diff --git a/cbattery b/cbattery
index 0e8df5c..15580c1 100755
--- a/cbattery
+++ b/cbattery
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 set -e
 
-CACHE_FILE="${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/cbattery.status"
+TMP_FILE=/tmp/cbattery.status
 SHARE_DIR=/usr/local/share/cbattery
 PATH="/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/opt/homebrew:$PATH"
 
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ EOF
 }
 
 write_cache() {
-    echo "$1" > "$CACHE_FILE"
+    echo "$1" > "$TMP_FILE"
 }
 
 read_cache() {
-    cat "$CACHE_FILE" 2> /dev/null
+    cat "$TMP_FILE" 2> /dev/null
 }
 
 enable_discharging() {