diff --git a/public/include/classes/statscache.class.php b/public/include/classes/statscache.class.php
index e84386da..e64d5d02 100644
--- a/public/include/classes/statscache.class.php
+++ b/public/include/classes/statscache.class.php
@@ -9,12 +9,17 @@ if (!defined('SECURITY'))
  * Can be enabled or disabled through site configuration
  * Also sets a default time if no time is passed to it to enforce caching
  **/
-class StatsCache extends Memcached {
+class StatsCache {
+  private $cache;
+  
   public function __construct($config, $debug) {
     $this->config = $config;
     $this->debug = $debug;
-    if (! $config['memcache']['enabled'] ) $this->debug->append("Not storing any values in memcache");
-    return parent::__construct();
+    if (! $config['memcache']['enabled'] ) {
+      $this->debug->append("Not storing any values in memcache");
+    } else {
+      $this->cache = new Memcached();
+    }
   }
 
   /**
@@ -26,7 +31,7 @@ class StatsCache extends Memcached {
     if (empty($expiration))
       $expiration = $this->config['memcache']['expiration'] + rand( -$this->config['memcache']['splay'], $this->config['memcache']['splay']);
     $this->debug->append("Storing " . $this->config['memcache']['keyprefix'] . "$key with expiration $expiration", 3);
-    return parent::set($this->config['memcache']['keyprefix'] . $key, $value, $expiration);
+    return $this->cache->set($this->config['memcache']['keyprefix'] . $key, $value, $expiration);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -36,7 +41,7 @@ class StatsCache extends Memcached {
   public function get($key, $cache_cb = NULL, &$cas_token = NULL) {
     if (! $this->config['memcache']['enabled']) return false;
     $this->debug->append("Trying to fetch key " . $this->config['memcache']['keyprefix'] . "$key from cache", 3);
-    if ($data = parent::get($this->config['memcache']['keyprefix'].$key)) {
+    if ($data = $this->cache->get($this->config['memcache']['keyprefix'].$key)) {
       $this->debug->append("Found key in cache", 3);
       return $data;
     } else {
@@ -55,7 +60,15 @@ class StatsCache extends Memcached {
     if ($this->config['memcache']['enabled']) $this->set($key, $data, $expiration);
     return $data;
   }
-
+  
+  /**
+   * This method is invoked if the called method was not realised in this class
+   **/
+  public function __call($name, $arguments) {
+    if (! $this->config['memcache']['enabled']) return false;
+    //Invoke method $name of $this->cache class with array of $arguments
+    return call_user_func_array(array($this->cache, $name), $arguments);
+  }
 }
 
 $memcache = new StatsCache($config, $debug);
diff --git a/public/include/config/global.inc.dist.php b/public/include/config/global.inc.dist.php
index 1cf894bf..b564d6a9 100644
--- a/public/include/config/global.inc.dist.php
+++ b/public/include/config/global.inc.dist.php
@@ -315,10 +315,12 @@ $config['confirmations'] = 120;
 /**
  * Memcache configuration
  *
- * Even though you can disable the memcache for debugging purposes, the memcache
- * library is still required for mmcfe-ng to work. You should not disable this in 
- * a live environment since a lot of data is cached for the website to increase load
- * times!
+ * To disable memcache set option $config['memcache']['enabled'] = false
+ * After disable memcache installation of memcache is not required.
+ *
+ * Please note that a memcache is greatly increasing performance
+ * when combined with the `statistics.php` cronjob. Disabling this
+ * is not recommended in a live environment!
  *
  * Explanations
  *   enabled     :   Disable (false) memcache for debugging or enable (true) it