diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/BaseAssetScriptingInterface.cpp b/libraries/networking/src/BaseAssetScriptingInterface.cpp
index d62e992822..3149bbc768 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/BaseAssetScriptingInterface.cpp
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/BaseAssetScriptingInterface.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ bool BaseAssetScriptingInterface::initializeCache() {
     if (!assetClient()) {
         return false; // not yet possible to initialize the cache
     }
-    if (!_cacheDirectory.isEmpty()) {
+    if (_cacheReady) {
         return true; // cache is ready
     }
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ bool BaseAssetScriptingInterface::initializeCache() {
 
     Promise deferred = makePromise("BaseAssetScriptingInterface--queryCacheStatus");
     deferred->then([this](QVariantMap result) {
-        _cacheDirectory = result.value("cacheDirectory").toString();
+        _cacheReady = !result.value("cacheDirectory").toString().isEmpty();
     });
     deferred->fail([](QString error) {
         qDebug() << "BaseAssetScriptingInterface::queryCacheStatus ERROR" << QThread::currentThread() << error;
diff --git a/libraries/networking/src/BaseAssetScriptingInterface.h b/libraries/networking/src/BaseAssetScriptingInterface.h
index a51f4a5105..336f3f81db 100644
--- a/libraries/networking/src/BaseAssetScriptingInterface.h
+++ b/libraries/networking/src/BaseAssetScriptingInterface.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public slots:
     QString hashDataHex(const QByteArray& data) { return hashData(data).toHex(); }
 
 protected:
-    QString _cacheDirectory;
+    bool _cacheReady{ false };
     bool initializeCache();
     Promise getCacheStatus();
     Promise queryCacheMeta(const QUrl& url);