diff --git a/cmd/jira/main.go b/cmd/jira/main.go
index d05258f7..78b01994 100644
--- a/cmd/jira/main.go
+++ b/cmd/jira/main.go
@@ -45,7 +45,12 @@ func main() {
 		panic(jiracli.Exit{Code: 1})
 	}
 
-	o := oreo.New().WithCookieFile(filepath.Join(jiracli.Homedir(), configDir, "cookies.js")).WithLogger(&oreoLogger{log})
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Join(jiracli.Cookiedir(), configDir), 0700); err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("%s", err)
+		panic(jiracli.Exit{Code: 1})
+	}
+
+	o := oreo.New().WithCookieFile(filepath.Join(jiracli.Cookiedir(), configDir, "cookies.js")).WithLogger(&oreoLogger{log})
 
 	jiracmd.RegisterAllCommands()
 
diff --git a/jiracli/util.go b/jiracli/util.go
index 42d4704d..0126f24d 100644
--- a/jiracli/util.go
+++ b/jiracli/util.go
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ func Homedir() string {
 	return os.Getenv("HOME")
 }
 
+func Cookiedir() string {
+    value, exists := os.LookupEnv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR")
+    if !exists {
+        value = Homedir()
+    }
+    return value
+}
+
 func findClosestParentPath(fileName string) (string, error) {
 	cwd, err := os.Getwd()
 	if err != nil {