diff --git a/core/src/main/java/de/javakaffee/web/msm/MemcachedSessionService.java b/core/src/main/java/de/javakaffee/web/msm/MemcachedSessionService.java
index 7dc57e4a..99ed8608 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/de/javakaffee/web/msm/MemcachedSessionService.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/de/javakaffee/web/msm/MemcachedSessionService.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
 import de.javakaffee.web.msm.BackupSessionTask.BackupResult;
 import de.javakaffee.web.msm.LockingStrategy.LockingMode;
 import de.javakaffee.web.msm.MemcachedNodesManager.MemcachedClientCallback;
+import net.spy.memcached.FailureMode;
 
 /**
  * This is the core of memcached session manager, managing sessions in memcached.
@@ -497,6 +498,7 @@ protected MemcachedClient createMemcachedClient( final MemcachedNodesManager mem
             	// And: http://code.google.com/p/spymemcached/wiki/Examples#Establishing_a_Membase_Connection
                 final CouchbaseConnectionFactoryBuilder factory = new CouchbaseConnectionFactoryBuilder();
                 factory.setOpTimeout(_operationTimeout);
+                factory.setFailureMode(FailureMode.Redistribute);
                 return new CouchbaseClient(factory.buildCouchbaseConnection(memcachedNodesManager.getCouchbaseBucketURIs(), _username, _password));
             }
             final ConnectionFactory connectionFactory = createConnectionFactory(memcachedNodesManager, connectionType, statistics);