diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 07b82d8c..c26f1f30 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const findCacheDir = require('find-cache-dir');
 const Git = require('./git');
 const filenamify = require('filenamify-url');
 const copy = require('./util').copy;
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ const util = require('util');
 const log = util.debuglog('gh-pages');
 
 function getCacheDir() {
-  return path.relative(process.cwd(), path.resolve(__dirname, '../.cache'));
+  return findCacheDir({name: 'gh-pages'});
 }
 
 function getRepo(options) {
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index cd5191be..44e4e8c3 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -422,6 +422,11 @@
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commander/-/commander-2.18.0.tgz",
       "integrity": "sha512-6CYPa+JP2ftfRU2qkDK+UTVeQYosOg/2GbcjIcKPHfinyOLPVGXu/ovN86RP49Re5ndJK1N0kuiidFFuepc4ZQ=="
     },
+    "commondir": {
+      "version": "1.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/commondir/-/commondir-1.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-3dgA2gxmEnOTzKWVDqloo6rxJTs="
+    },
     "concat-map": {
       "version": "0.0.1",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/concat-map/-/concat-map-0.0.1.tgz",
@@ -946,6 +951,69 @@
         "to-regex-range": "^5.0.1"
       }
     },
+    "find-cache-dir": {
+      "version": "3.3.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/find-cache-dir/-/find-cache-dir-3.3.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-t2GDMt3oGC/v+BMwzmllWDuJF/xcDtE5j/fCGbqDD7OLuJkj0cfh1YSA5VKPvwMeLFLNDBkwOKZ2X85jGLVftQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "commondir": "^1.0.1",
+        "make-dir": "^3.0.2",
+        "pkg-dir": "^4.1.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "find-up": {
+          "version": "4.1.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/find-up/-/find-up-4.1.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-PpOwAdQ/YlXQ2vj8a3h8IipDuYRi3wceVQQGYWxNINccq40Anw7BlsEXCMbt1Zt+OLA6Fq9suIpIWD0OsnISlw==",
+          "requires": {
+            "locate-path": "^5.0.0",
+            "path-exists": "^4.0.0"
+          }
+        },
+        "locate-path": {
+          "version": "5.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/locate-path/-/locate-path-5.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-t7hw9pI+WvuwNJXwk5zVHpyhIqzg2qTlklJOf0mVxGSbe3Fp2VieZcduNYjaLDoy6p9uGpQEGWG87WpMKlNq8g==",
+          "requires": {
+            "p-locate": "^4.1.0"
+          }
+        },
+        "p-limit": {
+          "version": "2.3.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/p-limit/-/p-limit-2.3.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-//88mFWSJx8lxCzwdAABTJL2MyWB12+eIY7MDL2SqLmAkeKU9qxRvWuSyTjm3FUmpBEMuFfckAIqEaVGUDxb6w==",
+          "requires": {
+            "p-try": "^2.0.0"
+          }
+        },
+        "p-locate": {
+          "version": "4.1.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/p-locate/-/p-locate-4.1.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-R79ZZ/0wAxKGu3oYMlz8jy/kbhsNrS7SKZ7PxEHBgJ5+F2mtFW2fK2cOtBh1cHYkQsbzFV7I+EoRKe6Yt0oK7A==",
+          "requires": {
+            "p-limit": "^2.2.0"
+          }
+        },
+        "p-try": {
+          "version": "2.2.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/p-try/-/p-try-2.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-R4nPAVTAU0B9D35/Gk3uJf/7XYbQcyohSKdvAxIRSNghFl4e71hVoGnBNQz9cWaXxO2I10KTC+3jMdvvoKw6dQ=="
+        },
+        "path-exists": {
+          "version": "4.0.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-exists/-/path-exists-4.0.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-ak9Qy5Q7jYb2Wwcey5Fpvg2KoAc/ZIhLSLOSBmRmygPsGwkVVt0fZa0qrtMz+m6tJTAHfZQ8FnmB4MG4LWy7/w=="
+        },
+        "pkg-dir": {
+          "version": "4.2.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pkg-dir/-/pkg-dir-4.2.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-HRDzbaKjC+AOWVXxAU/x54COGeIv9eb+6CkDSQoNTt4XyWoIJvuPsXizxu/Fr23EiekbtZwmh1IcIG/l/a10GQ==",
+          "requires": {
+            "find-up": "^4.0.0"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "find-up": {
       "version": "2.1.0",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/find-up/-/find-up-2.1.0.tgz",
@@ -1431,6 +1499,21 @@
         "@sinonjs/commons": "^1.7.0"
       }
     },
+    "make-dir": {
+      "version": "3.1.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/make-dir/-/make-dir-3.1.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-g3FeP20LNwhALb/6Cz6Dd4F2ngze0jz7tbzrD2wAV+o9FeNHe4rL+yK2md0J/fiSf1sa1ADhXqi5+oVwOM/eGw==",
+      "requires": {
+        "semver": "^6.0.0"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "semver": {
+          "version": "6.3.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/semver/-/semver-6.3.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-b39TBaTSfV6yBrapU89p5fKekE2m/NwnDocOVruQFS1/veMgdzuPcnOM34M6CwxW8jH/lxEa5rBoDeUwu5HHTw=="
+        }
+      }
+    },
     "minimatch": {
       "version": "3.0.4",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.4.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e2980646..29450f9c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     "commander": "^2.18.0",
     "email-addresses": "^3.0.1",
     "filenamify-url": "^1.0.0",
+    "find-cache-dir": "^3.3.1",
     "fs-extra": "^8.1.0",
     "globby": "^6.1.0"
   },
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index f5efe45e..3e168725 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -384,8 +384,6 @@ Note that this plugin requires Git 1.9 or higher (because it uses the `--exit-co
   name: 'ProcessError' }
   ```
 
-When processing `gh-pages` module generate file in`.cache/` and if stuck some reason like wrong password
-it will not automatically cleanup
+The `gh-pages` module writes temporary files to a `node_modules/.cache/gh-pages` directory.  The location of this directory can be customized by setting the `CACHE_DIR` environemnt variable.
 
-Run `~node_modules/gh-pages/bin/gh-pages-clean`
-or remove `~node_modules/gh-pages/.cache`
+If `gh-pages` fails, you may find that you need to manually clean up the cache directory.  To remove the cache directory, run `node_modules/gh-pages/bin/gh-pages-clean` or remove `node_modules/.cache/gh-pages`.