diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/fox2code/mmm/SetupActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/fox2code/mmm/SetupActivity.java
index 18defc1..b95cdec 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/fox2code/mmm/SetupActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/fox2code/mmm/SetupActivity.java
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ import com.google.android.material.dialog.MaterialAlertDialogBuilder;
 import com.google.android.material.materialswitch.MaterialSwitch;
 import com.topjohnwu.superuser.internal.UiThreadHandler;
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Objects;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -362,17 +365,12 @@ public class SetupActivity extends FoxActivity implements LanguageActivity {
         universalCookies2.add("is_foxmmm=true");
         cookiePrefs.edit().putStringSet("universal", universalCookies2).apply();
         // we literally only use these to create the http cache folders
-        File httpCacheDir = MainApplication.getINSTANCE().getDataDirWithPath("cache/WebView/Default/HTTP Cache/Code Cache/wasm");
-        File httpCacheDir2 = MainApplication.getINSTANCE().getDataDirWithPath("cache/WebView/Default/HTTP Cache/Code Cache/js");
-        if (!httpCacheDir.exists()) {
-            if (httpCacheDir.mkdirs()) {
-                Timber.d("Created http cache dir");
-            }
-        }
-        if (!httpCacheDir2.exists()) {
-            if (httpCacheDir2.mkdirs()) {
-                Timber.d("Created http cache dir");
-            }
+        try {
+            FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File(MainApplication.getINSTANCE().getDataDir() + "/cache/cronet"));
+            FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File(MainApplication.getINSTANCE().getDataDir() + "/cache/WebView/Default/HTTP Cache/Code Cache/wasm"));
+            FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File(MainApplication.getINSTANCE().getDataDir() + "/cache/WebView/Default/HTTP Cache/Code Cache/js"));
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            Timber.e(e);
         }
         createRealmDatabase();
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/fox2code/mmm/settings/SettingsActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/fox2code/mmm/settings/SettingsActivity.java
index 716ee63..b29a882 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/fox2code/mmm/settings/SettingsActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/fox2code/mmm/settings/SettingsActivity.java
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ import com.google.android.material.textfield.MaterialAutoCompleteTextView;
 import com.mikepenz.aboutlibraries.LibsBuilder;
 import com.topjohnwu.superuser.internal.UiThreadHandler;
 
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils;
+
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileOutputStream;
@@ -402,19 +404,14 @@ public class SettingsActivity extends FoxActivity implements LanguageActivity {
                 new MaterialAlertDialogBuilder(requireContext()).setTitle(R.string.clear_cache_dialogue_title).setMessage(R.string.clear_cache_dialogue_message).setPositiveButton(R.string.yes, (dialog, which) -> {
                     // Clear app cache
                     try {
-                        File cacheDir = requireContext().getCacheDir();
-                        for (File file : cacheDir.listFiles()) {
-                            if (file.isDirectory()) {
-                                for (File file2 : file.listFiles()) {
-                                    if (!file2.delete()) {
-                                        Timber.e("Failed to delete %s", file2.getAbsolutePath());
-                                    }
-                                }
-                            }
-                            if (!file.delete()) {
-                                Timber.e("Failed to delete %s", file.getAbsolutePath());
-                            }
-                        }
+                        // use apache commons IO to delete the cache
+                        FileUtils.deleteDirectory(requireContext().getCacheDir());
+                        // create a new cache dir
+                        FileUtils.forceMkdir(requireContext().getCacheDir());
+                        // create cache dirs for cronet and webview
+                        FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File(requireContext().getCacheDir(), "cronet"));
+                        FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File(MainApplication.getINSTANCE().getDataDir() + "/cache/WebView/Default/HTTP Cache/Code Cache/wasm"));
+                        FileUtils.forceMkdir(new File(MainApplication.getINSTANCE().getDataDir() + "/cache/WebView/Default/HTTP Cache/Code Cache/js"));
                         Toast.makeText(requireContext(), R.string.cache_cleared, Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                     } catch (Exception e) {
                         Timber.e(e);
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6c778e6..b09be4c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ buildscript {
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
         //noinspection GradleDependency
-        classpath "io.realm:realm-gradle-plugin:10.13.2-transformer-api"
+        classpath "io.realm:realm-gradle-plugin:10.13.3-transformer-api"
     }
 }