diff --git a/alliance_auth/settings.py.example b/alliance_auth/settings.py.example
index 2664add0..52804ca3 100755
--- a/alliance_auth/settings.py.example
+++ b/alliance_auth/settings.py.example
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ USE_TZ = True
 STATIC_URL = '/static/'
 STATIC_ROOT = '/home/allianceserver/allianceauth/static/'
 
+# Cache directory for EveWho, no ending /
+# by default this becomes ~/<installdir>/alliance_auth/cache
+# This directory needs to be writable by the webserver
+EVEWHO_CACHE_DIR = '{}/cache'.format(BASE_DIR)
+
+
 #####################################################
 ##
 ## Auth configuration starts here
diff --git a/services/managers/evewho_manager.py b/services/managers/evewho_manager.py
index 595efb46..32769dbc 100644
--- a/services/managers/evewho_manager.py
+++ b/services/managers/evewho_manager.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import requests
 import requests_cache
 import json
 
-requests_cache.install_cache("evewhocache", backend="sqlite", expire_after=3600)
+requests_cache.install_cache("{}/evewho".format(settings.EVEWHO_CACHE_DIR), backend="sqlite", expire_after=3600)
 
 class EveWhoManager():
     def __init__(self):