diff --git a/src/cache.rs b/src/cache.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..05beb91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cache.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+use crate::errors::*;
+use core::time::Duration;
+use log::{debug, trace};
+use serde::Serialize;
+use std::fs::File as FsFile;
+use std::io::{BufReader, BufWriter};
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::time::SystemTime;
+
+pub trait Cache {
+    fn set<S>(&self, key: &str, data: S) -> Result<()>
+    where S: Serialize;
+    fn get<D>(&self, key: &str) -> Result<Vec<D>>
+    where D: serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
+    fn exists(&self, key: &str) -> bool;
+}
+
+/// A File cache
+pub struct File {
+    /// The root path to the files
+    root: PathBuf,
+    /// Time to live for items
+    ttl:  Duration,
+}
+
+impl File {
+    /// Create a new File cache
+    ///
+    /// The cached objects will be stored in the provided root folder.
+    /// The folder will be created, if it does not yet exist.
+    ///
+    /// ## Errors
+    /// The function returns an `Err` if the creation of the folders fails
+    pub fn new(root: &PathBuf, ttl: Duration) -> Result<Self> {
+        if !root.exists() {
+            std::fs::create_dir_all(root)
+                .chain_err(|| "Error while creating dirs for file cache")?;
+        }
+        Ok(Self { root: root.clone(), ttl })
+    }
+}
+
+impl Cache for File {
+    fn exists(&self, key: &str) -> bool {
+        trace!("Check existence of {} in file cache", key);
+        let mut path = self.root.clone();
+        path.push(key);
+        if !path.exists() {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        let modified: SystemTime = path
+            .metadata()
+            .map(|meta| meta.modified().unwrap_or(SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH))
+            .unwrap_or(SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH);
+
+        if modified.elapsed().unwrap_or(Duration::from_secs(u64::max_value())) > self.ttl {
+            debug!("Cache file is too older (> days), won't be used");
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn set<S>(&self, key: &str, data: S) -> Result<()>
+    where S: serde::Serialize {
+        let mut path: PathBuf = self.root.clone();
+        path.push(key);
+        trace!("Serializing data to cache file {}", path.to_string_lossy());
+        let cache =
+            FsFile::create(path).chain_err(|| "Error while creating file cache to write")?;
+        let writer = BufWriter::new(cache);
+        serde_json::to_writer(writer, &data)
+            .chain_err(|| "Error while serialzing templates to file cache")?;
+        debug!("Serialization of data completed");
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    fn get<D>(&self, key: &str) -> Result<Vec<D>>
+    where D: serde::de::DeserializeOwned {
+        let mut path = self.root.clone();
+        path.push(key);
+        debug!("Retrieving {} from file cache", key);
+        let f = FsFile::open(path)
+            .chain_err(|| format!("Error while opening cache file for key {}", key))?;
+        let reader = BufReader::new(f);
+        let obj: Vec<D> = serde_json::from_reader(reader)
+            .chain_err(|| "Error while reading templates from file cache")?;
+        debug!("Deserialized {} templates from file cache", obj.len());
+        Ok(obj)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index daf8c83..d031d11 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ use structopt::{clap, StructOpt};
 
 // Local imports
 mod app;
+mod cache;
 mod gitignore;
 mod helpers;
 mod template;
diff --git a/src/template.rs b/src/template.rs
index d8b532d..1c7ebc4 100644
--- a/src/template.rs
+++ b/src/template.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! This module contains structs for working with the github templates
 
+use directories::ProjectDirs;
 use log::{debug, trace};
 use reqwest::blocking::Client;
 use reqwest::header::{ACCEPT, CONTENT_TYPE, USER_AGENT};
@@ -115,8 +116,12 @@ impl GithubTemplates {
 
     /// Returns the path of the file cache
     fn cache_path() -> PathBuf {
-        let proj = directories::ProjectDirs::from("org", "webschneider", env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"));
-        let mut cache: PathBuf = crate::helpers::cache_dir();
+        let proj = ProjectDirs::from("org", "webschneider", env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"));
+        let mut cache: PathBuf = match proj {
+            Some(p) => p.cache_dir().into(),
+            None => PathBuf::from("/tmp"),
+        };
+
         cache.push("templates.json");
         debug!("Using cache path for templates: {}", cache.to_str().unwrap_or("err"));
         cache