
-  if (PHP_OS == 'WINNT') {
-    require_once(CLASS_DIR . '/memcached.class.php');
-  }
-  // memcache antidos needs a memcache handle
-  $memcache = new Memcached();
-  $memcache->addServer($config['memcache']['host'], $config['memcache']['port']);
   require_once(CLASS_DIR . '/memcache_ad.class.php');
   $skip_check = false;
   // if this is an api call we need to be careful not to time them out for those calls separately