diff --git a/jdownie/repo/repo b/jdownie/repo/repo
index ec3953c..4630454 100755
--- a/jdownie/repo/repo
+++ b/jdownie/repo/repo
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import re
 import shutil
 import json
 import time
+from pathlib import Path
 
 def is_file_recent(filepath, minutes=10):
   if not os.path.isfile(filepath):
@@ -90,14 +91,17 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     print(f"Unable to parse {yaml_file_path}.", file=sys.stderr)
     sys.exit(2)
   r = list(cfg.keys())
-  # Let's quickly sweep through and expand any tildes ("~") in the path references...
-  for k in r:
-    path = cfg[k]["path"]
-    path = os.path.expanduser(path)
-    cmd = f"git config --global --add safe.directory {path}"
-    # I am not outputting any errors here because of a dumb bug in WSL.
-    output = execute_command(cmd, False)
-    cfg[k]["path"] = path
+  config_file = os.path.join(os.environ.get("XDG_CACHE_HOME"), "repo.config")
+  if not is_file_recent(config_file, minutes = 60 * 60):
+    # Let's quickly sweep through and expand any tildes ("~") in the path references...
+    for k in r:
+      path = cfg[k]["path"]
+      path = os.path.expanduser(path)
+      cmd = f"git config --global --add safe.directory {path}"
+      # I am not outputting any errors here because of a dumb bug in WSL.
+      output = execute_command(cmd, False)
+      cfg[k]["path"] = path
+    Path(config_file).touch()
   if len(sys.argv) == 3:
     if not sys.argv[2] in cfg.keys():
       print("{0} is not one of your repositories.".format(sys.argv[2]))
@@ -110,17 +114,16 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     dat = dict()
     cache_file = os.path.join(os.environ.get("XDG_CACHE_HOME"), "repo.status")
     if is_file_recent(cache_file):
-      print("From cache...")
       with open(cache_file, "rt") as fin:
         dat = json.load(fin)
     else:
-      print("Updating cache...")
       for k in r:
-        if os.path.exists(cfg[k]["path"]):
-          cmd = "git -C \"{0}\" status --porcelain".format(cfg[k]["path"])
+        path = os.path.expanduser( cfg[k]["path"] )
+        if os.path.exists( path ):
+          cmd = "git -C \"{0}\" status --porcelain".format( path )
           output = execute_command(cmd).split("\n")
           dat[k] = 0 if len(output[0]) == 0 else len(output)
-      with open(os.path.join(os.environ.get("XDG_CACHE_HOME"), "repo.status"), "wt") as fout:
+      with open(cache_file, "wt") as fout:
         json.dump(dat, fout, indent = 2)
     for k in dat:
       status = "-" if dat[k] == 0 else dat[k]