diff --git a/api/api.go b/api/api.go
index 5b6ef40..63112fe 100644
--- a/api/api.go
+++ b/api/api.go
@@ -47,16 +47,20 @@ type Version struct {
 
 // InitAPI stores the API in an object when needed.
 func InitAPI() {
+	if CheckAPICache() != 0 {
+		UpdateAPICache()
+	}
+
 	PkgList = UnpackAPI()
 }
 
 // CheckAPICache checks if the cached json is expired
 func CheckAPICache() int {
-	if !utils.PathExists(utils.SystemInfo.TmpDir + "/pkg.json") {
+	if !utils.PathExists(utils.SystemInfo.ProgDir + "/pkg.json") {
 		return 1
 	}
 
-	info, err := os.Stat(utils.SystemInfo.TmpDir + "/pkg.json")
+	info, err := os.Stat(utils.SystemInfo.ProgDir + "/pkg.json")
 	utils.CheckErr(err)
 
 	lastModTime := info.ModTime()
@@ -73,13 +77,13 @@ func CheckAPICache() int {
 func UpdateAPICache() {
 	apiURL := "https://thunderstore.io/api/v1/package/"
 
-	err := utils.DownloadFile(utils.SystemInfo.TmpDir+"/pkg.json", apiURL)
+	err := utils.DownloadFile(utils.SystemInfo.ProgDir+"/pkg.json", apiURL)
 	utils.CheckErr(err)
 }
 
 // UnpackAPI stores the API cache as an object for later use.
 func UnpackAPI() []Mod {
-	pkgFile, err := os.Open(utils.SystemInfo.TmpDir + "/pkg.json")
+	pkgFile, err := os.Open(utils.SystemInfo.ProgDir + "/pkg.json")
 	utils.CheckErr(err)
 
 	defer pkgFile.Close()
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index ebbd2fe..36be426 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func removeMod(pkg string) {
 
 func main() {
 
-	logFile, err := os.OpenFile(utils.SystemInfo.TmpDir+"/r2mod-go.log", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0644)
+	logFile, err := os.OpenFile(utils.SystemInfo.ProgDir+"/r2mod-go.log", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0644)
 	utils.CheckErr(err)
 
 	defer logFile.Close()
diff --git a/tools/tools.go b/tools/tools.go
index 0271239..86a7960 100644
--- a/tools/tools.go
+++ b/tools/tools.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func DownloadMod(depString string) (int, string) {
 	mod := api.GetModData(depString)
 	downloadURL := mod.Versions[0].DownloadURL
 
-	modName := sysinfo.TmpDir + "/dl/" + depString + ".zip"
+	modName := sysinfo.ProgDir + "/dl/" + depString + ".zip"
 
 	modVersion := mod.Versions[0].VersionNumber
 	modFolder := sysinfo.PluginDir + "/" + depString + "-" + modVersion
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 463321e..00adb38 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ type SysInfo struct {
 	BepinDir    string
 	PluginDir   string
 	ConfigDir   string
-	TmpDir      string
+	ProgDir     string
 }
 
 // CheckErr checks for an error, prints if it happened
@@ -81,28 +81,28 @@ func GetSysInfo() SysInfo {
 		BepinDir:    gameDir + "/BepInEx",
 		ConfigDir:   gameDir + "/BepInEx/config",
 		PluginDir:   gameDir + "/BepInEx/plugins",
-		TmpDir:      "/tmp/r2mod-go",
+		ProgDir:     homeDir + "/.config/r2mod-go",
 	}
 
-	if !PathExists(SystemInfo.TmpDir) {
+	if !PathExists(SystemInfo.ProgDir) {
 		log.Println("temp directory does not exist; creating...")
-		err := os.Mkdir(SystemInfo.TmpDir, 0755)
+		err := os.Mkdir(SystemInfo.ProgDir, 0755)
 		CheckErr(err)
 	}
 
-	if !PathExists(SystemInfo.TmpDir + "/dl") {
+	if !PathExists(SystemInfo.ProgDir + "/dl") {
 		log.Println("temp dl directory does not exist; creating...")
-		err := os.Mkdir(SystemInfo.TmpDir+"/dl", 0755)
+		err := os.Mkdir(SystemInfo.ProgDir+"/dl", 0755)
 		CheckErr(err)
 	}
 
 	// Setup log file
-	if PathExists(SystemInfo.TmpDir + "/r2mod-go.log") {
-		err := os.Remove(SystemInfo.TmpDir + "/r2mod-go.log")
+	if PathExists(SystemInfo.ProgDir + "/r2mod-go.log") {
+		err := os.Remove(SystemInfo.ProgDir + "/r2mod-go.log")
 		CheckErr(err)
 	}
 
-	logFile, err := os.OpenFile(SystemInfo.TmpDir+"/r2mod-go.log", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0644)
+	logFile, err := os.OpenFile(SystemInfo.ProgDir+"/r2mod-go.log", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_APPEND, 0644)
 	CheckErr(err)
 
 	log.SetOutput(logFile)
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func GetSysInfo() SysInfo {
 	log.Println("	bepinDir:", SystemInfo.BepinDir)
 	log.Println("	configDir:", SystemInfo.ConfigDir)
 	log.Println("	pluginDir:", SystemInfo.PluginDir)
-	log.Println("	tmpDir:", SystemInfo.TmpDir)
+	log.Println("	ProgDir:", SystemInfo.ProgDir)
 
 	return SystemInfo
 }