diff --git a/unidic/download.py b/unidic/download.py
index 445ce55..d488bd6 100644
--- a/unidic/download.py
+++ b/unidic/download.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import sys
 from wasabi import msg
 from urllib.request import urlretrieve
 from tqdm import tqdm
+from platformdirs import user_cache_dir
+from pathlib import Path
 
 # This is used to show progress when downloading.
 # see here: https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm#hooks-and-callbacks
@@ -56,7 +58,8 @@ def download_and_clean(version, url, dirname='unidic', delfiles=[]):
     This downloads the zip file from the source, extracts it, renames the
     resulting directory, and removes large files not used at runtime.  
     """
-    cdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+    cdir = Path(user_cache_dir('unidic-py'))
+    cdir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     fname = os.path.join(cdir, 'unidic.zip')
     print("Downloading UniDic v{}...".format(version), file=sys.stderr)
     download_progress(url, fname)