diff --git a/doc/puppet_classes/confdroid_jenkins_3A_3Aparams.html b/doc/puppet_classes/confdroid_jenkins_3A_3Aparams.html
index ed9d86c..2d9fa5c 100644
--- a/doc/puppet_classes/confdroid_jenkins_3A_3Aparams.html
+++ b/doc/puppet_classes/confdroid_jenkins_3A_3Aparams.html
@@ -461,7 +461,7 @@ class confdroid_jenkins::params (
   # directories
   $js_jenkins_home        = '/var/lib/jenkins'
   $js_jenkins_logs        = "${js_jenkins_home}/logs"
-  $js_jenkins_cache       = 'var/cache/jenkins'
+  $js_jenkins_cache       = '/var/cache/jenkins'
   $js_jenkins_run         = '/run/jenkins'
 
   # includes must be last
diff --git a/manifests/params.pp b/manifests/params.pp
index 38ae135..92a2b3e 100644
--- a/manifests/params.pp
+++ b/manifests/params.pp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ class confdroid_jenkins::params (
   # directories
   $js_jenkins_home        = '/var/lib/jenkins'
   $js_jenkins_logs        = "${js_jenkins_home}/logs"
-  $js_jenkins_cache       = 'var/cache/jenkins'
+  $js_jenkins_cache       = '/var/cache/jenkins'
   $js_jenkins_run         = '/run/jenkins'
 
   # includes must be last