diff --git a/.env b/.env
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d34a0ecafe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.env
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+APP_STORAGE_PATH=.storage
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d18e06afe8..9da09aad64 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,33 +1,26 @@
-# secret
-.env
-!tests/unit/bud/context/**/.env
-
-**/.swc
-
-coverage
-storage/**/*
-
-# Yarn
 **/*.log
-**/lib
 **/*.tsbuildinfo
-**/profiles
 **/.budfiles
+**/.docusaurus
+**/.env
+**/.netlify
 **/.pnp.*
+**/.storage
+**/.swc
 **/.yarn
-!/.yarn
-
-# Netlify
-**/.netlify
-
-# Sources
-/sources/@repo/docs/content/dev/api/**/*
-/sources/@repo/docs/build
-/sources/@repo/docs/.docusaurus
-/sources/@repo/docs/generated/*/*
-!/sources/@repo/docs/generated/*/.gitkeep
-/sources/@repo/*/compiled
-
 **/dist
-**/.budfiles
+**/lib
 **/node_modules
+**/profiles
+
+coverage
+sources/@repo/docs/content/dev/api/**/*
+sources/@repo/docs/build
+sources/@repo/docs/generated/*/*
+sources/@repo/*/compiled
+storage/**/*
+
+!.env
+!**/.gitkeep
+!.yarn
+!tests/unit/bud/context/**/.env
diff --git a/sources/@roots/bud-cache/test/service.test.ts b/sources/@roots/bud-cache/test/service.test.ts
index 0fa06bda07..3596b061a9 100644
--- a/sources/@roots/bud-cache/test/service.test.ts
+++ b/sources/@roots/bud-cache/test/service.test.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ describe(`@roots/bud-cache`, () => {
     // @ts-ignore
     expect(cache.configuration?.managedPaths).toEqual(
       expect.arrayContaining([
-        bud.context.paths?.[`os-cache`] + `/@tests/project/cache`,
+        bud.path(`.storage/@tests/project/cache`),
         bud.path(`@modules`),
       ]),
     )