diff --git a/htroot/CacheAdmin_p.java b/htroot/CacheAdmin_p.java
index 91c87362d..6380b5ee4 100644
--- a/htroot/CacheAdmin_p.java
+++ b/htroot/CacheAdmin_p.java
@@ -84,11 +84,9 @@ public class CacheAdmin_p {
         }
         final String fileString = pathString;
 
-        final File cache = new File(switchboard.getConfig("proxyCache", "DATA/HTCACHE"));    
-
         File       dir;
-        final File file = new File(cache, pathString);
-        final URL  url  = plasmaHTCache.getURL(cache, file);
+        final File file = new File(switchboard.htCachePath, pathString);
+        final URL  url  = plasmaHTCache.getURL(switchboard.htCachePath, file);
 
         if (file.isDirectory()) {
             dir = file;
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java
index d49f8e395..6e7c53d69 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ public final class plasmaSwitchboard extends serverAbstractSwitch implements ser
     public static plasmaURLPattern urlBlacklist;
     
     // storage management    
-    private File                        cachePath;
+    public  File                        htCachePath;
     private File                        plasmaPath;
     public  File                        listsPath;
     public  plasmaURLPool               urlPool;
@@ -299,7 +299,6 @@ public final class plasmaSwitchboard extends serverAbstractSwitch implements ser
         String cache = getConfig("proxyCache", "DATA/HTCACHE");
         cache = cache.replace('\\', '/');
         if (cache.endsWith("/")) { cache = cache.substring(0, cache.length() - 1); }
-        File htCachePath;
         if (new File(cache).isAbsolute()) {
             htCachePath = new File(cache); // don't use rootPath
         } else {