diff --git a/monitorstack/utils/__init__.py b/monitorstack/utils/__init__.py
index a1df1bb..ce50f34 100644
--- a/monitorstack/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/monitorstack/utils/__init__.py
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class LocalCache(object):
         if not self.cache_path:
             self.cache_path = os.path.join(
                 os.path.expanduser('~'),
-                '.monitorstack.cache'
+                '.cache/monitorstack.cache'
             )
         elif not self.cache_path.endswith('cache'):
             self.cache_path = '{}.cache'.format(self.cache_path)
diff --git a/tests/test_utils.py b/tests/test_utils.py
index fe9cb14..c1a2648 100644
--- a/tests/test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/test_utils.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class TestUtils(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.g_testfile = os.path.join(
             os.path.expanduser('~'),
-            '.monitorstack.cache'
+            '.cache/monitorstack.cache'
         )
         self.t_testfile = tempfile.mkdtemp()