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diff --git a/services/api/config/application.rb b/services/api/config/application.rb
index 2cd3fc93ce..f3f6424b2d 100644
--- a/services/api/config/application.rb
+++ b/services/api/config/application.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ module Server
 
     # Activate observers that should always be running.
     # config.active_record.observers = :cacher, :garbage_collector, :forum_observer
+    config.active_record.schema_format = :sql
 
     # The default locale is :en and all translations from config/locales/*.rb,yml are auto loaded.
     # config.i18n.load_path += Dir[Rails.root.join('my', 'locales', '*.{rb,yml}').to_s]
@@ -34,5 +35,22 @@ module Server
     config.filter_parameters += [:password]
 
     I18n.enforce_available_locales = false
+
+    # Before using the filesystem backend for Rails.cache, check
+    # whether we own the relevant directory. If we don't, using it is
+    # likely to either fail or (if we're root) pollute it and cause
+    # other processes to fail later.
+    default_cache_path = Rails.root.join('tmp', 'cache')
+    if not File.owned?(default_cache_path)
+      if File.exist?(default_cache_path)
+        why = "owner (uid=#{File::Stat.new(default_cache_path).uid}) " +
+          "is not me (uid=#{Process.euid})"
+      else
+        why = "does not exist"
+      end
+      STDERR.puts("Defaulting to memory cache, " +
+                  "because #{default_cache_path} #{why}")
+      config.cache_store = :memory_store
+    end
   end
 end