diff --git a/software/control/_def.py b/software/control/_def.py
index 62d4a4be..4675a67b 100644
--- a/software/control/_def.py
+++ b/software/control/_def.py
@@ -461,6 +461,7 @@ class SOFTWARE_POS_LIMIT:
 ##########################################################
 #### start of loading machine specific configurations ####
 ##########################################################
+os.makedirs("cache/", exist_ok=True)
 CACHED_CONFIG_FILE_PATH = None
 try:
     with open("cache/config_file_path.txt", 'r') as file: