diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b062824..aabe0ac 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -155,6 +155,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "powerfmt",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs"
+version = "5.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "44c45a9d03d6676652bcb5e724c7e988de1acad23a711b5217ab9cbecbec2225"
+dependencies = [
+ "dirs-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "dirs-sys"
+version = "0.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "520f05a5cbd335fae5a99ff7a6ab8627577660ee5cfd6a94a6a929b52ff0321c"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "option-ext",
+ "redox_users",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "encoding_rs"
 version = "0.8.33"
@@ -266,6 +287,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "slab",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "getrandom"
+version = "0.2.14"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "94b22e06ecb0110981051723910cbf0b5f5e09a2062dd7663334ee79a9d1286c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "libc",
+ "wasi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "gimli"
 version = "0.28.1"
@@ -293,6 +325,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "crc64",
+ "dirs",
  "git2",
  "log",
  "lsp-server",
@@ -512,6 +545,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "pkg-config",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libredox"
+version = "0.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c0ff37bd590ca25063e35af745c343cb7a0271906fb7b37e4813e8f79f00268d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.5.0",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "libssh2-sys"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -709,6 +752,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "vcpkg",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "option-ext"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "04744f49eae99ab78e0d5c0b603ab218f515ea8cfe5a456d7629ad883a3b6e7d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
 version = "2.3.1"
@@ -783,6 +832,17 @@ version = "0.1.57"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "41cc0f7e4d5d4544e8861606a285bb08d3e70712ccc7d2b84d7c0ccfaf4b05ce"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "redox_users"
+version = "0.4.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bd283d9651eeda4b2a83a43c1c91b266c40fd76ecd39a50a8c630ae69dc72891"
+dependencies = [
+ "getrandom",
+ "libredox",
+ "thiserror",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.10.4"
@@ -1093,6 +1153,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror"
+version = "1.0.58"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "03468839009160513471e86a034bb2c5c0e4baae3b43f79ffc55c4a5427b3297"
+dependencies = [
+ "thiserror-impl",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "thiserror-impl"
+version = "1.0.58"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c61f3ba182994efc43764a46c018c347bc492c79f024e705f46567b418f6d4f7"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thread-id"
 version = "3.3.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d0004c3..afed3ab 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.12.3", features = ["blocking"] }
 regex = "1.10.4"
 serde_yaml = "0.9.34"
 crc64 = "2.0.0"
+dirs = "5.0.1"
 
 [lints.clippy]
 all = "deny"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index cbbff2c..3e9dc10 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -50,10 +50,12 @@ fn default_log_path() -> String {
 }
 
 fn default_cache_path() -> String {
-    format!(
-        "{}/.gitlab-ci-ls/cache/",
-        std::env::var("HOME").unwrap_or_default()
-    )
+    let home = match dirs::home_dir() {
+        Some(path) => path.display().to_string(),
+        None => std::env::var("HOME").unwrap_or_default(),
+    };
+
+    format!("{home}/.gitlab-ci-ls/cache/")
 }
 
 #[allow(clippy::too_many_lines)]