diff --git a/cointop/common/filecache/filecache.go b/cointop/common/filecache/filecache.go
index 0a02d77..fdad1e9 100644
--- a/cointop/common/filecache/filecache.go
+++ b/cointop/common/filecache/filecache.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 // DefaultCacheDir ...
-var DefaultCacheDir = "/tmp1"
+var DefaultCacheDir = "/tmp"
 
 // FileCache ...
 type FileCache struct {
diff --git a/cointop/config.go b/cointop/config.go
index b235b88..8f0b82e 100644
--- a/cointop/config.go
+++ b/cointop/config.go
@@ -335,7 +335,7 @@ func (ct *Cointop) loadRefreshRateFromConfig() error {
 func (ct *Cointop) loadCacheDirFromConfig() error {
 	ct.debuglog("loadCacheDirFromConfig()")
 	if cacheDir, ok := ct.config.CacheDir.(string); ok {
-		ct.State.cacheDir = cacheDir
+		ct.State.cacheDir = pathutil.NormalizePath(cacheDir)
 	}
 
 	return nil