diff --git a/debian/resources/fusionpbx.sh b/debian/resources/fusionpbx.sh
index 189bf32..567c4bf 100755
--- a/debian/resources/fusionpbx.sh
+++ b/debian/resources/fusionpbx.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ else
 	branch="-b $system_version"
 fi
 
+#add the cache directory
+mkdir -p /var/cache/fusionpbx
+chown -R www-data:www-data /var/cache/fusionpbx
+
 #get the source code
 git clone $branch https://github.com/fusionpbx/fusionpbx.git /var/www/fusionpbx
 chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/fusionpbx