diff --git a/app/models/deploy_local.rb b/app/models/deploy_local.rb
index fb1142b2..f9225f39 100644
--- a/app/models/deploy_local.rb
+++ b/app/models/deploy_local.rb
@@ -62,10 +62,15 @@ class DeployLocal < Deploy
       'AIRBRAKE_PROJECT_ID' => site.id.to_s,
       'AIRBRAKE_PROJECT_KEY' => site.airbrake_api_key,
       'JEKYLL_ENV' => Rails.env,
-      'LANG' => ENV['LANG']
+      'LANG' => ENV['LANG'],
+      'YARN_CACHE_FOLDER' => yarn_cache_dir
     }
   end
 
+  def yarn_cache_dir
+    Rails.root.join('_yarn_cache')
+  end
+
   def yarn_lock
     File.join(site.path, 'yarn.lock')
   end