diff --git a/.idea/vcs.xml b/.idea/vcs.xml
index 0823e82..35eb1dd 100644
--- a/.idea/vcs.xml
+++ b/.idea/vcs.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,5 @@
 <project version="4">
   <component name="VcsDirectoryMappings">
     <mapping directory="" vcs="Git" />
-    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$/../forks/sponsorblock.py" vcs="Git" />
-    <mapping directory="$PROJECT_DIR$/../rythmbox-id3-lyrics-support" vcs="Git" />
   </component>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 0d644fb..31605f0 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-requests~=2.28.1
+requests~=2.31.0
 mutagen~=1.46.0
 musicbrainzngs~=0.7.1
 jellyfish~=0.9.0
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ pycountry~=22.3.5
 python-dateutil~=2.8.2
 pandoc~=2.3
 SQLAlchemy~=2.0.7
-setuptools~=60.2.0
+setuptools~=68.2.0
 tqdm~=4.65.0
 ffmpeg-python~=0.2.0
 platformdirs~=3.2.0
@@ -18,3 +18,7 @@ pyffmpeg~=2.4.2.18
 ffmpeg-progress-yield~=0.7.8
 pathvalidate~=2.5.2
 guppy3~=3.1.3
+
+toml~=0.10.2
+typing_extensions~=4.7.1
+responses~=0.24.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/__init__.py b/src/music_kraken/__init__.py
index b3ee566..57106fc 100644
--- a/src/music_kraken/__init__.py
+++ b/src/music_kraken/__init__.py
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ import sys
 
 from .utils.shared import DEBUG, DEBUG_LOGGING
 from .utils.config import logging_settings, main_settings, read_config
+
 read_config()
 from . import cli
 
-
 if DEBUG:
     import sys
+
     sys.setrecursionlimit(100)
 
 
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/__main__.py b/src/music_kraken/__main__.py
index 0425d5d..9da441d 100644
--- a/src/music_kraken/__main__.py
+++ b/src/music_kraken/__main__.py
@@ -79,6 +79,18 @@ def cli():
         action="store_true"
     )
 
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--clear-cache",
+        help="Deletes the cache.",
+        action="store_true"
+    )
+
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--clean-cache",
+        help="Deletes the outdated cache. (all expired cached files, and not indexed files)",
+        action="store_true"
+    )
+
     arguments = parser.parse_args()
 
     if arguments.verbose or arguments.test:
@@ -112,6 +124,12 @@ def cli():
     if arguments.frontend:
         cli.set_frontend(silent=False)
 
