diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d4a848b5..6951ba40 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ serde_json = "1.0.5"
 time = "0.1.38"
 tree_magic = "0.2.0"
 url = "1.6.0"
-xdg = "2.1.0"
 
 [dependencies.cairo-rs]
 features = ["png"]
diff --git a/src/cache.rs b/src/cache.rs
index ffdd49bd..7b27bed4 100644
--- a/src/cache.rs
+++ b/src/cache.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-extern crate xdg;
 extern crate serde;
 extern crate serde_json;
 
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index b6662294..4bfd4312 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ extern crate serde_json;
 
 use std::io;
 use std::time::SystemTimeError;
+use std::ffi::OsString;
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum Error {
@@ -30,4 +31,5 @@ derror!(cairo::BorrowError, Error::BackendError);
 derror!(glib::Error, Error::BackendError);
 derror!(SystemTimeError, Error::BackendError);
 
+derror!(OsString, Error::CacheError);
 derror!(serde_json::Error, Error::CacheError);
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index 783042f0..14822a82 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+extern crate glib;
 extern crate url;
 extern crate reqwest;
 extern crate regex;
-extern crate xdg;
 extern crate serde_json;
 extern crate chrono;
 extern crate time;
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use self::serde_json::Value as JsonValue;
 use self::url::Url;
 use std::io::Read;
 use std::path::Path;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::io::prelude::*;
@@ -725,7 +726,12 @@ pub fn circle_image(fname: String) -> Result<String, Error> {
 }
 
 pub fn cache_path(name: &str) -> Result<String, Error> {
-    let xdg_dirs = xdg::BaseDirectories::with_prefix("fractal").unwrap();
-    let fname = String::from(xdg_dirs.place_cache_file(name)?.to_str().ok_or(Error::BackendError)?);
-    Ok(fname)
+    let mut path = match glib::get_user_cache_dir() {
+        Some(path) => path,
+        None => PathBuf::from("/tmp"),
+    };
+
+    path.push("fractal");
+    path.push(name);
+    Ok(path.into_os_string().into_string()?)
 }