diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 3bb22b89..8b80ff28 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ horizon_service_name: horizon
 horizon_session_engine: 'django.contrib.sessions.backends.cache'
 horizon_session_caches:
   default:
-    BACKEND: 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.MemcachedCache'
+    BACKEND: 'django.core.cache.backends.memcached.PyMemcacheCache'
     LOCATION: "{{ horizon_memcached_servers.split(',') }}"
 horizon_session_timeout: 1800
 
diff --git a/templates/horizon_local_settings.py.j2 b/templates/horizon_local_settings.py.j2
index cf3f4cdc..904f1264 100644
--- a/templates/horizon_local_settings.py.j2
+++ b/templates/horizon_local_settings.py.j2
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import os
 
-from django.utils.translation import ugettext_lazy as _
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 
 from horizon.utils import secret_key