diff --git a/inc/template.php b/inc/template.php
index 11e74b7c..26ba6cc0 100644
--- a/inc/template.php
+++ b/inc/template.php
@@ -11,12 +11,14 @@ $twig = false;
 function load_twig() {
 	global $twig, $config;
 
+	$cache_dir = "{$config['dir']['template']}/cache/";
+
 	$loader = new Twig\Loader\FilesystemLoader($config['dir']['template']);
 	$loader->setPaths($config['dir']['template']);
 	$twig = new Twig\Environment($loader, array(
 		'autoescape' => false,
-		'cache' => is_writable('templates') || (is_dir('templates/cache') && is_writable('templates/cache')) ?
-			new Twig_Cache_TinyboardFilesystem("{$config['dir']['template']}/cache") : false,
+		'cache' => is_writable('templates/') || (is_dir($cache_dir) && is_writable($cache_dir)) ?
+			new Twig_Cache_TinyboardFilesystem($cache_dir) : false,
 		'debug' => $config['debug'],
 		'auto_reload' => $config['twig_auto_reload']
 	));
diff --git a/install.php b/install.php
index c174771b..cb2a44cd 100644
--- a/install.php
+++ b/install.php
@@ -856,14 +856,14 @@ if ($step == 0) {
 		array(
 			'category' => 'File permissions',
 			'name' => getcwd() . '/templates/cache',
-			'result' => is_writable('templates') || (is_dir('templates/cache') && is_writable('templates/cache')),
+			'result' => is_dir('templates/cache/') && is_writable('templates/cache/'),
 			'required' => true,
 			'message' => 'You must give vichan permission to create (and write to) the <code>templates/cache</code> directory or performance will be drastically reduced.'
 		),
 		array(
 			'category' => 'File permissions',
 			'name' => getcwd() . '/tmp/cache',
-			'result' => is_dir('tmp/cache') && is_writable('tmp/cache'),
+			'result' => is_dir('tmp/cache/') && is_writable('tmp/cache/'),
 			'required' => true,
 			'message' => 'You must give vichan permission to write to the <code>tmp/cache</code> directory.'
 		),
@@ -1032,4 +1032,3 @@ if ($step == 0) {
 
 	echo Element('page.html', $page);
 }
-