diff --git a/setup/base.go b/setup/base.go
index 82bbfd782..f8b5ace00 100644
--- a/setup/base.go
+++ b/setup/base.go
@@ -113,18 +113,15 @@ func NewBaseDendrite(cfg *config.Dendrite, componentName string, useHTTPAPIs boo
 	}
 
 	var dnsCache *gomatrixserverlib.DNSCache
-	if cfg.Matrix.DNSCache.Enabled {
-		dnsCache, err = gomatrixserverlib.NewDNSCache(
-			cfg.Matrix.DNSCache.CacheSize,
-			cfg.Matrix.DNSCache.CacheLifetime,
+	if cfg.Global.DNSCache.Enabled {
+		dnsCache = gomatrixserverlib.NewDNSCache(
+			cfg.Global.DNSCache.CacheSize,
+			cfg.Global.DNSCache.CacheLifetime,
 		)
-		if err != nil {
-			logrus.WithError(err).Warnf("Failed to create DNS cache")
-		}
 		logrus.Infof(
 			"DNS cache enabled (size %d, lifetime %s)",
-			cfg.Matrix.DNSCache.CacheSize,
-			cfg.Matrix.DNSCache.CacheLifetime,
+			cfg.Global.DNSCache.CacheSize,
+			cfg.Global.DNSCache.CacheLifetime,
 		)
 	}
 
diff --git a/setup/config/config_global.go b/setup/config/config_global.go
index 3be785893..d4b068dbe 100644
--- a/setup/config/config_global.go
+++ b/setup/config/config_global.go
@@ -162,6 +162,6 @@ func (c *DNSCacheOptions) Defaults() {
 }
 
 func (c *DNSCacheOptions) Verify(configErrs *ConfigErrors, isMonolith bool) {
-	checkPositive(configErrs, "cache_size", c.CacheSize)
-	checkPositive(configErrs, "cache_lifetime", c.CacheLifetime)
+	checkPositive(configErrs, "cache_size", int64(c.CacheSize))
+	checkPositive(configErrs, "cache_lifetime", int64(c.CacheLifetime))
 }