diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index d5f21e87e..99c016cf5 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import bleach
+import logging
 import os
 from flask import Flask
 from flask_caching import Cache
@@ -22,6 +23,11 @@ from . import util
 from flask_cors import CORS
 
 cache = Cache()
+logging.basicConfig(
+        filename='agora.log', 
+        level=logging.WARNING,
+        format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s %(threadName)s : %(message)s'
+        )
 
 # what is this doing here, I have no idea.
 # todo: move to util.
@@ -39,7 +45,12 @@ def create_app(test_config=None):
     CORS(app)
     cache.init_app(app, config={
         'CACHE_TYPE': 'SimpleCache', 
-        'CACHE_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT': 30,
+        'CACHE_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT': 60,
+        #'CACHE_TYPE': 'FileSystemCache',
+        #'CACHE_DIR': '/tmp',
+        #'CACHE_TYPE': 'MemcachedCache', 
+        #'CACHE_THRESHOLD': 10,
+        #'CACHE_MEMCACHED_SERVERS': 'localhost',
         #'CACHE_KEY_PREFIX': 'agora',
         #'CACHE_REDIS_HOST': 'localhost',
         })
diff --git a/app/agora.py b/app/agora.py
index 7b835e713..818920d6f 100644
--- a/app/agora.py
+++ b/app/agora.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import datetime
-import logging
 import jsons
 from flask import Blueprint, url_for, render_template, current_app, Response, redirect, request, jsonify
 from markupsafe import escape
@@ -27,12 +26,6 @@ from . import util
 bp = Blueprint('agora', __name__)
 G = db.G
 
-logging.basicConfig(
-        filename='agora.log', 
-        level=logging.WARNING,
-        format='%(asctime)s %(levelname)s %(name)s %(threadName)s : %(message)s'
-        )
-
 # Special
 @bp.route('/index')
 @bp.route('/')
diff --git a/app/db.py b/app/db.py
index 2eeeb454c..d6dd97036 100644
--- a/app/db.py
+++ b/app/db.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class Graph:
     # Running something like this would be ideal eventually though.
     # It might also work better once all pulling/pushing logic moves to Graph, where it belongs, 
     # and can make use of more sensible algorithms.
-    @cache.memoize(timeout=30)
+    # @cache.memoize(timeout=30)
     def compute_transclusion(self, include_journals=True):
 
         # Add artisanal virtual subnodes (resulting from transclusion/[[push]]) to all nodes.
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ class Graph:
             node.subnodes.extend(pushed_subnodes)
 
     # does this belong here?
-    @cache.memoize(timeout=30)
+    # @cache.memoize(timeout=30)
     def subnodes(self, sort=lambda x: x.uri.lower()):
         # Markdown.
         subnodes = [Subnode(f) for f in glob.glob(os.path.join(config.AGORA_PATH, '**/*.md'), recursive=True)]