diff --git a/MareSynchronos/MareSynchronos.csproj b/MareSynchronos/MareSynchronos.csproj
index 603fb69..ef9eb63 100644
--- a/MareSynchronos/MareSynchronos.csproj
+++ b/MareSynchronos/MareSynchronos.csproj
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <Authors></Authors>
     <Company></Company>
-    <Version>0.0.6.0</Version>
+    <Version>0.0.7.0</Version>
     <Description></Description>
     <Copyright></Copyright>
     <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/Penumbra-Sync/client</PackageProjectUrl>
diff --git a/MareSynchronos/UI/IntroUI.cs b/MareSynchronos/UI/IntroUI.cs
index dd95e92..889aac2 100644
--- a/MareSynchronos/UI/IntroUI.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronos/UI/IntroUI.cs
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ namespace MareSynchronos.UI
                 _uiShared.DrawCacheDirectorySetting();
 
 
-                if (!_fileCacheManager.IsScanRunning)
+                if (!_fileCacheManager.IsScanRunning && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(_pluginConfiguration.CacheFolder))
                 {
                     UiShared.TextWrapped("You can adjust how many parallel threads will be used for scanning. Mind that ultimately it will depend on the amount of mods, your disk speed and your CPU. " +
                                       "More is not necessarily better, the default of 10 should be fine for most cases.");
diff --git a/MareSynchronos/UI/MainUi.cs b/MareSynchronos/UI/MainUi.cs
index 6dbf5b7..3eb6109 100644
--- a/MareSynchronos/UI/MainUi.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronos/UI/MainUi.cs
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ namespace MareSynchronos.UI
                     ServerState.Disconnected => "Disconnected",
                     ServerState.Unauthorized => "Unauthorized",
                     ServerState.VersionMisMatch => "Service version mismatch",
-                    ServerState.Offline => "Service unavailable"
+                    ServerState.Offline => "Service unavailable",
+                    ServerState.NoAccount => "No account",
                 };
                 ImGui.SetWindowFontScale(1.2f);
                 ImGui.TextColored(ImGuiColors.DalamudRed, $"No UID ({errorMsg})");
diff --git a/MareSynchronos/UI/UIShared.cs b/MareSynchronos/UI/UIShared.cs
index 5629b13..e571dcb 100644
--- a/MareSynchronos/UI/UIShared.cs
+++ b/MareSynchronos/UI/UIShared.cs
@@ -310,11 +310,15 @@ namespace MareSynchronos.UI
             var cacheDirectory = _pluginConfiguration.CacheFolder;
             if (ImGui.InputText("Cache Folder##cache", ref cacheDirectory, 255))
             {
-                _pluginConfiguration.CacheFolder = cacheDirectory;
-                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(_pluginConfiguration.CacheFolder)
-                    && Directory.Exists(_pluginConfiguration.CacheFolder)
-                    && (_isDirectoryWritable = IsDirectoryWritable(_pluginConfiguration.CacheFolder)))
+                _isPenumbraDirectory = cacheDirectory.ToLower() == _ipcManager.PenumbraModDirectory()?.ToLower();
+                _isDirectoryWritable = IsDirectoryWritable(cacheDirectory);
+
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(cacheDirectory)
+                    && Directory.Exists(cacheDirectory)
+                    && _isDirectoryWritable
+                    && !_isPenumbraDirectory)
                 {
+                    _pluginConfiguration.CacheFolder = cacheDirectory;
                     _pluginConfiguration.Save();
                     _fileCacheManager.StartWatchers();
                 }
@@ -329,10 +333,11 @@ namespace MareSynchronos.UI
                 {
                     if (!success) return;
 
-                    _pluginConfiguration.CacheFolder = path;
-                    _isDirectoryWritable = IsDirectoryWritable(_pluginConfiguration.CacheFolder);
-                    if (_isDirectoryWritable)
+                    _isDirectoryWritable = IsDirectoryWritable(path);
+                    _isPenumbraDirectory = path.ToLower() == _ipcManager.PenumbraModDirectory()?.ToLower();
+                    if (_isDirectoryWritable && !_isPenumbraDirectory)
                     {
+                        _pluginConfiguration.CacheFolder = path;
                         _pluginConfiguration.Save();
                         _fileCacheManager.StartWatchers();
                     }
@@ -340,11 +345,17 @@ namespace MareSynchronos.UI
             }
             ImGui.PopFont();
 
-            if (!Directory.Exists(cacheDirectory) || !_isDirectoryWritable)
+            if (_isPenumbraDirectory)
+            {
+                ColorTextWrapped("Do not point the cache path directly to the Penumbra directory. If necessary, make a subfolder in it.", ImGuiColors.DalamudRed);
+            }
+            else if (!Directory.Exists(cacheDirectory) || !_isDirectoryWritable)
             {
                 ColorTextWrapped("The folder you selected does not exist or cannot be written to. Please provide a valid path.", ImGuiColors.DalamudRed);
             }
 
+
+
             int maxCacheSize = _pluginConfiguration.MaxLocalCacheInGiB;
             if (ImGui.SliderInt("Maximum Cache Size in GB", ref maxCacheSize, 1, 50, "%d GB"))
             {
@@ -354,6 +365,7 @@ namespace MareSynchronos.UI
         }
 
         private bool _isDirectoryWritable = false;
+        private bool _isPenumbraDirectory = false;
 
         public bool IsDirectoryWritable(string dirPath, bool throwIfFails = false)
         {