diff --git a/sflib.py b/sflib.py
index a2816e7c340..f90be992f0d 100644
--- a/sflib.py
+++ b/sflib.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import urllib.request
 from copy import deepcopy
 from datetime import datetime
-from pathlib import Path
 
 import cryptography
 import dns.resolver
@@ -40,6 +39,7 @@
 import urllib3
 from bs4 import BeautifulSoup, SoupStrainer
 from publicsuffixlist import PublicSuffixList
+from spiderfoot import SpiderFootHelpers
 
 # For hiding the SSL warnings coming from the requests lib
 urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)  # noqa: DUO131
@@ -299,19 +299,6 @@ def hashstring(self, string: str) -> str:
             s = str(string)
         return hashlib.sha256(s.encode('raw_unicode_escape')).hexdigest()
 
-    def cachePath(self) -> str:
-        """Returns the file system location of the cacha data files.
-
-        Returns:
-            str: SpiderFoot cache file system path
-        """
-        path = os.environ.get('SPIDERFOOT_CACHE')
-        if not path:
-            path = f"{Path.home()}/.spiderfoot/cache"
-        if not os.path.isdir(path):
-            os.mkdir(path)
-        return path
-
     def cachePut(self, label: str, data: str) -> None:
         """Store data to the cache
 
@@ -320,7 +307,7 @@ def cachePut(self, label: str, data: str) -> None:
             data (str): Data to cache
         """
         pathLabel = hashlib.sha224(label.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
-        cacheFile = self.cachePath() + "/" + pathLabel
+        cacheFile = SpiderFootHelpers.cachePath() + "/" + pathLabel
         with io.open(cacheFile, "w", encoding="utf-8", errors="ignore") as fp:
             if isinstance(data, list):
                 for line in data:
@@ -349,7 +336,7 @@ def cacheGet(self, label: str, timeoutHrs: int) -> str:
             return None
 
         pathLabel = hashlib.sha224(label.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
-        cacheFile = self.cachePath() + "/" + pathLabel
+        cacheFile = SpiderFootHelpers.cachePath() + "/" + pathLabel
         try:
             (m, i, d, n, u, g, sz, atime, mtime, ctime) = os.stat(cacheFile)
 
diff --git a/spiderfoot/helpers.py b/spiderfoot/helpers.py
index 91ce52eb53d..8ba4bb32de6 100644
--- a/spiderfoot/helpers.py
+++ b/spiderfoot/helpers.py
@@ -24,7 +24,21 @@ def dataPath() -> str:
         if not path:
             path = f"{Path.home()}/.spiderfoot/"
         if not os.path.isdir(path):
-            os.mkdir(path)
+            os.mkdirs(path, exist_ok=True)
+        return path
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def cachePath() -> str:
+        """Returns the file system location of the cacha data files.
+
+        Returns:
+            str: SpiderFoot cache file system path
+        """
+        path = os.environ.get('SPIDERFOOT_CACHE')
+        if not path:
+            path = f"{Path.home()}/.spiderfoot/cache"
+        if not os.path.isdir(path):
+            os.mkdirs(path, exist_ok=True)
         return path
 
     @staticmethod
diff --git a/test/unit/test_spiderfoot.py b/test/unit/test_spiderfoot.py
index 094c69dac26..249da01f155 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_spiderfoot.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_spiderfoot.py
@@ -173,15 +173,6 @@ def test_hash_string_should_return_a_string(self):
         self.assertIsInstance(hash_string, str)
         self.assertEqual("aedfb92b3053a21a114f4f301a02a3c6ad5dff504d124dc2cee6117623eec706", hash_string)
 
-    def test_cache_path_should_return_a_string(self):
-        """
-        Test cachePath(self)
-        """
-        sf = SpiderFoot(dict())
-
-        cache_path = sf.cachePath()
-        self.assertIsInstance(cache_path, str)
-
     def test_cache_get_should_return_a_string(self):
         """
         Test cachePut(self, label, data)
diff --git a/test/unit/test_spiderfoothelpers.py b/test/unit/test_spiderfoothelpers.py
index ba9c9140108..3411c1734ec 100644
--- a/test/unit/test_spiderfoothelpers.py
+++ b/test/unit/test_spiderfoothelpers.py
@@ -11,6 +11,20 @@ class TestSpiderFootHelpers(unittest.TestCase):
     Test SpiderFootHelpers
     """
 
+    def test_data_path_should_return_a_string(self):
+        """
+        Test dataPath()
+        """
+        data_path = SpiderFootHelpers.dataPath()
+        self.assertIsInstance(data_path, str)
+
+    def test_cache_path_should_return_a_string(self):
+        """
+        Test cachePath()
+        """
+        cache_path = SpiderFootHelpers.cachePath()
+        self.assertIsInstance(cache_path, str)
+
     def test_target_type(self):
         """
         Test targetType(target)