diff --git a/src/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget/FSharp.DependencyManager.fs b/src/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget/FSharp.DependencyManager.fs
index 90193a2f57e..cae76f9cbf8 100644
--- a/src/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget/FSharp.DependencyManager.fs
+++ b/src/FSharp.DependencyManager.Nuget/FSharp.DependencyManager.fs
@@ -312,7 +312,19 @@ type FSharpDependencyManager(outputDirectory: string option, useResultsCache: bo
         //   if a path was supplied if it was rooted then use the rooted path as the root
         //   if the path wasn't supplied or not rooted use the temp directory as the root.
         let specialDir =
-            Path.Combine(Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile), ".packagemanagement", "nuget")
+            let getProfilePath =
+                // If it has a directory seperator remove it
+                let path = Environment.GetFolderPath(System.Environment.SpecialFolder.UserProfile)
+
+                if
+                    (path.EndsWith(Path.DirectorySeparatorChar.ToString()))
+                    || (path.EndsWith(Path.AltDirectorySeparatorChar.ToString()))
+                then
+                    path.Substring(0, path.Length - 1)
+                else
+                    path
+            // Build path to cache root
+            $"{getProfilePath}/.packagemanagement/nuget"
 
         let path =
             Path.Combine(Process.GetCurrentProcess().Id.ToString() + "--" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString())