diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/bin/npx b/ui/desktop/src/bin/npx
index 169e3fb391..e3faa03b31 100755
--- a/ui/desktop/src/bin/npx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/bin/npx
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ mkdir -p ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin
 log "Changing to directory ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit."
 cd ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit
 
+
 # Check if hermit binary exists and download if not
 if [ ! -f ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin/hermit ]; then
     log "Hermit binary not found. Downloading hermit binary."
@@ -38,6 +39,12 @@ else
     log "Hermit binary already exists. Skipping download."
 fi
 
+
+log "setting hermit cache to be local for MCP servers"
+mkdir -p ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/cache
+export HERMIT_STATE_DIR=~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/cache
+
+
 # Update PATH
 export PATH=~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin:$PATH
 log "Updated PATH to include ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin."
diff --git a/ui/desktop/src/bin/uvx b/ui/desktop/src/bin/uvx
index 88b9fcec9d..74c3690be4 100755
--- a/ui/desktop/src/bin/uvx
+++ b/ui/desktop/src/bin/uvx
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ else
     log "Hermit binary already exists. Skipping download."
 fi
 
+
+log "setting hermit cache to be local for MCP servers"
+mkdir -p ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/cache
+export HERMIT_STATE_DIR=~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/cache
+
 # Update PATH
 export PATH=~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin:$PATH
 log "Updated PATH to include ~/.config/goose/mcp-hermit/bin."