diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fbe8930c84fbd4883d128120e1b542fac75dda42..da71c3a5fb6264533407d63ee6db5c68c6f2ae43 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ it, here is the quick start:
 
 *Running sql queries against a DBMS*:
 
-* set the `g:sw_config_dir` and `g:sw_exe` variables
+* set the `g:sw_config_dir`, `g:sw_exe` and `g:sw_cache` variables
 * open your sql buffer
 * if you have `CtrlP` installed you can do `CtrlP` and then select `SQL
   Workbench profiles` and choose your profile
@@ -1127,8 +1127,8 @@ and
   which means open with vim `edit` command
 * `g:sw_tab_switches_between_bottom_panels`: if set to true, then clicking tab
   in a db explorer will switch between the bottom panels
-* `g:sw_autocomplete_cache_dir`: the location where the autocomplete
-  information is saved. You'll need to set it on Windows to work. 
+* `g:sw_cache`: the location where the cached data is going to be saved
+  (autocomplete data, profiles data etc.)
 * `g:sw_switch_to_results_tab`: If true, then switch to the results buffer
   after executting a query
 * `g:sw_highlight_resultsets`: If true, highlight the resultsets headers
diff --git a/autoload/sw/autocomplete.vim b/autoload/sw/autocomplete.vim
index facbfd3c8d1bf83c43d3e1189c3aa5d2fa78f918..52eb8d07ac024e65713ce5ecf58b1188e27b1995 100644
--- a/autoload/sw/autocomplete.vim
+++ b/autoload/sw/autocomplete.vim
@@ -695,7 +695,7 @@ endfunction
 
 function! sw#autocomplete#complete_cache_name(ArgLead, CmdLine, CursorPos)
     let words = split('^' . a:CmdLine, '\v\s+')
-    let files = split(globpath(g:sw_autocomplete_cache_dir, '*'), "\n")
+    let files = split(globpath(g:sw_cache, '*'), "\n")
     let result = []
     for file in files
         let f = substitute(file, '\v\c^.*\/([^\/\.]+)\.?.*$', '\1', 'g')
diff --git a/autoload/sw/profiles.vim b/autoload/sw/profiles.vim
index feb06bc0b818013275f5ea7c80b4dd687ee0b3ef..c66cb76c734740a5fbb5b84f4326d77b127d4bcc 100644
--- a/autoload/sw/profiles.vim
+++ b/autoload/sw/profiles.vim
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 function! s:get_name()
-    return g:sw_autocomplete_cache_dir . '/' . 'profiles.vim'
+    return g:sw_cache . '/' . 'profiles.vim'
 endfunction
 
 function! sw#profiles#update(channel)
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ function! sw#profiles#about(profile, txt)
 endfunction
 
 function! sw#profiles#finish(profile, txt)
+    if !(a:txt =~ 'XSLT transformation.*finished successfully')
+        call sw#display_error("There was a problem fetching the profiles for Sql Workbench (maybe the g:sw_cache) variable is not set?")
+    endif
 endfunction
 
 function! sw#profiles#get()
diff --git a/autoload/sw/report.vim b/autoload/sw/report.vim
index 34262442b922bb074428fdc99765736253ee57f9..25c46f3dad9f44a993c319caa0c8495990b99e82 100644
--- a/autoload/sw/report.vim
+++ b/autoload/sw/report.vim
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ function! sw#report#get(profile)
 endfunction
 
 function! s:get_name(profile)
-    return g:sw_autocomplete_cache_dir . '/' . substitute(a:profile, '\v\', '-', 'g')
+    return g:sw_cache . '/' . substitute(a:profile, '\v\', '-', 'g')
 endfunction
 
 function! s:get_report(profile)
diff --git a/doc/vim-sql-workbench.txt b/doc/vim-sql-workbench.txt
index 96fbf34894cbb682f83ab4a0130854abb12dfa6a..614f115ca8c0900e023fb827a49ae31f281b302e 100644
--- a/doc/vim-sql-workbench.txt
+++ b/doc/vim-sql-workbench.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ it, here is the quick start:
 
 Running sql queries against a DBMS:
 
-*   set the `g:sw_config_dir` and `g:sw_exe` variables
+*   set the `g:sw_config_dir`, `g:sw_exe` and `g:sw_cache` variables
 *   open your sql buffer
 *   if you have `CtrlP` installed you can do `CtrlP` and then select  and choose your profile
 *   otherwise, you can do `:SWSqlBufferConnect` and then in the buffer execute
@@ -1179,8 +1179,8 @@ SQL BUFFER SETTINGS:                      *vim-sql-workbench-sql_buffer_settings
     which means open with vim `edit` command
 *   `g:sw_tab_switches_between_bottom_panels`: if set to true, then clicking tab
     in a db explorer will switch between the bottom panels
-*   `g:sw_autocomplete_cache_dir`: the location where the autocomplete
-    information is saved. You'll need to set it on Windows to work.
+*   `g:sw_cache`: the location where the cached data is going to be saved
+    (autocomplete data, profiles data etc.)
 *   `g:sw_switch_to_results_tab`: If true, then switch to the results buffer
     after executting a query
 *   `g:sw_highlight_resultsets`: If true, highlight the resultsets headers
@@ -1213,4 +1213,3 @@ GENERAL SETTINGS:                            *vim-sql-workbench-general_settings
     use `SWSqlWipeoutResultsSets` command.
 *   `g:sw_config_dir`: the config dir of the  (works only with
     build 121.4 and more)
-
diff --git a/plugin/sw.vim b/plugin/sw.vim
index dbda232204018bb01c5952891996350df220af6a..87c4572a525445698a50aeeb14b7f137f5409df8 100644
--- a/plugin/sw.vim
+++ b/plugin/sw.vim
@@ -65,8 +65,8 @@ if !exists('g:sw_search_default_compare_types')
     let g:sw_search_default_compare_types = 'contains'
 endif
 
-if !exists('g:sw_autocomplete_cache_dir')
-    let g:sw_autocomplete_cache_dir = $HOME . '/.cache/sw'
+if !exists('g:cache')
+    let g:sw_cache = $HOME . '/.cache/sw'
 endif
 
 if (!exists('g:sw_delimiter'))