diff --git a/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/README.md b/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/README.md
index 5264caf..2e04820 100644
--- a/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/README.md
+++ b/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/README.md
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@ Following is a TODO list for people willing to use this playbook:
 Then run:
 
 ```bash
-ansible-playbook -u root ./freegeoip.yml
+ansible-playbook -u $user ./freegeoip.yml
 ```
diff --git a/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/freegeoip.yml b/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/freegeoip.yml
index 4493a4e..5f86fb3 100644
--- a/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/freegeoip.yml
+++ b/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/freegeoip.yml
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@
   roles:
   - nodeexporter
   - freegeoip
+  - memcached
   - redis
   vars:
     nodeexporter_url: http://github.com/prometheus/node_exporter/releases/download/0.11.0/node_exporter-0.11.0.linux-amd64.tar.gz
-    freegeoip_url: https://github.com/fiorix/freegeoip/releases/download/v3.0.10/freegeoip-3.0.10-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+    freegeoip_url: https://github.com/fiorix/freegeoip/releases/download/v3.1.0/freegeoip-3.1.0-linux-amd64.tar.gz
     freegeoip_params:
     - -http=:80
     - -https=:443
@@ -18,10 +19,13 @@
     - -internal-server=:8888
     - -silent
     - -public=/opt/freegeoip/public
+    - -quota-backend=memcache
     - -quota-max=10000
     - -quota-interval=1h
     - -redis={% for host in groups['freegeoip'] %}{{ hostvars[host]['private_ip'] }}:6379{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}{% endfor %}
-    - -redis-timeout=1s
+    - -redis-timeout=10s
+    - -memcache={% for host in groups['freegeoip'] %}{{ hostvars[host]['private_ip'] }}:11211{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}{% endfor %}
+    - -memcache-timeout=10s
 
 - hosts: monitor
   roles:
diff --git a/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/roles/base/tasks/iptables.yml b/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/roles/base/tasks/iptables.yml
index ac16cc9..4fecc27 100644
--- a/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/roles/base/tasks/iptables.yml
+++ b/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/roles/base/tasks/iptables.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,3 @@
             mode=0644
   notify:
     - reload-iptables
-
-- debug: trigger reload-iptables
-  notify: reload-iptables
-  changed_when: true
diff --git a/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/roles/memcached/files/memcached.conf b/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/roles/memcached/files/memcached.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..258e0de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/roles/memcached/files/memcached.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Run memcached as a daemon. This command is implied, and is not needed for the
+# daemon to run. See the README.Debian that comes with this package for more
+# information.
+-d
+
+# Log memcached's output to /var/log/memcached
+logfile /var/log/memcached.log
+
+# Be verbose
+# -v
+
+# Be even more verbose (print client commands as well)
+# -vv
+
+# Start with a cap of 64 megs of memory. It's reasonable, and the daemon default
+# Note that the daemon will grow to this size, but does not start out holding this much
+# memory
+-m 2048
+
+# Default connection port is 11211
+-p 11211
+
+# Run the daemon as root. The start-memcached will default to running as root if no
+# -u command is present in this config file
+-u memcache
+
+# Specify which IP address to listen on. The default is to listen on all IP addresses
+# This parameter is one of the only security measures that memcached has, so make sure
+# it's listening on a firewalled interface.
+-l 0.0.0.0
+
+# Limit the number of simultaneous incoming connections. The daemon default is 1024
+-c 10240
+
+# Lock down all paged memory. Consult with the README and homepage before you do this
+# -k
+
+# Return error when memory is exhausted (rather than removing items)
+# -M
+
+# Maximize core file limit
+# -r
diff --git a/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/roles/memcached/handlers/main.yml b/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/roles/memcached/handlers/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f04cf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/roles/memcached/handlers/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- name: restart memcached
+  service: name=memcached state=restarted
diff --git a/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/roles/memcached/tasks/main.yml b/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/roles/memcached/tasks/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c187980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/freegeoip/ansible-playbook/roles/memcached/tasks/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+- name: Install memcached
+  apt: name=memcached state=installed
+
+- name: Write custom memcached.conf
+  copy: src=memcached.conf
+        dest=/etc/memcached.conf
+        owner=root
+        group=root
+        mode=0644
+  notify:
+  - restart memcached
+
+- name: Make sure memcached is running
+  service: name=memcached state=running