diff --git a/src/memory/cache.py b/src/memory/cache.py
index 1f33ca3f..7e93119e 100644
--- a/src/memory/cache.py
+++ b/src/memory/cache.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 from sat.core.log import getLogger
 log = getLogger(__name__)
+from sat.tools.common import regex
 from sat.core import exceptions
 from sat.core.constants import Const as C
 import cPickle as pickle
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ class Cache(object):
         self.cache_dir = os.path.join(
             host.memory.getConfig('', 'local_dir'),
             C.CACHE_DIR,
-            profile or '')
+            regex.pathEscape(profile or ''))
         if not os.path.exists(self.cache_dir):
             os.makedirs(self.cache_dir)