diff --git a/rhodecode/config/middleware.py b/rhodecode/config/middleware.py
--- a/rhodecode/config/middleware.py
+++ b/rhodecode/config/middleware.py
@@ -207,6 +207,7 @@ def includeme(config):
     # Includes which are required. The application would fail without them.
     config.include('pyramid_mako')
     config.include('pyramid_beaker')
+    config.include('rhodecode.lib.caches')
 
     config.include('rhodecode.authentication')
     config.include('rhodecode.integrations')
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/base.py b/rhodecode/lib/base.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/base.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/base.py
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ def bootstrap_config(request):
     # allow pyramid lookup in testing
     config.include('pyramid_mako')
     config.include('pyramid_beaker')
+    config.include('rhodecode.lib.caches')
 
     add_events_routes(config)
 
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/caches.py b/rhodecode/lib/caches.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/caches.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/caches.py
@@ -47,18 +47,48 @@ DEFAULT_CACHE_MANAGER_CONFIG = {
 }
 
 
+def get_default_cache_settings(settings):
+    cache_settings = {}
+    for key in settings.keys():
+        for prefix in ['beaker.cache.', 'cache.']:
+            if key.startswith(prefix):
+                name = key.split(prefix)[1].strip()
+                cache_settings[name] = settings[key].strip()
+    return cache_settings
+
+
+# set cache regions for beaker so celery can utilise it
+def configure_caches(settings, default_region_settings=None):
+    cache_settings = {'regions': None}
+    # main cache settings used as default ...
+    cache_settings.update(get_default_cache_settings(settings))
+    default_region_settings = default_region_settings or \
+                              {'type': DEFAULT_CACHE_MANAGER_CONFIG['type']}
+    if cache_settings['regions']:
+        for region in cache_settings['regions'].split(','):
+            region = region.strip()
+            region_settings = default_region_settings.copy()
+            for key, value in cache_settings.items():
+                if key.startswith(region):
+                    region_settings[key.split('.')[1]] = value
+            log.debug('Configuring cache region `%s` with settings %s',
+                      region, region_settings)
+            configure_cache_region(
+                region, region_settings, cache_settings)
+
+
 def configure_cache_region(
-        region_name, region_kw, default_cache_kw, default_expire=60):
+        region_name, region_settings, default_cache_kw, default_expire=60):
     default_type = default_cache_kw.get('type', 'memory')
     default_lock_dir = default_cache_kw.get('lock_dir')
     default_data_dir = default_cache_kw.get('data_dir')
 
-    region_kw['lock_dir'] = region_kw.get('lock_dir', default_lock_dir)
-    region_kw['data_dir'] = region_kw.get('data_dir', default_data_dir)
-    region_kw['type'] = region_kw.get('type', default_type)
-    region_kw['expire'] = int(region_kw.get('expire', default_expire))
+    region_settings['lock_dir'] = region_settings.get('lock_dir', default_lock_dir)
+    region_settings['data_dir'] = region_settings.get('data_dir', default_data_dir)
+    region_settings['type'] = region_settings.get('type', default_type)
+    region_settings['expire'] = int(region_settings.get('expire', default_expire))
 
-    beaker.cache.cache_regions[region_name] = region_kw
+    beaker.cache.cache_regions[region_name] = region_settings
 
 
 def get_cache_manager(region_name, cache_name, custom_ttl=None):
@@ -233,3 +263,7 @@ class InvalidationContext(object):
             Session().rollback()
             if self.raise_exception:
                 raise
+
+
+def includeme(config):
+    configure_caches(config.registry.settings)
diff --git a/rhodecode/lib/utils.py b/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
--- a/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
+++ b/rhodecode/lib/utils.py
@@ -619,35 +619,6 @@ def repo2db_mapper(initial_repo_list, re
     return added, removed
 
 
-def get_default_cache_settings(settings):
-    cache_settings = {}
-    for key in settings.keys():
-        for prefix in ['beaker.cache.', 'cache.']:
-            if key.startswith(prefix):
-                name = key.split(prefix)[1].strip()
-                cache_settings[name] = settings[key].strip()
-    return cache_settings
-
-
-# set cache regions for beaker so celery can utilise it
-def add_cache(settings):
-    from rhodecode.lib import caches
-    cache_settings = {'regions': None}
-    # main cache settings used as default ...
-    cache_settings.update(get_default_cache_settings(settings))
-
-    if cache_settings['regions']:
-        for region in cache_settings['regions'].split(','):
-            region = region.strip()
-            region_settings = {}
-            for key, value in cache_settings.items():
-                if key.startswith(region):
-                    region_settings[key.split('.')[1]] = value
-
-            caches.configure_cache_region(
-                region, region_settings, cache_settings)
-
-
 def load_rcextensions(root_path):
     import rhodecode
     from rhodecode.config import conf
diff --git a/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini b/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini
--- a/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini
+++ b/rhodecode/tests/rhodecode.ini
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ beaker.cache.sql_cache_short.key_length 
 
 ## default is memory cache, configure only if required
 ## using multi-node or multi-worker setup
-beaker.cache.auth_plugins.type = memory
+#beaker.cache.auth_plugins.type = memory
 #beaker.cache.auth_plugins.lock_dir = %(here)s/data/cache/auth_plugin_lock
 #beaker.cache.auth_plugins.url = postgresql://postgres:secret@localhost/rhodecode
 #beaker.cache.auth_plugins.url = mysql://root:secret@127.0.0.1/rhodecode