+    if arguments.clear_cache:
+        cli.clear_cache()
+
+    if arguments.clean_cache:
+        cli.clean_cache()
+
     # getting the genre
     genre: str = arguments.genre
     if arguments.test:
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/cli/options/cache.py b/src/music_kraken/cli/options/cache.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..103696b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/music_kraken/cli/options/cache.py
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+from logging import getLogger
+
+from ...connection.cache import Cache
+
+
+def clear_cache():
+    """
+    Deletes the cache.
+    :return:
+    """
+
+    Cache("main", getLogger("cache")).clear()
+
+
+def clean_cache():
+    """
+    Deletes the outdated cache. (all expired cached files, and not indexed files)
+    :return:
+    """
+
+    Cache("main", getLogger("cache")).clean()
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/connection/cache.py b/src/music_kraken/connection/cache.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f6b780
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/music_kraken/connection/cache.py
@@ -0,0 +1,193 @@
+import json
+from pathlib import Path
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from typing import List, Optional
+from functools import lru_cache
+import logging
+
+from ..utils.config import main_settings
+
+
+@dataclass
+class CacheAttribute:
+    module: str
+    name: str
+
+    created: datetime
+    expires: datetime
+
+    @property
+    def id(self):
+        return f"{self.module}_{self.name}"
+
+    @property
+    def is_valid(self):
+        return datetime.now() < self.expires
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        return self.__dict__ == other.__dict__
+
+
+class Cache:
+    def __init__(self, module: str, logger: logging.Logger):
+        self.module = module
+        self.logger: logging.Logger = logger
+
+        self._dir = main_settings["cache_directory"]
+        self.index = Path(self._dir, "index.json")
+
+        if not self.index.is_file():
+            with self.index.open("w") as i:
+                i.write(json.dumps([]))
+
+        self.cached_attributes: List[CacheAttribute] = []
+        self._id_to_attribute = {}
+
+        self._time_fields = {"created", "expires"}
+        with self.index.open("r") as i:
+            for c in json.loads(i.read()):
+                for key in self._time_fields:
+                    c[key] = datetime.fromisoformat(c[key])
+
+                ca = CacheAttribute(**c)
+                self.cached_attributes.append(ca)
+                self._id_to_attribute[ca.id] = ca
+
+    @lru_cache()
+    def _init_module(self, module: str) -> Path:
+        """
+        :param module:
+        :return: the module path
+        """
+        r = Path(self._dir, module)
+        r.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
+        return r
+
+    def _write_index(self, indent: int = 4):
+        _json = []
+        for c in self.cached_attributes:
+            d = c.__dict__
+            for key in self._time_fields:
+                d[key] = d[key].isoformat()
+
+            _json.append(d)
+
+        with self.index.open("w") as f:
+            f.write(json.dumps(_json, indent=indent))
+
+    def _write_attribute(self, cached_attribute: CacheAttribute, write: bool = True) -> bool:
+        existing_attribute: Optional[CacheAttribute] = self._id_to_attribute.get(cached_attribute.id)
+        if existing_attribute is not None:
+            # the attribute exists
+            if existing_attribute == cached_attribute:
+                return True
+
+            if existing_attribute.is_valid:
+                return False
+
+            existing_attribute.__dict__ = cached_attribute.__dict__
+        else:
+            self.cached_attributes.append(cached_attribute)
+            self._id_to_attribute[cached_attribute.id] = cached_attribute
+
+        if write:
+            self._write_index()
+
+        return True
+
+    def set(self, content: bytes, name: str, expires_in: float = 10):
+        """
+        :param content:
+        :param module:
+        :param name:
+        :param expires_in: the unit is days
+        :return:
+        """
+        if name == "":
+            return
+
+        module_path = self._init_module(self.module)
+
+        cache_attribute = CacheAttribute(
+            module=self.module,
+            name=name,
+            created=datetime.now(),
+            expires=datetime.now() + timedelta(days=expires_in),
+        )
+        self._write_attribute(cache_attribute)
+
+        cache_path = Path(module_path, name)
+        with cache_path.open("wb") as content_file:
+            self.logger.debug(f"writing cache to {cache_path}")
+            content_file.write(content)
+
+    def get(self, name: str) -> Optional[bytes]:
+        path = Path(self._dir, self.module, name)
+
+        if not path.is_file():
+            return None
+
+        # check if it is outdated
+        existing_attribute: CacheAttribute = self._id_to_attribute[f"{self.module}_{name}"]
+        if not existing_attribute.is_valid:
+            return
+
+        with path.open("rb") as f:
+            return f.read()
+
+    def clean(self):
+        keep = set()
+
+        for ca in self.cached_attributes.copy():
+            file = Path(self._dir, ca.module, ca.name)
+
+            if not ca.is_valid:
+                self.logger.debug(f"deleting cache {ca.id}")
+                file.unlink()
+                self.cached_attributes.remove(ca)
+                del self._id_to_attribute[ca.id]
+
+            else:
+                keep.add(file)
+
+        # iterate through every module (folder)
+        for module_path in self._dir.iterdir():
+            if not module_path.is_dir():
+                continue
+
+            # delete all files not in keep
+            for path in module_path.iterdir():
+                if path not in keep:
+                    self.logger.info(f"Deleting cache {path}")
+                    path.unlink()
+
+            # delete all empty directories
+            for path in module_path.iterdir():
+                if path.is_dir() and not list(path.iterdir()):
+                    self.logger.debug(f"Deleting cache directory {path}")
+                    path.rmdir()
+
+        self._write_index()
+
+    def clear(self):
+        """
+        delete every file in the cache directory
+        :return:
+        """
+
+        for path in self._dir.iterdir():
+            if path.is_dir():
+                for file in path.iterdir():
+                    file.unlink()
+                path.rmdir()
+            else:
+                path.unlink()
+
+        self.cached_attributes.clear()
+        self._id_to_attribute.clear()
+
+        self._write_index()
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f"<Cache {self.module}>"
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/connection/connection.py b/src/music_kraken/connection/connection.py
index 3f294e9..e32ad8a 100644
--- a/src/music_kraken/connection/connection.py
+++ b/src/music_kraken/connection/connection.py
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
-import time
-from typing import List, Dict, Callable, Optional, Set
-from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunsplit, ParseResult
 import logging
-
 import threading
+import time
+from typing import List, Dict, Optional, Set
+from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunsplit, ParseResult
+
 import requests
+import responses
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
+from .cache import Cache
 from .rotating import RotatingProxy
+from ..objects import Target
 from ..utils.config import main_settings
 from ..utils.support_classes.download_result import DownloadResult
-from ..objects import Target
 
