diff --git a/latexmkrc b/latexmkrc
index a930fbc..db4201e 100644
--- a/latexmkrc
+++ b/latexmkrc
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+mkdir('tikz_cache');
 $pdflatex = 'pdflatex -interaction=nonstopmode -shell-escape';
 $pdf_mode = 1;