diff --git a/transcoder/src/settings.go b/transcoder/src/settings.go
index 77415351..29c53265 100644
--- a/transcoder/src/settings.go
+++ b/transcoder/src/settings.go
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 package src
 
-import "os"
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path"
+)
 
 func GetEnvOr(env string, def string) string {
 	out := os.Getenv(env)
@@ -26,7 +29,8 @@ type HwAccelT struct {
 }
 
 var Settings = SettingsT{
-	Outpath:     GetEnvOr("GOCODER_CACHE_ROOT", "/cache"),
+	// we manually add a folder to make sure we do not delete user data.
+	Outpath:     path.Join(GetEnvOr("GOCODER_CACHE_ROOT", "/cache"), "kyoo_cache"),
 	Metadata:    GetEnvOr("GOCODER_METADATA_ROOT", "/metadata"),
 	RoutePrefix: GetEnvOr("GOCODER_PREFIX", ""),
 	SafePath:    GetEnvOr("GOCODER_SAFE_PATH", "/video"),
diff --git a/transcoder/src/transcoder.go b/transcoder/src/transcoder.go
index 2e9ee504..7dc0e989 100644
--- a/transcoder/src/transcoder.go
+++ b/transcoder/src/transcoder.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ type Transcoder struct {
 
 func NewTranscoder(metadata *MetadataService) (*Transcoder, error) {
 	out := Settings.Outpath
+	os.MkdirAll(out, 0o755)
 	dir, err := os.ReadDir(out)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err