diff --git a/classes/Config.php b/classes/Config.php
index 390d75381a..6d914ca1f6 100644
--- a/classes/Config.php
+++ b/classes/Config.php
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class Config extends Memcached_DataObject
 
         if (!empty($c)) {
             $settings = $c->get(common_cache_key(self::settingsKey));
-            if (!empty($settings)) {
+            if ($settings !== false) {
                 return $settings;
             }
         }