diff --git a/.bowerrc b/.bowerrc
index 9c9ea40600..20772d5d24 100644
--- a/.bowerrc
+++ b/.bowerrc
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 {
-  "directory": "public/bower_components"
+  "directory": "public/bower_components",
+  "storage": {
+      "packages": ".bower-cache",
+      "registry": ".bower-registry"
+    },
+    "tmp": ".bower-tmp"
 }
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