diff --git a/classes/User.php b/classes/User.php
index 1168406ef8..fcae38c098 100644
--- a/classes/User.php
+++ b/classes/User.php
@@ -149,6 +149,16 @@ class User extends DB_DataObject
 	}
 
 	function noticesWithFriends($offset=0, $limit=20) {
+
+		# We clearly need a more elegant way to make this work.
+		
+		if (common_config('memcached', 'enabled')) {
+			if ($offset + $limit <= WITHFRIENDS_CACHE_WINDOW) {
+				$cached = $this->noticesWithFriendsWindow();
+				$wrapper = new NoticeWrapper(array_slice($cached, $offset, $limit));
+				return $wrapper;
+			} 
+		}
 		
 		$notice = new Notice();
 	
diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index 48dd1a1b4a..edab7aad87 100644
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ function common_language() {
                     return $language;
                 }
         } else {
-                return $config['site']['language'];
+                return common_config('site', 'language');
         }
 }
 # salted, hashed passwords are stored in the DB