diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c7d2c7b1..f9389f3b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ## [0.9.22]
 ### Improvements
+- General
+  - directory paths changed for a root user using bauh:
+    - caching: `/var/cache/bauh`
+
 - UI
   - settings panel: 
     - always displaying all supported packaging technologies
@@ -13,6 +17,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
         <p align="center">
           <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vinifmor/bauh-files/master/pictures/releases/0.9.22/missing_type_dep.png">
         </p>
+   
 
 ### Fixes
 - Arch
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 98e42ed9..9d7544a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Key features
     - [Snap](#type_snap)
     - [Native Web applications](#type_web)
 7.  [General settings](#settings)
-8.  [Cache and logs](#cache_logs)
+8.  [Directory structure, caching and logs](#dirs)
 9.  [Custom themes](#custom_themes)
 10. [Tray icons](#tray_icons)
 11. [CLI (Command Line Interface)](#cli)
@@ -409,9 +409,9 @@ boot:
     load_apps: true  # if the installed applications or suggestions should be loaded on the management panel after the initialization process. Default: true.
 ```
 
-#### <a name="cache_logs">Cache and Logs</a>
-- Installation logs and temporary files are saved at `/tmp/bauh` (or `/tmp/bauh_root` if you launch it as root)
-- Some data about your installed applications are stored in `~/.cache/bauh` to load them faster
+#### <a name="dirs">Directory structure, caching and logs</a>
+- `~/.cache/bauh` (or `/var/cache/bauh` for **root**): stores data about your installed applications, databases, indexes, etc. Files are stored here to provide a faster initialization and data recovery. 
+- `/tmp/bauh` (or `/tmp/bauh_root` for **root**): stores logging and temporary files (e.g: build dependencies)
 
 
 #### <a name="custom_themes">Custom themes</a>
diff --git a/bauh/api/abstract/model.py b/bauh/api/abstract/model.py
index 95354bd9..7158462c 100644
--- a/bauh/api/abstract/model.py
+++ b/bauh/api/abstract/model.py
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class SoftwarePackage(ABC):
         """
         :return: base cache path for the specific app type
         """
-        return CACHE_PATH + '/' + self.get_type()
+        return f'{CACHE_PATH}/{self.get_type()}'
 
     def can_be_updated(self) -> bool:
         """
diff --git a/bauh/api/paths.py b/bauh/api/paths.py
index 195ff318..8bab3d9c 100644
--- a/bauh/api/paths.py
+++ b/bauh/api/paths.py
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
+from bauh import __app_name__
 from bauh.api import user
 
-CACHE_PATH = '{}/.cache/bauh'.format(str(Path.home()))
+CACHE_PATH = f'/var/cache/{__app_name__}' if user.is_root() else f'{Path.home()}/.cache/{__app_name__}'
 CONFIG_PATH = '{}/.config/bauh'.format(str(Path.home()))
 USER_THEMES_PATH = '{}/.local/share/bauh/themes'.format(str(Path.home()))
 DESKTOP_ENTRIES_DIR = '{}/.local/share/applications'.format(str(Path.home()))
diff --git a/bauh/api/user.py b/bauh/api/user.py
index 6b5a0f63..cd407ac2 100644
--- a/bauh/api/user.py
+++ b/bauh/api/user.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import os
+from typing import Optional
 
 
-def is_root():
-    return os.getuid() == 0
+def is_root(user_id: Optional[int] = None):
+    return user_id == 0 if user_id is not None else os.getuid() == 0
diff --git a/bauh/gems/appimage/__init__.py b/bauh/gems/appimage/__init__.py
index 06868e5b..50e93377 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/appimage/__init__.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/appimage/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import os
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Optional
 
-from bauh.api.paths import CONFIG_PATH, CACHE_PATH, TEMP_DIR
+from bauh.api.paths import CONFIG_PATH, TEMP_DIR, CACHE_PATH
 from bauh.commons import resource
 
 ROOT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ CONFIG_DIR = '{}/appimage'.format(CONFIG_PATH)
 UPDATES_IGNORED_FILE = '{}/updates_ignored.txt'.format(CONFIG_DIR)
 SYMLINKS_DIR = '{}/.local/bin'.format(str(Path.home()))
 URL_COMPRESSED_DATABASES = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vinifmor/bauh-files/master/appimage/dbs.tar.gz'
-APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH = '{}/appimage'.format(CACHE_PATH)
