diff --git a/templates/pgpool.conf.j2 b/templates/pgpool.conf.j2
index f44c72b..d020caf 100644
--- a/templates/pgpool.conf.j2
+++ b/templates/pgpool.conf.j2
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ black_memqcache_table_list = ''
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # IN MEMORY QUERY MEMORY CACHE
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-memory_cache_enabled = ff
+memory_cache_enabled = off
 								   # If on, use the memory cache functionality, off by default
 memqcache_method = 'shmem'
 								   # Cache storage method. either 'shmem'(shared memory) or