diff --git a/superset/config.py b/superset/config.py
index 48aa505ed77b..29616d1d6285 100644
--- a/superset/config.py
+++ b/superset/config.py
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ def _try_json_readsha(filepath, length):  # pylint: disable=unused-argument
 # IMG_SIZE = (300, 200, True)
 
 CACHE_DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 60 * 60 * 24
-CACHE_CONFIG: Dict[str, Any] = {"CACHE_TYPE": "null"}
+CACHE_CONFIG: Dict[str, Any] = {"CACHE_TYPE": "simple"}
 TABLE_NAMES_CACHE_CONFIG = {"CACHE_TYPE": "null"}
 
 # CORS Options