-DATABASE_APPS_FILE = '{}/apps.db'.format(APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH)
-DATABASE_RELEASES_FILE = '{}/releases.db'.format(APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH)
-DATABASES_TS_FILE = '{}/dbs.ts'.format(APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH)
+APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH = f'{CACHE_PATH}/appimage'
+DATABASE_APPS_FILE = f'{APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH}/apps.db'
+DATABASE_RELEASES_FILE = f'{APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH}/releases.db'
+DATABASES_TS_FILE = f'{APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH}/dbs.ts'
 DESKTOP_ENTRIES_PATH = '{}/.local/share/applications'.format(str(Path.home()))
-SUGGESTIONS_CACHED_FILE = '{}/suggestions.txt'.format(APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH)
-SUGGESTIONS_CACHED_TS_FILE = '{}/suggestions.ts'.format(APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH)
+SUGGESTIONS_CACHED_FILE = f'{APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH}/suggestions.txt'
+SUGGESTIONS_CACHED_TS_FILE = f'{APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH}/suggestions.ts'
 DOWNLOAD_DIR = f'{TEMP_DIR}/appimage/download'
 
 
diff --git a/bauh/gems/appimage/controller.py b/bauh/gems/appimage/controller.py
index 3dd64daf..19bc17e4 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/appimage/controller.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/appimage/controller.py
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ class AppImageManager(SoftwareManager):
         return updates
 
     def list_warnings(self, internet_available: bool) -> List[str]:
-        dbfiles = glob.glob('{}/*.db'.format(APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH))
+        dbfiles = glob.glob(f'{APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH}/*.db')
 
         if not dbfiles or len({f for f in (DATABASE_APPS_FILE, DATABASE_RELEASES_FILE) if f in dbfiles}) != 2:
             return [self.i18n['appimage.warning.missing_db_files'].format(appimage=bold('AppImage'))]
diff --git a/bauh/gems/appimage/worker.py b/bauh/gems/appimage/worker.py
index caef42bd..09d708cf 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/appimage/worker.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/appimage/worker.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ from bauh.view.util.translation import I18n
 
 
 class DatabaseUpdater(Thread):
-    COMPRESS_FILE_PATH = '{}/db.tar.gz'.format(APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH)
+    COMPRESS_FILE_PATH = f'{APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH}/db.tar.gz'
 
     def __init__(self, i18n: I18n, http_client: HttpClient, logger: logging.Logger, taskman: TaskManager,
                  watcher: Optional[ProcessWatcher] = None, appimage_config: Optional[dict] = None, create_config: Optional[CreateConfigFile] = None):
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ class DatabaseUpdater(Thread):
             self.logger.info("No expiration time configured for the AppImage database")
             return True
 
-        files = {*glob.glob('{}/*'.format(APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH))}
+        files = {*glob.glob(f'{APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH}/*')}
 
         if not files:
-            self.logger.warning('No database files on {}'.format(APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH))
+            self.logger.warning(f'No database files on {APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH}')
             return True
 
         if DATABASES_TS_FILE not in files:
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ class DatabaseUpdater(Thread):
         self.logger.info("Database file saved at {}".format(self.COMPRESS_FILE_PATH))
 
         self._update_task_progress(50, self.i18n['appimage.update_database.deleting_old'])
-        old_db_files = glob.glob(APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH + '/*.db')
+        old_db_files = glob.glob(f'{APPIMAGE_CACHE_PATH}/*.db')
 
         if old_db_files:
             self.logger.info('Deleting old database files')
diff --git a/bauh/gems/arch/__init__.py b/bauh/gems/arch/__init__.py
index 425762d5..0c434ab2 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/arch/__init__.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/arch/__init__.py
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
