diff --git a/apps/api_web/config/config.exs b/apps/api_web/config/config.exs
index f2dbe135..7b63f9c4 100644
--- a/apps/api_web/config/config.exs
+++ b/apps/api_web/config/config.exs
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ config :api_web, ApiWeb.Endpoint,
 
 config :api_web, :signing_salt, "NdisAeo6Jf02spiKqa"
 
+config :api_web, RateLimiter.Memcache,
+  connection_opts: [
+    namespace: "api_dev_rate_limit",
+    hostname: "localhost",
+    coder: Memcache.Coder.JSON
+  ]
+
 config :api_web, :rate_limiter,
   clear_interval: 60_000,
   limiter: ApiWeb.RateLimiter.ETS,
diff --git a/apps/api_web/config/test.exs b/apps/api_web/config/test.exs
index 08474ac5..88af1335 100644
--- a/apps/api_web/config/test.exs
+++ b/apps/api_web/config/test.exs
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ config :api_web, :rate_limiter,
 config :api_web, RateLimiter.Memcache,
   connection_opts: [
     namespace: "api_test_rate_limit",
-    hostname: "localhost"
+    hostname: "localhost",
+    coder: Memcache.Coder.JSON
   ]
 
 config :api_web, ApiWeb.Plugs.ModifiedSinceHandler, check_caller: true
diff --git a/apps/api_web/lib/api_web/rate_limiter/memcache/supervisor.ex b/apps/api_web/lib/api_web/rate_limiter/memcache/supervisor.ex
index 9547a82d..ff2c39be 100644
--- a/apps/api_web/lib/api_web/rate_limiter/memcache/supervisor.ex
+++ b/apps/api_web/lib/api_web/rate_limiter/memcache/supervisor.ex
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ defmodule ApiWeb.RateLimiter.Memcache.Supervisor do
       if memcache_required?() do
         clear_interval_ms = Keyword.fetch!(@rate_limit_config, :clear_interval)
         clear_interval = div(clear_interval_ms, 1000)
-        connection_opts_config = Keyword.fetch!(@rate_limit_config, :connection_opts)
+
+        connection_opts_config =
+          Application.fetch_env!(:api_web, RateLimiter.Memcache)
+          |> Keyword.fetch!(:connection_opts)
+
         connection_opts = [ttl: clear_interval * 2] ++ connection_opts_config
 
         workers =