diff --git a/libraries/lsp_server_metta/prolog/lsp_metta_workspace.pl b/libraries/lsp_server_metta/prolog/lsp_metta_workspace.pl
index 5fa186dda6..7e96a93464 100644
--- a/libraries/lsp_server_metta/prolog/lsp_metta_workspace.pl
+++ b/libraries/lsp_server_metta/prolog/lsp_metta_workspace.pl
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@
    retractall(lsp_state:made_metta_file_buffer(Path)),
    retractall(lsp_cache:gave_document_symbols(Path,_)),
    %metta_file_buffer(0,_Ord,_Kind, _Term, _NamedVarsList, Path, _Pos)
-   symbol_concat(Path, '.buffer~', BufferFile),
+   cache_file(Path, '.buffer~', BufferFile),
    if_t(exists_file(BufferFile),delete_file(BufferFile)),
    retractall(user:metta_file_buffer(_Lvl,_Ord,_Kind, _Term, _NamedVarsList, Path, _Pos)))),!.
 
diff --git a/prolog/metta_lang/metta_loader.pl b/prolog/metta_lang/metta_loader.pl
index c50bbcb293..d9f1323976 100755
--- a/prolog/metta_lang/metta_loader.pl
+++ b/prolog/metta_lang/metta_loader.pl
@@ -1877,13 +1877,13 @@
     (   exists_directory(Dir)
     ->  directory_files(Dir, Items),
         forall(member(Item, Items),
-          ( Item \= '.', Item \= '..',
+          ignore(( Item \= '.', Item \= '..',
             directory_file_path(Dir, Item, FilePath),
             ( (exists_file(FilePath), atom_concat(_,Ending, FilePath))
             -> delete_file(FilePath)
             ; true
             )
-          ))
+          )))
     ;   true
     ).
 
@@ -1906,7 +1906,8 @@
     ->  TempDir = 'C:/Windows/Temp'
     ;   TempDir = '/tmp'
     )),
-    atomic_list_concat([TempDir, '/metta_cache/'], Dir).
+    absolute_file_name(TempDir,TDir,[access(write),file_type(directory)]),!,
+    directory_file_path(TDir,'metta_cache',Dir).
 
 %! fr_slashes(+Pairs, +In, -Out) is det.
 %
diff --git a/prolog/metta_lang/metta_parser.pl b/prolog/metta_lang/metta_parser.pl
index 34ce46fcea..91d1dc8740 100644
--- a/prolog/metta_lang/metta_parser.pl
+++ b/prolog/metta_lang/metta_parser.pl
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@
 :- dynamic ok_to_stop/1.
 
 process_expressions(FileName,_InStream, _OutStream) :- atomic(FileName), fail,
-    symbol_concat(FileName, '.buffer~', BufferFile),
+    cache_file(FileName, BufferFile),
     exists_file(BufferFile),
     use_cache_file(FileName, BufferFile),
     ensure_loaded(BufferFile), !.
@@ -877,8 +877,8 @@
     assertz(ok_to_stop(FileName, false)),
 
     % Start a thread to report progress every 30 seconds
-    get_time(StartTime),  % Record the start time
-    thread_create(report_file_progress(FileName, InStream, TotalLines, StartTime), _, [detached(true)]),
+    % get_time(StartTime),  % Record the start time
+    % thread_create(report_file_progress(FileName, InStream, TotalLines, StartTime), _, [detached(true)]),
 
     ignore(stream_property(InStream, file_name(Stem))),  % Get the file name of the stream.
     ignore(Stem = FileName),  % Assign the input file name if no stream file name.