diff --git a/e107_handlers/e107_class.php b/e107_handlers/e107_class.php
index 8ce423c4bd..ae786fdd18 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/e107_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/e107_class.php
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ class e107
 	public $file_path;
 	public $site_path;
 	public $relative_base_path;
+
+	public $ecache;
+
+
+
 //	public $_ip_cache;
 //	public $_host_name_cache;
 
diff --git a/e107_handlers/e_ranks_class.php b/e107_handlers/e_ranks_class.php
index 6c842b4c34..9bbfa74202 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/e_ranks_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/e_ranks_class.php
@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ public function __construct($force = false)
 		$this->imageFolder = is_dir(THEME.'images/ranks') ? THEME_ABS.'images/ranks/' : e_IMAGE_ABS.'ranks/';
 
 
-		$e107 = e107::getInstance();
+		$ecache = e107::getCache();
 		$sql = e107::getDb();
 		//Check to see if we can get it from cache
-		if($force == false && ($ranks = $e107->ecache->retrieve_sys('nomd5_user_ranks')))
+		if($force == false && ($ranks = $ecache->retrieve_sys('nomd5_user_ranks')))
 		{
 			$this->ranks = e107::unserialize($ranks);
 		}
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public function __construct($force = false)
 					}
 				}
 			}
-			$e107->ecache->set_sys('nomd5_user_ranks', e107::serialize($this->ranks, false));
+			$ecache->set_sys('nomd5_user_ranks', e107::serialize($this->ranks, false));
 		}
 
 		// defaults
diff --git a/e107_handlers/userclass_class.php b/e107_handlers/userclass_class.php
index 5638d6656d..4dbc25bdb9 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/userclass_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/userclass_class.php
@@ -151,14 +151,14 @@ public function readTree($force = FALSE)
 	{
 		if (isset($this->class_tree) && count($this->class_tree) && !$force) return;
 
-		$e107 = e107::getInstance();
+		$ecache = e107::getCache();
 
 		$this->class_tree = array();
 		$this->class_parents = array();
 
       
         
-		if ($temp = $e107->ecache->retrieve_sys(UC_CACHE_TAG))
+		if ($temp = $ecache->retrieve_sys(UC_CACHE_TAG))
 		{
 			$this->class_tree = e107::unserialize($temp);
 			unset($temp);
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ public function readTree($force = FALSE)
 			}
 
 			$userCache = e107::serialize($this->class_tree, FALSE);
-			$e107->ecache->set_sys(UC_CACHE_TAG,$userCache);
+			$ecache->set_sys(UC_CACHE_TAG,$userCache);
 			unset($userCache);
 		}
 
diff --git a/e107_plugins/forum/e_admin_events.php b/e107_plugins/forum/e_admin_events.php
index eff79423fb..0c8cf8915f 100755
--- a/e107_plugins/forum/e_admin_events.php
+++ b/e107_plugins/forum/e_admin_events.php
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ function plugin_forum_admin_events($type, $parms)
 //Called if classtree cache is cleared.  Meaning we'll need to rebuild moderator cache
 function plugin_forum_admin_events_clear_moderators()
 {
-	$e107 = e107::getInstance();
-	$e107->ecache->clear_sys('nomd5_forum_moderators');
+	e107::getCache()->clear_sys('nomd5_forum_moderators');
 }