diff --git a/app/models/configuration.rb b/app/models/configuration.rb
--- a/app/models/configuration.rb
+++ b/app/models/configuration.rb
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
   Configuration.config_cache = nil
   Configuration.task_grading_info_cache = nil
 
+  def self.config_cached?
+    (defined? CONFIGURATION_CACHE_ENABLED) and (CONFIGURATION_CACHE_ENABLED)
+  end
+
   def self.get(key)
     if Configuration.config_cached?
       if Configuration.config_cache == nil
@@ -132,10 +136,6 @@
 
   protected
 
-  def self.config_cached?
-    (defined? CONFIGURATION_CACHE_ENABLED) and (CONFIGURATION_CACHE_ENABLED)
-  end
-
   def self.convert_type(val,type)
     case type
     when 'string'
diff --git a/app/views/configurations/index.html.haml b/app/views/configurations/index.html.haml
--- a/app/views/configurations/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/configurations/index.html.haml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
         = in_place_editor_field :configuration, :value, {}, :rows=>1
       %td= conf.description
 
-- if Configuration.cache?
+- if Configuration.config_cached?
   %br/
   Your config is saved, but it does not automatically take effect.
   %br/