diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 06b0edf..63785d4 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ pub(crate) enum Error<'src> {
     token: Token<'src>,
     output_error: OutputError,
   },
-  CacheDirIo {
+  RuntimeDirIo {
     io_error: io::Error,
     path: PathBuf,
   },
@@ -287,9 +287,6 @@ impl<'src> ColorDisplay for Error<'src> {
           }?,
         OutputError::Utf8(utf8_error) => write!(f, "Backtick succeeded but stdout was not utf8: {utf8_error}")?,
       }
-      CacheDirIo { io_error, path } => {
-        write!(f, "I/O error in cache dir `{}`: {io_error}", path.display())?;
-      }
       ChooserInvoke { shell_binary, shell_arguments, chooser, io_error} => {
         let chooser = chooser.to_string_lossy();
         write!(f, "Chooser `{shell_binary} {shell_arguments} {chooser}` invocation failed: {io_error}")?;
@@ -407,6 +404,9 @@ impl<'src> ColorDisplay for Error<'src> {
         write!(f, "Recipe `{recipe}` was not confirmed")?;
       }
       RegexCompile { source } => write!(f, "{source}")?,
+      RuntimeDirIo { io_error, path } => {
+        write!(f, "I/O error in runtime dir `{}`: {io_error}", path.display())?;
+      }
       Search { search_error } => Display::fmt(search_error, f)?,
       Shebang { recipe, command, argument, io_error} => {
         if let Some(argument) = argument {
diff --git a/src/recipe.rs b/src/recipe.rs
index 97dc847..4d17103 100644
--- a/src/recipe.rs
+++ b/src/recipe.rs
@@ -353,9 +353,9 @@ impl<'src, D> Recipe<'src, D> {
     let tempdir = match &context.settings.tempdir {
       Some(tempdir) => tempdir_builder.tempdir_in(context.search.working_directory.join(tempdir)),
       None => {
-        if let Some(cache_dir) = dirs::cache_dir() {
-          let path = cache_dir.join("just");
-          fs::create_dir_all(&path).map_err(|io_error| Error::CacheDirIo {
+        if let Some(runtime_dir) = dirs::runtime_dir() {
+          let path = runtime_dir.join("just");
+          fs::create_dir_all(&path).map_err(|io_error| Error::RuntimeDirIo {
             io_error,
             path: path.clone(),
           })?;
diff --git a/tests/tempdir.rs b/tests/tempdir.rs
index a7d2a5f..4f89792 100644
--- a/tests/tempdir.rs
+++ b/tests/tempdir.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ pub(crate) fn tempdir() -> TempDir {
 
   builder.prefix("just-test-tempdir");
 
-  if let Some(cache_dir) = dirs::cache_dir() {
-    let path = cache_dir.join("just");
+  if let Some(runtime_dir) = dirs::runtime_dir() {
+    let path = runtime_dir.join("just");
     fs::create_dir_all(&path).unwrap();
     builder.tempdir_in(path)
   } else {