diff --git a/src/Config.zig b/src/Config.zig
index bb19677..77ba0b2 100644
--- a/src/Config.zig
+++ b/src/Config.zig
@@ -202,13 +202,24 @@ pub fn configChanged(config: *Config, allocator: std.mem.Allocator, builtin_crea
         config.builtin_path = try std.fs.path.join(allocator, &.{ builtin_creation_dir.?, "builtin.zig" });
     }
 
-    const cache_dir_path = (try known_folders.getPath(allocator, .cache)) orelse {
-        logger.warn("Known-folders could not fetch the cache path", .{});
-        return;
-    };
+
+    if (null == config.global_cache_path) {
+        const cache_dir_path = (try known_folders.getPath(allocator, .cache)) orelse {
+            logger.warn("Known-folders could not fetch the cache path", .{});
+            return;
+        };
+        defer allocator.free(cache_dir_path);
+
+        config.global_cache_path = try std.fs.path.resolve(allocator, &[_][]const u8{ cache_dir_path, "zls" });
+
+        std.fs.makeDirAbsolute(config.global_cache_path.?) catch |err| switch(err) {
+            error.PathAlreadyExists => {},
+            else => return err,
+        };
+    }
 
     if (null == config.build_runner_path) {
-        config.build_runner_path = try std.fs.path.resolve(allocator, &[_][]const u8{ cache_dir_path, "build_runner.zig" });
+        config.build_runner_path = try std.fs.path.resolve(allocator, &[_][]const u8{ config.global_cache_path.?, "build_runner.zig" });
 
         const file = try std.fs.createFileAbsolute(config.build_runner_path.?, .{});
         defer file.close();
@@ -216,8 +227,4 @@ pub fn configChanged(config: *Config, allocator: std.mem.Allocator, builtin_crea
         try file.writeAll(@embedFile("special/build_runner.zig"));
     }
 
-    if (null == config.global_cache_path) {
-        defer allocator.free(cache_dir_path);
-        config.global_cache_path = try std.fs.path.resolve(allocator, &[_][]const u8{ cache_dir_path, "zls" });
-    }
 }