-from bauh.api.paths import CACHE_PATH, CONFIG_PATH, TEMP_DIR
+from bauh.api.paths import CONFIG_PATH, TEMP_DIR, CACHE_PATH
 from bauh.commons import resource
 
 ROOT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 BUILD_DIR = '{}/arch'.format(TEMP_DIR)
-ARCH_CACHE_PATH = CACHE_PATH + '/arch'
-CATEGORIES_FILE_PATH = ARCH_CACHE_PATH + '/categories.txt'
+ARCH_CACHE_PATH = f'{CACHE_PATH}/arch'
+CATEGORIES_FILE_PATH = f'{ARCH_CACHE_PATH}/categories.txt'
 URL_CATEGORIES_FILE = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vinifmor/bauh-files/master/arch/categories.txt'
 URL_GPG_SERVERS = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vinifmor/bauh-files/master/arch/gpgservers.txt'
 CONFIG_DIR = '{}/.config/bauh/arch'.format(str(Path.home()))
 CUSTOM_MAKEPKG_FILE = '{}/makepkg.conf'.format(CONFIG_DIR)
-AUR_INDEX_FILE = '{}/aur/index.txt'.format(ARCH_CACHE_PATH)
-AUR_INDEX_TS_FILE = '{}/aur/index.ts'.format(ARCH_CACHE_PATH)
+AUR_INDEX_FILE = f'{ARCH_CACHE_PATH}/aur/index.txt'
+AUR_INDEX_TS_FILE = f'{ARCH_CACHE_PATH}/aur/index.ts'
 CONFIG_FILE = '{}/arch.yml'.format(CONFIG_PATH)
 SUGGESTIONS_FILE = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vinifmor/bauh-files/master/arch/aur_suggestions.txt'
 UPDATES_IGNORED_FILE = '{}/updates_ignored.txt'.format(CONFIG_DIR)
diff --git a/bauh/gems/arch/database.py b/bauh/gems/arch/database.py
index cb5094ba..cbc4cd68 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/arch/database.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/arch/database.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from typing import Optional
 from bauh.api.paths import CACHE_PATH
 from bauh.commons.system import ProcessHandler
 
-SYNC_FILE = '{}/arch/db_sync'.format(CACHE_PATH)
+SYNC_FILE = f'{CACHE_PATH}/arch/db_sync'
 
 
 def should_sync(arch_config: dict, aur_supported: bool, handler: Optional[ProcessHandler], logger: logging.Logger):
diff --git a/bauh/gems/arch/mirrors.py b/bauh/gems/arch/mirrors.py
index 64d964e3..fa9ce454 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/arch/mirrors.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/arch/mirrors.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 from bauh.api.paths import CACHE_PATH
 
-SYNC_FILE = '{}/arch/mirrors_sync'.format(CACHE_PATH)
+SYNC_FILE = f'{CACHE_PATH}/arch/mirrors_sync'
 
 
 def should_sync(logger: logging.Logger):
diff --git a/bauh/gems/arch/model.py b/bauh/gems/arch/model.py
index f63c26d4..70320ff4 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/arch/model.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/arch/model.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ class ArchPackage(SoftwarePackage):
 
     @staticmethod
     def disk_cache_path(pkgname: str):
-        return ARCH_CACHE_PATH + '/installed/' + pkgname
+        return f'{ARCH_CACHE_PATH}/installed/{pkgname}'
 
     def get_pkg_build_url(self):
         if self.package_base:
diff --git a/bauh/gems/arch/worker.py b/bauh/gems/arch/worker.py
index 841c71e2..1f4094f0 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/arch/worker.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/arch/worker.py
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ class ArchDiskCacheUpdater(Thread):
         self.progress = 0  # progress is defined by the number of packages prepared and indexed
         self.controller = controller
         self.internet_available = internet_available
-        self.installed_hash_path = '{}/installed.sha1'.format(ARCH_CACHE_PATH)
-        self.installed_cache_dir = '{}/installed'.format(ARCH_CACHE_PATH)
+        self.installed_hash_path = f'{ARCH_CACHE_PATH}/installed.sha1'
+        self.installed_cache_dir = f'{ARCH_CACHE_PATH}/installed'
         self.aur_indexer = aur_indexer
         self.create_config = create_config
         self.taskman.register_task(self.task_id, self.i18n['arch.task.disk_cache'], get_icon_path())
diff --git a/bauh/gems/snap/__init__.py b/bauh/gems/snap/__init__.py
index b8d47785..b3009571 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/snap/__init__.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/snap/__init__.py
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 import os
 
-from bauh.api.paths import CACHE_PATH, CONFIG_PATH
+from bauh.api.paths import CONFIG_PATH, CACHE_PATH
 from bauh.commons import resource
 
 ROOT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-SNAP_CACHE_PATH = CACHE_PATH + '/snap'
