diff --git a/icons/weather_icons/owm_icons_cache/.gitignore b/icons/weather_icons/owm_icons_cache/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aab52d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icons/weather_icons/owm_icons_cache/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+*.png
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/icons/weather_icons/weather_icons.py b/icons/weather_icons/weather_icons.py
index 4831da8..e365d2e 100644
--- a/icons/weather_icons/weather_icons.py
+++ b/icons/weather_icons/weather_icons.py
@@ -4,6 +4,13 @@ import urllib
 from PIL import Image
 
 
+HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
+OWM_ICONS_CACHE = os.path.join(HERE, "owm_icons_cache/")
+
+if not os.path.exists(OWM_ICONS_CACHE):
+    os.mkdir(OWM_ICONS_CACHE)
+
+
 def get_weather_icon(icon_name, size) -> Image:
     """
     Gets the requested weather icon as Image and returns it in the requested size
@@ -14,8 +21,8 @@ def get_weather_icon(icon_name, size) -> Image:
     :return:
         the resized weather icon
     """
-    weatherdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
-    iconpath = os.path.join(weatherdir, "owm_icons_cache", f"{icon_name}.png")
+
+    iconpath = os.path.join(OWM_ICONS_CACHE, f"{icon_name}.png")
 
     if not os.path.exists(iconpath):
         urllib.request.urlretrieve(url=f"https://openweathermap.org/img/wn/{icon_name}@2x.png", filename=f"{iconpath}")