diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 91a4f6fb747871da31ed25efab947ae747608d29..1a9e65665e91b4681fce2a34a8a59f19ac8b7cc6 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ jdk:
 sudo: false
 cache:
   directories:
-  - "build"
+  - "${HOME}/dependencies"
 before_install:
   - "export CASHER_TIME_OUT=300"
   - "export DISPLAY=:99.0"
diff --git a/install_dependencies.sh b/install_dependencies.sh
index 5c6b512abbf6ceb38edb14315d53a2721ad0e402..2e6eb18c1b6663dc3695a30013520e7ed35853f7 100644
--- a/install_dependencies.sh
+++ b/install_dependencies.sh
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ EMBOSS_VERSION="6.6.0"
 EMBOSS_DOWNLOAD_URL="ftp://emboss.open-bio.org/pub/EMBOSS/EMBOSS-${EMBOSS_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 
 # Make an install location
-if [ ! -d 'build' ]; then
-  mkdir build
+if [ ! -d "${HOME}/dependencies" ]; then
+  mkdir ${HOME}/dependencies
 fi
-cd build
+cd ${HOME}/dependencies
 build_dir=$(pwd)
 
 # DOWNLOAD ALL THE THINGS