diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index 28510f2..288ed78 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -121,8 +121,9 @@ if Path.cwd() == Path("/app"):
     CACHE_DIR = Path("/app/cache")
 else:
     CACHE_DIR = Path(appdirs.user_cache_dir("matrix-url-preview"))
+CACHE_DIR.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
 CACHE_FILE = CACHE_DIR / "db.sqlite3"
-CACHE_FILE.touch()
+CACHE_FILE.touch(exist_ok=True)
 logging.debug("Cache file: %r", CACHE_FILE)