diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8aae9ce..5164739 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ node_modules
 *srcinfo.json
 .mypy_cache
 _cache
-.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode
+*.cache
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/appconfig.py b/app/appconfig.py
index 15063e5..6d9a229 100644
--- a/app/appconfig.py
+++ b/app/appconfig.py
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Copyright 2016-2020 Christoph Reiter
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
+from typing import Optional
+
+
 REPO_URL = "https://repo.msys2.org"
 
 REPOSITORIES = [
@@ -53,4 +56,4 @@ BUILD_STATUS_CONFIG = [
 
 UPDATE_INTERVAL = 60 * 5
 REQUEST_TIMEOUT = 60
-CACHE_LOCAL = False
+CACHE_DIR: Optional[str] = None
diff --git a/app/fetch.py b/app/fetch.py
index c44c650..702b11b 100644
--- a/app/fetch.py
+++ b/app/fetch.py
@@ -31,13 +31,12 @@ def get_update_urls() -> List[str]:
 
 
 async def get_content_cached(url: str, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> bytes:
-    if not appconfig.CACHE_LOCAL:
+    cache_dir = appconfig.CACHE_DIR
+    if cache_dir is None:
         async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
             r = await client.get(url, *args, **kwargs)
             return r.content
 
-    base = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
-    cache_dir = os.path.join(base, "_cache")
     os.makedirs(cache_dir, exist_ok=True)
 
     cache_fn = quote_plus(
@@ -233,7 +232,7 @@ async def update_arch_versions() -> None:
 async def check_needs_update(_cache_key: List[str] = [""]) -> bool:
     """Raises RequestException"""
 
-    if appconfig.CACHE_LOCAL:
+    if appconfig.CACHE_DIR:
         return True
 
     async def get_headers(client: httpx.AsyncClient, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> httpx.Headers:
diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
index f90ae84..9cd9105 100755
--- a/run.py
+++ b/run.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Copyright 2016-2020 Christoph Reiter
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
+import os
 import sys
 import argparse
 from typing import List, Optional, Union
@@ -18,7 +19,12 @@ def main(argv: List[str]) -> Optional[Union[int, str]]:
                         help="port number")
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
-    appconfig.CACHE_LOCAL = args.cache
+    if args.cache:
+        base = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__))
+        cache_dir = os.path.join(base, ".app.cache")
+        print(f"Using cache: {repr(cache_dir)}")
+        appconfig.CACHE_DIR = cache_dir
+
     uvicorn.run(app, host="127.0.0.1", port=args.port)
 
     return None