 
 class Connection:
@@ -25,13 +27,18 @@ class Connection:
             accepted_response_codes: Set[int] = None,
             semantic_not_found: bool = True,
             sleep_after_404: float = 0.0,
-            heartbeat_interval = 0,
+            heartbeat_interval=0,
+            module: str = "general",
+            cache_expiring_duration: float = 10
     ):
         if proxies is None:
             proxies = main_settings["proxies"]
         if header_values is None:
             header_values = dict()
 
+        self.cache: Cache = Cache(module=module, logger=logger)
+        self.cache_expiring_duration = cache_expiring_duration
+
         self.HEADER_VALUES = header_values
 
         self.LOGGER = logger
@@ -55,23 +62,24 @@ class Connection:
 
     @property
     def user_agent(self) -> str:
-        return self.session.headers.get("user-agent", "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/112.0.0.0 Safari/537.36")
-
+        return self.session.headers.get("user-agent",
+                                        "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/112.0.0.0 Safari/537.36")
 
     def start_heartbeat(self):
         if self.heartbeat_interval <= 0:
             self.LOGGER.warning(f"Can't start a heartbeat with {self.heartbeat_interval}s in between.")
 
-        self.heartbeat_thread = threading.Thread(target=self._heartbeat_loop, args=(self.heartbeat_interval, ), daemon=True)
+        self.heartbeat_thread = threading.Thread(target=self._heartbeat_loop, args=(self.heartbeat_interval,),
+                                                 daemon=True)
         self.heartbeat_thread.start()
 
     def heartbeat_failed(self):
         self.LOGGER.warning(f"I just died... (The heartbeat failed)")
 
-
     def heartbeat(self):
         # Your code to send heartbeat requests goes here
-        print("the hearth is beating, but it needs to be implemented ;-;\nFuck youuuu for setting heartbeat in the constructor to true, but not implementing the method Connection.hearbeat()")
+        print(
+            "the hearth is beating, but it needs to be implemented ;-;\nFuck youuuu for setting heartbeat in the constructor to true, but not implementing the method Connection.hearbeat()")
 
     def _heartbeat_loop(self, interval: float):
         def heartbeat_wrapper():
@@ -85,8 +93,6 @@ class Connection:
             heartbeat_wrapper()
             time.sleep(interval)
 
-
-    
     def base_url(self, url: ParseResult = None):
         if url is None:
             url = self.HOST
@@ -119,9 +125,12 @@ class Connection:
 
         return headers
 
-    def _request(
+    def save(self, r: requests.Response, name: str, **kwargs):
+        self.cache.set(r.content, name, expires_in=kwargs.get("expires_in", self.cache_expiring_duration))
+
+    def request(
             self,
-            request: Callable,
+            method: str,
             try_count: int,
             accepted_response_codes: set,
             url: str,
@@ -131,8 +140,20 @@ class Connection:
             raw_url: bool = False,
             sleep_after_404: float = None,
             is_heartbeat: bool = False,
+            name: str = "",
             **kwargs
     ) -> Optional[requests.Response]:
+        if name != "":
+            cached = self.cache.get(name)
+
+            with responses.RequestsMock() as resp:
+                resp.add(
+                    method=method,
+                    url=url,
+                    body=cached,
+                )
+                return requests.request(method=method, url=url, timeout=timeout, headers=headers, **kwargs)
+
         if sleep_after_404 is None:
             sleep_after_404 = self.sleep_after_404
         if try_count >= self.TRIES:
@@ -158,9 +179,10 @@ class Connection:
                 while self.session_is_occupied and not is_heartbeat:
                     pass
 
