diff --git a/src/coffee-cache.coffee b/src/coffee-cache.coffee
index 1cb979286..0da37b1bd 100644
--- a/src/coffee-cache.coffee
+++ b/src/coffee-cache.coffee
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CoffeeScript = require 'coffee-script'
 CSON = require 'season'
 fs = require 'fs-plus'
 
-cacheDir = path.join(fs.getHomeDirectory(), 'compile-cache')
+cacheDir = path.join(fs.absolute('~/.atom'), 'compile-cache')
 coffeeCacheDir = path.join(cacheDir, 'coffee')
 CSON.setCacheDir(path.join(cacheDir, 'cson'))
 
diff --git a/src/less-compile-cache.coffee b/src/less-compile-cache.coffee
index 315a0a165..442109e21 100644
--- a/src/less-compile-cache.coffee
+++ b/src/less-compile-cache.coffee
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module.exports =
 class LessCompileCache
   Subscriber.includeInto(this)
 
-  @cacheDir: path.join(fs.getHomeDirectory(), 'compile-cache', 'less')
+  @cacheDir: path.join(atom.getConfigDirPath(), 'compile-cache', 'less')
 
   constructor: ({resourcePath, importPaths}) ->
     @lessSearchPaths = [