diff --git a/config/custom-environment-variables.json b/config/custom-environment-variables.json
index abaaddc4add120bd8299586dbb3e65af1a6fb0b4..80adf30adb810c2f80b5eb6cf03028495a80b41e 100644
--- a/config/custom-environment-variables.json
+++ b/config/custom-environment-variables.json
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
     "memcachedURL": "MEMCACHED_URL",
     "lifetime": "METADATA_CACHE_LIFETIME"
   },
+  "memcached": {
+    "url": "MEMCACHED_URL",
+    "lifetime": "METADATA_CACHE_LIFETIME"
+  },
   "apiKeys": {
     "youtube": "YOUTUBE_API_KEY",
     "vimeo": "VIMEO_ACCESS_TOKEN"
diff --git a/config/default.json b/config/default.json
index 1e9aa8e7c3a3fd59a4651c1762fbe9a8d1e92778..d744efaf7bf6d63ebb328487f0df60281d589f06 100644
--- a/config/default.json
+++ b/config/default.json
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
     "memcachedURL": null,
     "lifetime": 86400
   },
+  "memcached": {
+    "url": null,
+    "lifetime": 86400
+  },
   "auth": {
     "jwks": {
       "cache": true,
diff --git a/config/dev.json b/config/dev.json
index 6ee7138500553cb5b4ffa40de23996208eff118c..351532e3789e768830e59c83b51d026f56a3d510 100644
--- a/config/dev.json
+++ b/config/dev.json
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
     "memcachedURL": null,
     "lifetime": 86400
   },
+  "memcached": {
+    "url": null,
+    "lifetime": 86400
+  },
   "auth": {
     "jwks": {
       "cache": true,
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 3129959fbf96fbf87b45dad4b910b48fd73e0261..9b0494d748f56c7dc855b3766f6f2dffc63e0b5e 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -182,9 +182,9 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-A2TAGbTFdBw9azHbpVd+/FkdW2T6msN1uct1O9bH3vTerEHKZhTXJUQXy+hNq1B0RagfU8U+KBdqiZpxjhOUQA=="
     },
     "@types/node": {
-      "version": "10.7.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-10.7.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-EGoI4ylB/lPOaqXqtzAyL8HcgOuCtH2hkEaLmkueOYufsTFWBn4VCvlCDC2HW8Q+9iF+QVC3sxjDKQYjHQeZ9w=="
+      "version": "10.9.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-10.9.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-DOzWZKUnmFYG0KUOs+9HEBju2QhBU6oM2zeluunQNt0vnJvnkHvtDNlQPZDkTrkC5pZrNx1TPqeL137zciXZMQ=="
     },
     "@types/range-parser": {
       "version": "1.2.2",
@@ -859,6 +859,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/connected/-/connected-0.0.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-e1dVshbOMf+rzMOOn04d/Bw7fG0="
     },
+    "connection-parse": {
+      "version": "0.0.7",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/connection-parse/-/connection-parse-0.0.7.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-GOcxiqsGppkmc3KxDFIm0locmmk="
+    },
     "contains-path": {
       "version": "0.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/contains-path/-/contains-path-0.1.0.tgz",
@@ -1611,6 +1616,15 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-tdRU3CGZriJWmfNGfloH87lVuv0=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "hashring": {
+      "version": "3.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/hashring/-/hashring-3.2.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-/aTv3oqiLNuX+x0qZeiEAeHBRM4=",
+      "requires": {
+        "connection-parse": "0.0.x",
+        "simple-lru-cache": "0.0.x"
+      }
+    },
     "hosted-git-info": {
       "version": "2.7.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/hosted-git-info/-/hosted-git-info-2.7.1.tgz",
@@ -1822,6 +1836,14 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/isstream/-/isstream-0.1.2.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-R+Y/evVa+m+S4VAOaQ64uFKcCZo="
     },
+    "jackpot": {
+      "version": "0.0.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jackpot/-/jackpot-0.0.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-PP8GQoXL9m9OqyWTyQvOgWqCGEk=",
+      "requires": {
+        "retry": "0.6.0"
+      }
+    },
     "js-tokens": {
       "version": "3.0.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/js-tokens/-/js-tokens-3.0.2.tgz",
@@ -2214,9 +2236,9 @@
       }
     },
     "mbjs-generic-api": {