-            r: requests.Response = request(request_url, timeout=timeout, headers=headers, **kwargs)
+            r: requests.Response = requests.request(method=method, url=url, timeout=timeout, headers=headers, **kwargs)
 
             if r.status_code in accepted_response_codes:
+                self.save(r, name, **kwargs)
                 return r
 
             if self.SEMANTIC_NOT_FOUND and r.status_code == 404:
@@ -187,15 +209,16 @@ class Connection:
         if self.heartbeat_interval > 0 and self.heartbeat_thread is None:
             self.start_heartbeat()
 
-        return self._request(
-            request=request,
-            try_count=try_count+1,
+        return self.request(
+            method=method,
+            try_count=try_count + 1,
             accepted_response_codes=accepted_response_codes,
             url=url,
             timeout=timeout,
             headers=headers,
             sleep_after_404=sleep_after_404,
             is_heartbeat=is_heartbeat,
+            name=name,
             **kwargs
         )
 
@@ -213,8 +236,8 @@ class Connection:
         if accepted_response_codes is None:
             accepted_response_codes = self.ACCEPTED_RESPONSE_CODES
 
-        r = self._request(
-            request=self.session.get,
+        r = self.request(
+            method="GET",
             try_count=0,
             accepted_response_codes=accepted_response_codes,
             url=url,
@@ -241,8 +264,8 @@ class Connection:
             raw_url: bool = False,
             **kwargs
     ) -> Optional[requests.Response]:
-        r = self._request(
-            request=self.session.post,
+        r = self.request(
+            method="POST",
             try_count=0,
             accepted_response_codes=accepted_response_codes or self.ACCEPTED_RESPONSE_CODES,
             url=url,
@@ -282,9 +305,9 @@ class Connection:
 
         if accepted_response_codes is None:
             accepted_response_codes = self.ACCEPTED_RESPONSE_CODES
-        
-        r = self._request(
-            request=self.session.get,
+
+        r = self.request(
+            method="GET",
             try_count=0,
             accepted_response_codes=accepted_response_codes,
             url=url,
@@ -310,8 +333,9 @@ class Connection:
             https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobyte
             > The internationally recommended unit symbol for the kilobyte is kB.
             """
-                
-            with tqdm(total=total_size-target.size, unit='B', unit_scale=True, unit_divisor=1024, desc=description) as t:
+
+            with tqdm(total=total_size - target.size, unit='B', unit_scale=True, unit_divisor=1024,
+                      desc=description) as t:
                 try:
                     for chunk in r.iter_content(chunk_size=chunk_size):
                         size = f.write(chunk)
@@ -321,7 +345,8 @@ class Connection:
                 except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError:
                     if try_count >= self.TRIES:
                         self.LOGGER.warning(f"Stream timed out at \"{url}\": to many retries, aborting.")
-                        return DownloadResult(error_message=f"Stream timed out from {url}, reducing the chunksize might help.")
+                        return DownloadResult(
+                            error_message=f"Stream timed out from {url}, reducing the chunksize might help.")
 
                     self.LOGGER.warning(f"Stream timed out at \"{url}\": ({try_count}-{self.TRIES})")
                     retry = True
@@ -329,15 +354,14 @@ class Connection:
             if total_size > progress:
                 retry = True
 
-
             if retry:
                 self.LOGGER.warning(f"Retrying stream...")
                 accepted_response_codes.add(206)
                 return self.stream_into(
-                    url = url,
-                    target = target,
-                    description = description,
-                    try_count=try_count+1,
+                    url=url,
+                    target=target,
+                    description=description,
+                    try_count=try_count + 1,
                     progress=progress,
                     accepted_response_codes=accepted_response_codes,
                     timeout=timeout,
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/pages/bandcamp.py b/src/music_kraken/pages/bandcamp.py
index 4a0d5da..6f65d6c 100644
--- a/src/music_kraken/pages/bandcamp.py
+++ b/src/music_kraken/pages/bandcamp.py
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ class Bandcamp(Page):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.connection: Connection = Connection(
             host="https://bandcamp.com/",
-            logger=self.LOGGER
+            logger=self.LOGGER,
+            module="bandcamp",
         )
 
