diff --git a/lib/next_ls/lsp_supervisor.ex b/lib/next_ls/lsp_supervisor.ex
index 3cbe0769..56f371f2 100644
--- a/lib/next_ls/lsp_supervisor.ex
+++ b/lib/next_ls/lsp_supervisor.ex
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ defmodule NextLS.LSPSupervisor do
         {Task.Supervisor, name: NextLS.TaskSupervisor},
         {GenLSP.Buffer, buffer_opts},
         {NextLS.DiagnosticCache, name: :diagnostic_cache},
-        {NextLS.SymbolTable, name: :symbol_table, path: Path.expand("~/.cache/nvim/elixir-tools.nvim")},
+        {NextLS.SymbolTable, name: :symbol_table, path: Path.expand(".elixir-tools")},
         {Registry, name: NextLS.ExtensionRegistry, keys: :duplicate},
         {NextLS,
          cache: :diagnostic_cache,
diff --git a/lib/next_ls/symbol_table.ex b/lib/next_ls/symbol_table.ex
index 45b4646a..ef3b6187 100644
--- a/lib/next_ls/symbol_table.ex
+++ b/lib/next_ls/symbol_table.ex
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ defmodule NextLS.SymbolTable do
   def init(args) do
     path = Keyword.fetch!(args, :path)
 
+    File.mkdir_p!(path)
+
     {:ok, name} =
       :dets.open_file(:symbol_table,
         file: Path.join(path, "symbol_table.dets") |> String.to_charlist(),