diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e5f48e35fe..249c851a08 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 ### Tools helper code
 
 * The tools `create` command now sets up a `TEMPLATE` and a `dev` branch for syncing
+* Fixed issue [379](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/issues/379)
 
 ### Syncing
 
diff --git a/nf_core/utils.py b/nf_core/utils.py
index 227bc903ed..a5ef17f7ab 100644
--- a/nf_core/utils.py
+++ b/nf_core/utils.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 import logging
 import os
 import subprocess
-import tempfile
 
 def fetch_wf_config(wf_path, wf=None):
     """Uses Nextflow to retrieve the the configuration variables
@@ -70,20 +69,18 @@ def fetch_wf_config(wf_path, wf=None):
 def setup_requests_cachedir():
     """Sets up local caching for faster remote HTTP requests.
 
-    Caching directory will be generated by tempfile.gettempdir() under
-    a nfcore_cache subdir.
+    Caching directory will be set up in the user's home directory under
+    a .nfcore_cache subdir.
     """
     # Only import it if we need it
     import requests_cache
+    
 
-    cachedir = os.path.join(tempfile.gettempdir(), 'nfcore_cache')
+    cachedir = os.path.join(os.getenv("HOME"), os.path.join('.nfcore', 'cache'))
     if not os.path.exists(cachedir):
-        os.mkdir(cachedir)
+        os.makedirs(cachedir)
     requests_cache.install_cache(
-        os.path.join(cachedir, 'nfcore_cache'),
+        os.path.join(cachedir, 'github_info'),
         expire_after=datetime.timedelta(hours=1),
         backend='sqlite',
     )
-    # Make world-writeable so that multi-user installations work
-    os.chmod(cachedir, 0o777)
-    os.chmod(os.path.join(cachedir, 'nfcore_cache.sqlite'), 0o777)