diff --git a/include/admin_checks.php b/include/admin_checks.php
index 4ae439a7..27e7011a 100644
--- a/include/admin_checks.php
+++ b/include/admin_checks.php
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ if (@$_SESSION['USERDATA']['is_admin'] && $user->isAdmin(@$_SESSION['USERDATA'][
     }
     if (class_exists('Memcached')) {
       $memcache_test = @new Memcached();
+      if ($config['memcache']['sasl'] === true) {
+        $memcache_test->setOption(Memcached::OPT_BINARY_PROTOCOL, true);
+        $memcache_test->setSaslAuthData($config['memcache']['sasl']['username'], $config['memcache']['sasl']['password']);
+      }
       $memcache_test_add = @$memcache_test->addServer($config['memcache']['host'], $config['memcache']['port']);
       $randmctv = rand(5,10);
       $memcache_test_set = @$memcache_test->set('test_mpos_setval', $randmctv);
diff --git a/include/classes/news.class.php b/include/classes/news.class.php
index bccc6cab..b4de57e2 100644
--- a/include/classes/news.class.php
+++ b/include/classes/news.class.php
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ class News extends Base {
     if (empty($aData['header'])) return false;
     if (empty($aData['content'])) return false;
     if (!is_int($account_id)) return false;
+    if (@$aData['active']) $active = true;
     $stmt = $this->mysqli->prepare("INSERT INTO $this->table (account_id, header, content, active) VALUES (?,?,?,?)");
     if ($stmt && $stmt->bind_param('issi', $account_id, $aData['header'], $aData['content'], $active) && $stmt->execute())
       return true;
diff --git a/include/classes/statscache.class.php b/include/classes/statscache.class.php
index c17d8a74..615ba5d1 100644
--- a/include/classes/statscache.class.php
+++ b/include/classes/statscache.class.php
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ class StatsCache {
         require_once(CLASS_DIR . '/memcached.class.php');
       }
       $this->cache = new Memcached();
+      if ($config['memcache']['sasl'] === true) {
+        $this->cache->setOption(Memcached::OPT_BINARY_PROTOCOL, true);
+        $this->cache->setSaslAuthData($config['memcache']['sasl']['username'], $config['memcache']['sasl']['password']);
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/include/config/global.inc.dist.php b/include/config/global.inc.dist.php
index 40aa975b..f35c9bf4 100644
--- a/include/config/global.inc.dist.php
+++ b/include/config/global.inc.dist.php
@@ -268,6 +268,9 @@ $config['memcache']['keyprefix'] = 'mpos_';
 $config['memcache']['expiration'] = 90;
 $config['memcache']['splay'] = 15;
 $config['memcache']['force']['contrib_shares'] = false;
+$config['memcache']['sasl'] = false;
+$config['memcache']['sasl']['username'] = '';
+$config['memcache']['sasl']['password'] = '';
 
 /**
  * Cookies
diff --git a/templates/bootstrap/admin/news/default.tpl b/templates/bootstrap/admin/news/default.tpl
index 2bbe31de..d66589b0 100644
--- a/templates/bootstrap/admin/news/default.tpl
+++ b/templates/bootstrap/admin/news/default.tpl
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
             <input type="hidden" name="action" value="{$smarty.request.action|escape}">
             <input type="hidden" name="do" value="add">
             <input type="hidden" name="ctoken" value="{$CTOKEN|escape|default:""}" />
+            <div class="form-group">
+              <label>Active</label>
+              <input type="checkbox" class="switch" data-size="mini" name="data[active]" value="1" checked>
+            </div>
             <div class="form-group">
               <label>Header</label>
               <input class="form-control" size="30" type="text" name="data[header]" required />