diff --git a/lib/cli.js b/lib/cli.js
index 259e702..14f768e 100644
--- a/lib/cli.js
+++ b/lib/cli.js
@@ -181,13 +181,13 @@ CLI.prototype.init = function (opts, args, callback) {
             var dir = path.dirname(userConfigPath);
             var cacheDir = path.join(dir, 'cache');
 
-            [dir, cacheDir].forEach(function (d) {
+            if (!fs.existsSync(cacheDir)) {
                 try {
-                    fs.mkdirSync(d);
+                    fs.mkdirSync(cacheDir);
                 } catch (e) {
-                    log.info({err: e}, 'failed to make dir %s', d);
+                    log.info({err: e}, 'failed to make dir %s', cacheDir);
                 }
-            });
+            }
 
             // XXX support keyId being a priv or pub key path, a la imgapi-cli
             // XXX Add TRITON_* envvars.