diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/deniscerri/ytdl/util/FileUtil.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/deniscerri/ytdl/util/FileUtil.kt
index 20ba2c32..851e38f9 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/deniscerri/ytdl/util/FileUtil.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/deniscerri/ytdl/util/FileUtil.kt
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ object FileUtil {
 
     fun getCachePath(context: Context) : String {
         val preference = PreferenceManager.getDefaultSharedPreferences(context).getString("cache_path", "")
-        if (preference.isNullOrBlank() || !File(formatPath(preference)).canWrite()) {
+        if (preference.isNullOrBlank()) {
             val externalPath = context.getExternalFilesDir(null)
             return if (externalPath == null){
                 context.cacheDir.absolutePath + "/downloads/"
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index c6df4d54..36568e3a 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ android.nonFinalResIds=false
 android.nonTransitiveRClass=false
 android.suppressUnsupportedCompileSdk=35
 android.useAndroidX=true
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1536M -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options\="-Xmx2048M" -Dfile.encoding\=UTF-8
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4096M -Dkotlin.daemon.jvm.options\="-Xmx2048M" -Dfile.encoding\=UTF-8
 org.gradle.warning.mode=all