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
@@ -356,6 +357,5 @@ class Bandcamp(Page):
 
     def download_song_to_target(self, source: Source, target: Target, desc: str = None) -> DownloadResult:
         if source.audio_url is None:
-            print(source)
             return DownloadResult(error_message="Couldn't find download link.")
         return self.connection.stream_into(url=source.audio_url, target=target, description=desc)
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/pages/youtube_music/youtube_music.py b/src/music_kraken/pages/youtube_music/youtube_music.py
index f157da5..9e987bb 100644
--- a/src/music_kraken/pages/youtube_music/youtube_music.py
+++ b/src/music_kraken/pages/youtube_music/youtube_music.py
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass
 import re
 from functools import lru_cache
 
+from youtube_dl.jsinterp import JSInterpreter
+from youtube_dl.extractor.youtube import YoutubeIE
+
 from ...utils.exception.config import SettingValueError
 from ...utils.config import main_settings, youtube_settings, logging_settings
 from ...utils.shared import DEBUG, DEBUG_YOUTUBE_INITIALIZING
@@ -60,7 +63,8 @@ class YoutubeMusicConnection(Connection):
             heartbeat_interval=113.25,
             header_values={
                 "Accept-Language": accept_language
-            }
+            },
+            module="youtube_music",
         )
 
         # cookie consent for youtube
@@ -189,8 +193,10 @@ class YoutubeMusic(SuperYouTube):
 
             # save cookies in settings
             youtube_settings["youtube_music_consent_cookies"] = cookie_dict
+        else:
+            self.connection.save(r, "index.html")
 
-        r = self.connection.get("https://music.youtube.com/")
+        r = self.connection.get("https://music.youtube.com/", name="index.html")
         if r is None:
             return
 
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/utils/config/config_files/main_config.py b/src/music_kraken/utils/config/config_files/main_config.py
index ba6ef91..6712a4c 100644
--- a/src/music_kraken/utils/config/config_files/main_config.py
+++ b/src/music_kraken/utils/config/config_files/main_config.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from ..attributes.special_attributes import (
     AudioFormatAttribute,
 )
 
-config = Config([
+config = Config((
     Attribute(name="hasnt_yet_started", default_value=False, description="This will be set automatically, to look if it needs to run the scripts that run on start."),
     Attribute(name="bitrate", default_value=125, description="Streams the audio with given bitrate [kB/s]. Can't stream with a higher Bitrate, than the audio source provides."),
     AudioFormatAttribute(name="audio_format", default_value="mp3", description="""Music Kraken will stream the audio into this format.
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ all the error messages are shown."""),
     PathAttribute(name="temp_directory", default_value=LOCATIONS.TEMP_DIRECTORY.resolve(), description="All temporary stuff is gonna be dumped in this directory."),
     PathAttribute(name="log_file", default_value=LOCATIONS.get_log_file("download_logs.log").resolve()),
     PathAttribute(name="ffmpeg_binary", default_value=LOCATIONS.FFMPEG_BIN.resolve(), description="Set the path to the ffmpeg binary."),
+    PathAttribute(name="cache_directory", default_value=LOCATIONS.CACHE_DIRECTORY.resolve(),
+                  description="Set the path of the cache directory."),
     Attribute(
         name="not_a_genre_regex",
         description="These regular expressions tell music-kraken, which sub-folders of the music-directory\n"
@@ -93,7 +95,7 @@ But anyways... Freedom of thought, so go ahead and change the messages."""),
     Attribute(name="id_bits", default_value=64, description="I really dunno why I even made this a setting.. Modifying this is a REALLY dumb idea."),
     Description("🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ Protect trans youth. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️\n"),
 
-], LOCATIONS.get_config_file("main"))
+), LOCATIONS.get_config_file("main"))
 
 
 class SettingsStructure(TypedDict):
@@ -126,4 +128,4 @@ class SettingsStructure(TypedDict):
     log_file: Path
     not_a_genre_regex: List[str]
     ffmpeg_binary: Path
-
+    cache_directory: Path
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/utils/hooks.py b/src/music_kraken/utils/hooks.py
deleted file mode 100644
index e3cd954..0000000
--- a/src/music_kraken/utils/hooks.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-from typing import List, Iterable, Dict, TypeVar, Generic, Iterator, Any, Type
-from enum import Enum
-from dataclasses import dataclass
-from collections import defaultdict
-
-
-class HookEventTypes(Enum):
-    pass
-
-
-@dataclass
-class Event:
-    target: Any
-
-
-class Hooks:
-    def __init__(self, target) -> None:
-        self.target = target
-
-        self._callbacks: Dict[HookEventTypes, List[callable]] = defaultdict(list)
-
-    def add_event_listener(self, event_type: HookEventTypes, callback: callable):
-        self._callbacks[event_type].append(callback)
-
-    def trigger_event(self, event_type: HookEventTypes, *args, **kwargs):
-        event: Event = Event(target=self.target)
-
-        for callback in self._callbacks[event_type]:
-            callback(event, *args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/locations.py b/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/locations.py
index 66953d1..a3917bf 100644
--- a/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/locations.py
+++ b/src/music_kraken/utils/path_manager/locations.py
@@ -1,14 +1,63 @@
+import configparser
 from pathlib import Path
 import os
+from os.path import expandvars
+import logging
+from sys import platform
 
 import tempfile
+from typing import Optional
+
 from pyffmpeg import FFmpeg
 
+
 from .music_directory import get_music_directory
 from .config_directory import get_config_directory
 
 
 class Locations:
+    @staticmethod
+    def _get_env(key: str, default: Path, default_for_windows: bool = True) -> Optional[Path]:
+        res = os.environ.get(key.upper())
+        if res is not None:
+            return res
+
+        xdg_user_dirs_file = os.environ.get("XDG_CONFIG_HOME") or Path(Path.home(), ".config", "user-dirs.dirs")
+        xdg_user_dirs_default_file = Path("/etc/xdg/user-dirs.defaults")
+
+        def get_dir_from_xdg_file(xdg_file_path: os.PathLike) -> Optional[Path]:
+            nonlocal key
+
+            try:
+                with open(xdg_file_path, 'r') as f:
+                    data = "[XDG_USER_DIRS]\n" + f.read()
+                config = configparser.ConfigParser(allow_no_value=True)
+                config.read_string(data)
+                xdg_config = config['XDG_USER_DIRS']
+
+                return Path(expandvars(xdg_config[key.lower()].strip('"')))
+
+            except (FileNotFoundError, KeyError) as e:
+                logging.warning(
+                    f"Missing file or No entry found for \"{key}\" in: \"{xdg_file_path}\".\n"
+                )
+                logging.debug(str(e))
+
+        res = get_dir_from_xdg_file(xdg_user_dirs_file)
+        if res is not None:
+            return res
+
+        res = get_dir_from_xdg_file(xdg_user_dirs_default_file)
+        if res is not None:
+            return res
+
+        logging.warning(f"couldn't find a {key}, falling back to: {default}")
+
+        if not default_for_windows and platform == "linux":
+            return
+
+        return default
+
     def __init__(self, application_name: os.PathLike = "music-kraken"):
         self.FILE_ENCODING: str = "utf-8"
         
@@ -21,6 +70,14 @@ class Locations:
         self.CONFIG_DIRECTORY.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
         self.CONFIG_FILE = Path(self.CONFIG_DIRECTORY, f"{application_name}.conf")
         self.LEGACY_CONFIG_FILE = Path(self.CONFIG_DIRECTORY, f"{application_name}.conf")
+
+        self.CACHE_DIRECTORY = self._get_env("XDG_CACHE_HOME", Path(Path.home(), ".cache"))
+        if self.CACHE_DIRECTORY is None:
+            logging.warning(f"Could not find a cache dir. Falling back to the temp dir: {self.TEMP_DIRECTORY}")
+            self.CACHE_DIRECTORY = self.TEMP_DIRECTORY
+        else:
+            self.CACHE_DIRECTORY = Path(self.CACHE_DIRECTORY, application_name)
+        self.CACHE_DIRECTORY.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
         
         self.FFMPEG_BIN = Path(FFmpeg(enable_log=False).get_ffmpeg_bin())
 
diff --git a/src/music_kraken/utils/shared.py b/src/music_kraken/utils/shared.py
index d1645f8..925a3a6 100644
--- a/src/music_kraken/utils/shared.py
+++ b/src/music_kraken/utils/shared.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ from .config import main_settings
 
 DEBUG = True
 DEBUG_LOGGING = DEBUG and True
-DEBUG_YOUTUBE_INITIALIZING = DEBUG and False
+DEBUG_YOUTUBE_INITIALIZING = DEBUG and True
 DEBUG_PAGES = DEBUG and False
 
 if DEBUG: