diff --git a/bin/anyproxy b/bin/anyproxy
index 76e853c38..35c6c2203 100755
--- a/bin/anyproxy
+++ b/bin/anyproxy
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ program
 
 if (program.clear) {
   require('../lib/certMgr').clearCerts(() => {
-    util.deleteFolderContentsRecursive(util.getAnyProxyPath('cache'));
+    util.deleteFolderContentsRecursive(util.getAnyProxyTmpPath());
     console.log(color.green('done !'));
     process.exit(0);
   });
diff --git a/lib/recorder.js b/lib/recorder.js
index 728afc5a3..cd9707c35 100644
--- a/lib/recorder.js
+++ b/lib/recorder.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ const WS_MESSAGE_FILE_PRFIX = 'ws_message_';
 const CACHE_DIR_PREFIX = 'cache_r';
 function getCacheDir() {
   const rand = Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000000),
-    cachePath = path.join(proxyUtil.getAnyProxyPath('cache'), './' + CACHE_DIR_PREFIX + rand);
+    cachePath = path.join(proxyUtil.getAnyProxyTmpPath(), './' + CACHE_DIR_PREFIX + rand);
 
   fs.mkdirSync(cachePath);
   return cachePath;
diff --git a/lib/ruleLoader.js b/lib/ruleLoader.js
index 1d498ff67..3dfa4a536 100644
--- a/lib/ruleLoader.js
+++ b/lib/ruleLoader.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const request = require('request');
 
-const cachePath = proxyUtil.getAnyProxyPath('cache');
+const cachePath = proxyUtil.getAnyProxyTmpPath();
 
 /**
  * download a file and cache
diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index d06536bad..4048e6c9d 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ const fs = require('fs'),
   mime = require('mime-types'),
   color = require('colorful'),
   child_process = require('child_process'),
+  os = require('os'),
   Buffer = require('buffer').Buffer,
   logUtil = require('./log');
-const networkInterfaces = require('os').networkInterfaces();
+
+const networkInterfaces = os.networkInterfaces();
 
 // {"Content-Encoding":"gzip"} --> {"content-encoding":"gzip"}
 module.exports.lower_keys = (obj) => {
@@ -52,6 +54,14 @@ module.exports.getAnyProxyPath = function (pathName) {
   return targetPath;
 }
 
+module.exports.getAnyProxyTmpPath = function () {
+  const targetPath = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'anyproxy', 'cache');
+  if (!fs.existsSync(targetPath)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(targetPath, { recursive: true });
+  }
+  return targetPath;
+}
+
 module.exports.simpleRender = function (str, object, regexp) {
   return String(str).replace(regexp || (/\{\{([^{}]+)\}\}/g), (match, name) => {
     if (match.charAt(0) === '\\') {