diff --git a/pinaxcon/settings.py b/pinaxcon/settings.py
index 4216a869..2b903d52 100644
--- a/pinaxcon/settings.py
+++ b/pinaxcon/settings.py
@@ -107,12 +107,19 @@ if fail:
 
 ADMIN_USERNAMES = []
 
-CACHES = {
-    'default': {
-        'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache',
-        'LOCATION': 'unique-snowflake',
+if DEV_MODE and DEV_MODE == "LAPTOP":
+    CACHES = {
+        'default': {
+            'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.dummy.DummyCache',
+        }
+    }
+else:
+    CACHES = {
+        'default': {
+            'BACKEND': 'django.core.cache.backends.locmem.LocMemCache',
+            'LOCATION': 'unique-snowflake',
+        }
     }
-}
 
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['127.0.0.1', 'localhost', '*']