diff --git a/conditions/src/main/java/org/lcsim/conditions/ConditionsReader.java b/conditions/src/main/java/org/lcsim/conditions/ConditionsReader.java
index ed4f39b8148584c2690ca52cd6558095c2d9d0f5..d3ed0210e82032b7b4792a37d401cd9df74f7ca7 100644
--- a/conditions/src/main/java/org/lcsim/conditions/ConditionsReader.java
+++ b/conditions/src/main/java/org/lcsim/conditions/ConditionsReader.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import org.lcsim.util.cache.FileCache.Validator;
 public abstract class ConditionsReader {
 
     private static Properties aliases;
-    private static final File home = new File(FileCache.getCacheRoot(), ".lcsim");
+    private static final File home = new File(FileCache.getCacheRoot(), "lcsim");
     private static FileCache cache;
 
     /**
diff --git a/util/src/main/java/org/lcsim/util/cache/FileCache.java b/util/src/main/java/org/lcsim/util/cache/FileCache.java
index d6012f0cf811e37da4e89a57672dda9f64a2dafd..e3ec0991868b20aa13109bc8052816581a961e58 100644
--- a/util/src/main/java/org/lcsim/util/cache/FileCache.java
+++ b/util/src/main/java/org/lcsim/util/cache/FileCache.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import java.net.URLEncoder;
  * @author tonyj
  */
 public class FileCache {
-    private static final File home = new File(getCacheRoot(), ".cache");
+    private static final File home = new File(getCacheRoot(), "cache");
     private static final ByteFormat format = new ByteFormat();
     private File cache;
     private PrintStream print = System.out;
@@ -200,4 +200,4 @@ public class FileCache {
          */
         void checkValidity(URL url, File file) throws IOException;
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}