-      "version": "0.0.11",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mbjs-generic-api/-/mbjs-generic-api-0.0.11.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-2s/vma3Pn0wYKrGG/zYY7RWd/dWl8WQdSlS8HBkryP+dRVx5XFYyd7FphfiAK90OKwHSYlou9sqVsMX4MhoY7A==",
+      "version": "0.0.15",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/mbjs-generic-api/-/mbjs-generic-api-0.0.15.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-TrVIXVPxAtK8cb6ysDTnpiY5sR05bfJGAQtDxBxl4YfIDchK3z7dQWEyd/KTPU+jXvv+/WDAejAROCuyL94o2w==",
       "requires": {
         "@polka/send-type": "^0.4.0",
         "acl": "^0.4.11",
@@ -2227,6 +2249,7 @@
         "express-jwt": "^5.3.1",
         "jwks-rsa": "^1.3.0",
         "mbjs-utils": "0.0.5",
+        "memcached": "^2.2.2",
         "mongodb": "^3.1.1",
         "morgan": "^1.9.0",
         "polka": "^0.4.0",
@@ -2308,6 +2331,15 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/media-typer/-/media-typer-0.3.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha1-hxDXrwqmJvj/+hzgAWhUUmMlV0g="
     },
+    "memcached": {
+      "version": "2.2.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/memcached/-/memcached-2.2.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-aPhsz9hLz5PMJe1G1tf8DHUhydU=",
+      "requires": {
+        "hashring": "3.2.x",
+        "jackpot": ">=0.0.6"
+      }
+    },
     "metapak": {
       "version": "1.0.3",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/metapak/-/metapak-1.0.3.tgz",
@@ -2992,6 +3024,11 @@
         "signal-exit": "^3.0.2"
       }
     },
+    "retry": {
+      "version": "0.6.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/retry/-/retry-0.6.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-HAEHEyeab9Ho3vKK8MP/GHHKpTc="
+    },
     "rimraf": {
       "version": "2.6.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rimraf/-/rimraf-2.6.2.tgz",
@@ -3133,6 +3170,11 @@
       "integrity": "sha1-tf3AjxKH6hF4Yo5BXiUTK3NkbG0=",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "simple-lru-cache": {
+      "version": "0.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/simple-lru-cache/-/simple-lru-cache-0.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-1ZzDoZPBpdAyD4Tucy9uRxPlEd0="
+    },
     "simple-swizzle": {
       "version": "0.2.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/simple-swizzle/-/simple-swizzle-0.2.2.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 375582bbf9e5f08fcec6ea9be89dc7eb8e2fbb96..100e83a9b045daec95c8674769c25f825ebfb58c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "config": "^2.0.1",
     "luxon": "^1.3.3",
     "mbjs-data-models": "0.0.8",
-    "mbjs-generic-api": "0.0.11",
+    "mbjs-generic-api": "0.0.15",
     "mbjs-persistence": "^0.2.0",
     "mbjs-utils": "0.0.6",
     "mongodb": "^3.1.1",
diff --git a/src/lib/service.js b/src/lib/service.js
index 161cf2b662727192cd1952c1a53b3344b65dff53..841ac4d0d54ecdca277192fc49d6857bd65020c3 100644
--- a/src/lib/service.js
+++ b/src/lib/service.js
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ class Service extends TinyEmitter {
   async findHandler (req, res) {
     let results = await this._client.find(JSON.parse(req.query.query || '{}'), req.params)
     const userId = req.user ? req.user.uuid : 'anon'
-    const roles = req.user ? req.user.profile[`${config.api.auth0AppMetadataPrefix}roles`] || [] : []
+    const roles = req.user ? req.user.profile.roles : ['public']
     const items = []
     for (let entry of results) {
       let allowed = false
       if (req.user && entry.author && entry.author.id === userId) allowed = true
       else {
         try {
-          allowed = await this._acl.areAnyRolesAllowed(['public'].concat(roles), entry.uuid, ['get'])
+          allowed = await this._acl.areAnyRolesAllowed(roles, entry.uuid, ['get'])
         }
         catch (err) {
           this._logger.error(`ACL error: ${err.message}`)
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class Service extends TinyEmitter {
 
   async getHandler (req, res) {
     const result = await this.client.get(req.params.id, req.params)
-    const roles = req.user ? req.user[`${config.api.auth0AppMetadataPrefix}roles`] || [] : []
+    const roles = req.user ? req.user.profile.roles : ['public']
     if (result) {
       let allowed = false
       if (req.user && result.author && result.author.id === req.user.uuid) allowed = true