diff --git a/profet/cache.py b/profet/cache.py
index 52d39b9..c043769 100644
--- a/profet/cache.py
+++ b/profet/cache.py
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ def __init__(self, directory: str = None):
 
         # Set the cache directory
         self.directory = os.path.abspath(
-            directory
-            if directory is not None
-            else os.path.abspath(
-                os.path.expanduser(os.path.join("~", ".cache", "pdb"))
+            os.path.expanduser(
+                directory
+                if directory is not None
+                else os.path.join("~", ".cache", "pdb")
             )
         )