+SNAP_CACHE_PATH = f'{CACHE_PATH}/snap'
 CONFIG_FILE = '{}/snap.yml'.format(CONFIG_PATH)
-CATEGORIES_FILE_PATH = SNAP_CACHE_PATH + '/categories.txt'
+CATEGORIES_FILE_PATH = f'{SNAP_CACHE_PATH}/categories.txt'
 URL_CATEGORIES_FILE = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vinifmor/bauh-files/master/snap/categories.txt'
 SUGGESTIONS_FILE = 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vinifmor/bauh-files/master/snap/suggestions.txt'
 
diff --git a/bauh/gems/web/__init__.py b/bauh/gems/web/__init__.py
index d7494619..91bf7192 100644
--- a/bauh/gems/web/__init__.py
+++ b/bauh/gems/web/__init__.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from bauh.commons.util import map_timestamp_file
 
 ROOT_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
 WEB_PATH = '{}/.local/share/bauh/web'.format(Path.home())
-WEB_CACHE_PATH = '{}/web'.format(CACHE_PATH)
+WEB_CACHE_PATH = f'{CACHE_PATH}/web'
 INSTALLED_PATH = '{}/installed'.format(WEB_PATH)
 ENV_PATH = '{}/env'.format(WEB_PATH)
 FIXES_PATH = '{}/fixes'.format(WEB_PATH)
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ URL_FIX_PATTERN = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vinifmor/bauh-files/master/
 URL_SUGGESTIONS = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vinifmor/bauh-files/master/web/env/v1/suggestions.yml"
 UA_CHROME = 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/51.0.2704.103 Safari/537.36'
 TEMP_PATH = '{}/web'.format(TEMP_DIR)
-SEARCH_INDEX_FILE = '{}/index.yml'.format(WEB_CACHE_PATH)
-SUGGESTIONS_CACHE_FILE = '{}/suggestions.yml'.format(WEB_CACHE_PATH)
+SEARCH_INDEX_FILE = f'{WEB_CACHE_PATH}/index.yml'
+SUGGESTIONS_CACHE_FILE = f'{WEB_CACHE_PATH}/suggestions.yml'
 SUGGESTIONS_CACHE_TS_FILE = map_timestamp_file(SUGGESTIONS_CACHE_FILE)
 CONFIG_FILE = '{}/web.yml'.format(CONFIG_PATH)
-ENVIRONMENT_SETTINGS_CACHED_FILE = '{}/environment.yml'.format(WEB_CACHE_PATH)
-ENVIRONMENT_SETTINGS_TS_FILE = '{}/environment.ts'.format(WEB_CACHE_PATH)
+ENVIRONMENT_SETTINGS_CACHED_FILE = f'{WEB_CACHE_PATH}/environment.yml'
+ENVIRONMENT_SETTINGS_TS_FILE = f'{WEB_CACHE_PATH}/environment.ts'
 NATIVEFIER_BASE_URL = 'https://github.com/nativefier/nativefier/archive/v{version}.tar.gz'
 
 
diff --git a/bauh/view/core/tray_client.py b/bauh/view/core/tray_client.py
index 0fbe2daf..7b283f58 100644
--- a/bauh/view/core/tray_client.py
+++ b/bauh/view/core/tray_client.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 from bauh.api.paths import CACHE_PATH
 
-TRAY_CHECK_FILE = '{}/notify_tray'.format(CACHE_PATH)  # it is a file that signals to the tray icon it should recheck for updates
+TRAY_CHECK_FILE = f'{CACHE_PATH}/notify_tray'  # it is a file that signals to the tray icon it should recheck for updates
 
 
 def notify_tray():
diff --git a/bauh/view/core/update.py b/bauh/view/core/update.py
index d8532dbd..3eb91ff9 100644
--- a/bauh/view/core/update.py
+++ b/bauh/view/core/update.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ from pathlib import Path
 from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
 
 from bauh import __app_name__, __version__
-from bauh.api.paths import CACHE_PATH
 from bauh.api.http import HttpClient
+from bauh.api.paths import CACHE_PATH
 from bauh.commons.html import bold, link
 from bauh.view.util.translation import I18n
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def check_for_update(logger: logging.Logger, http_client: HttpClient, i18n: I18n
                     break
 
             if latest and latest.get('tag_name'):
-                notifications_dir = '{}/updates'.format(CACHE_PATH)
+                notifications_dir = f'{CACHE_PATH}/updates'
                 release_file = '{}/{}{}'.format(notifications_dir, '' if not tray else 'tray_', latest['tag_name'])
                 if os.path.exists(release_file):
                     logger.info("Release {} already notified".format(latest['tag_name']))
diff --git a/bauh/view/util/util.py b/bauh/view/util/util.py
index 88a877bc..6236fab3 100644
--- a/bauh/view/util/util.py
+++ b/bauh/view/util/util.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from colorama import Fore
 
 from bauh import __app_name__
 from bauh.api.abstract.controller import SoftwareManager
-from bauh.api.paths import CACHE_PATH, CONFIG_PATH
+from bauh.api.paths import CONFIG_PATH, CACHE_PATH
 from bauh.commons.system import run_cmd
 from bauh.view.util import resource