diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index cf3aa47..3efe4e4
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [1.0.5] - not released yet
+### Added
+* ensured support for the latest Python 3.11 version
 ### Fixed
 * `ImportError` with Python 3.6 due to `contextlib.nullcontext` not existing yet
+* if the `cache/` directory does not exist, it is created - _cf._ [issue #11](https://github.com/pelican-plugins/linkbacks/issues/11)
 
 ## [1.0.4] - 2020-07-15
 ### Changed
diff --git a/linkbacks.py b/linkbacks.py
index ec8da35..f9ff4b5 100644
--- a/linkbacks.py
+++ b/linkbacks.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     from contextlib import suppress as nullcontext
 from datetime import datetime
 import json, logging, os, xmlrpc.client, warnings
+from os import makedirs
 from os.path import splitext
 from ssl import CERT_NONE, SSLError
 from urllib.parse import urljoin
@@ -67,7 +68,11 @@ def __init__(self, settings=None):
         if settings is None:
             settings = {}
         self.siteurl = settings.get('SITEURL', '')
-        self.cache_filepath = settings.get('LINKBACKS_CACHEPATH') or os.path.join(settings.get('CACHE_PATH', ''), CACHE_FILENAME)
+        self.cache_filepath = settings.get('LINKBACKS_CACHEPATH')
+        if not self.cache_filepath:
+            cache_dir = settings.get('CACHE_PATH', '')
+            self.cache_filepath = os.path.join(cache_dir, CACHE_FILENAME)
+            makedirs(cache_dir, exist_ok=True)
         self.cert_verify = settings.get('LINKBACKS_CERT_VERIFY', DEFAULT_CERT_VERIFY)
         self.timeout = settings.get('LINKBACKS_REQUEST_TIMEOUT', DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
         self.user_agent = settings.get('LINKBACKS_USERAGENT', DEFAULT_USER_AGENT)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index f3d9880..feadab8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -18,13 +18,6 @@ classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: End Users/Desktop",
     "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3",
     "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-    "Programming Language :: Python",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.7",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
     "Topic :: Internet :: WWW/HTTP",
     "Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules",
 ]