diff --git a/app/config.py b/app/config.py
index 4e8a7cc..d89af0a 100644
--- a/app/config.py
+++ b/app/config.py
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ class Settings:
     port: int = field(default_factory=lambda: int(os.environ.get("PORT", "8000")))
     debug: bool = field(default_factory=lambda: os.environ.get("DEBUG", "").lower() == "true")
 
-    # Cache
+    # Cache (use /data/cache in Docker via env var, ~/.artdag/cache locally)
     cache_dir: Path = field(
-        default_factory=lambda: Path(os.environ.get("CACHE_DIR", "/data/cache"))
+        default_factory=lambda: Path(os.environ.get("CACHE_DIR", str(Path.home() / ".artdag" / "cache")))
     )
 
     # Redis
diff --git a/tasks/analyze.py b/tasks/analyze.py
index d68f9bf..8cdb9a1 100644
--- a/tasks/analyze.py
+++ b/tasks/analyze.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ except ImportError:
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Cache directory for analysis results
-CACHE_DIR = Path(os.environ.get('CACHE_DIR', '/data/cache'))
+CACHE_DIR = Path(os.environ.get('CACHE_DIR', str(Path.home() / ".artdag" / "cache")))
 ANALYSIS_CACHE_DIR = CACHE_DIR / 'analysis'
 
 
diff --git a/tasks/orchestrate.py b/tasks/orchestrate.py
index 2e9c740..f181ba6 100644
--- a/tasks/orchestrate.py
+++ b/tasks/orchestrate.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ from .execute import execute_step
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Cache directories
-CACHE_DIR = Path(os.environ.get('CACHE_DIR', '/data/cache'))
+CACHE_DIR = Path(os.environ.get('CACHE_DIR', str(Path.home() / ".artdag" / "cache")))
 ANALYSIS_CACHE_DIR = CACHE_DIR / 'analysis'
 PLAN_CACHE_DIR = CACHE_DIR / 'plans'