diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index b2f2359..fca482d 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@ Suggests:
     knitr,
     rmarkdown
 RoxygenNote: 6.1.0
+X-schema.org-applicationCategory: Data
+X-schema.org-keywords: caching, data, files, xml, pdf
+X-schema.org-isPartOf: https://ropensci.org
diff --git a/R/hoard_client.R b/R/hoard_client.R
index 8e1d9d5..2c8139e 100644
--- a/R/hoard_client.R
+++ b/R/hoard_client.R
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #'       Get the cache path
 #'       **return**: (character) path to the cache directory
 #'     }
-#'     \item{`cache_path_set(path, type = "user_cache_dir", prefix = "R")`}{
+#'     \item{`cache_path_set(path = NULL, type = "user_cache_dir", prefix = "R", full_path = NULL)`}{
 #'       Set the cache path. By default, we set cache path to
 #'       `file.path(user_cache_dir, prefix, path)`. Note that this does not
 #'       actually make the directory, but just sets the path to it.
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 #'         by `type`
 #'        \item type (character) the type of cache, see [rappdirs]
 #'        \item prefix (character) prefix to the `path` value. Default: "R"
+#'        \item full_path (character) instead of using `path`, `type`, and `prefix`
+#'         just set the full path with this parameter
 #'       }
 #'       **return**: (character) path to the cache directory just set
 #'     }
@@ -101,6 +103,13 @@
 #' x
 #' x$path
 #' x$cache_path_get()
+#' 
+#' # Or you can set the full path directly with `full_path`
+#' mydir <- file.path(tempdir(), "foobar")
+#' x$cache_path_set(full_path = mydir)
+#' x
+#' x$path
+#' x$cache_path_get()
 #'
 #' # make the directory if doesn't exist already
 #' x$mkdir()
@@ -170,10 +179,17 @@ HoardClient <- R6::R6Class(
       if (inherits(res, "error")) return(NULL) else res
     },
 
-    cache_path_set = function(path, type = "user_cache_dir", prefix = "R") {
-      self$path <- path
-      private$hoard_env$cache_path <-
-        file.path(eval(parse(text = type))(), prefix, path)
+    cache_path_set = function(path = NULL, type = "user_cache_dir", prefix = "R", 
+      full_path = NULL) {
+
+      if (is.null(full_path)) {
+        self$path <- path
+        private$hoard_env$cache_path <-
+          file.path(eval(parse(text = type))(), prefix, path)
+      } else {
+        private$hoard_env$cache_path <- full_path
+      }
+      # return path to user
       self$cache_path_get()
     },
 
diff --git a/man/hoard.Rd b/man/hoard.Rd
index a0c3332..28edbd9 100644
--- a/man/hoard.Rd
+++ b/man/hoard.Rd
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ itself exported, but you can use it if you want via \code{:::}
 Get the cache path
 \strong{return}: (character) path to the cache directory
 }
-\item{\code{cache_path_set(path, type = "user_cache_dir", prefix = "R")}}{
+\item{\code{cache_path_set(path = NULL, type = "user_cache_dir", prefix = "R", full_path = NULL)}}{
 Set the cache path. By default, we set cache path to
 \code{file.path(user_cache_dir, prefix, path)}. Note that this does not
 actually make the directory, but just sets the path to it.
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ actually make the directory, but just sets the path to it.
 by \code{type}
 \item type (character) the type of cache, see \link{rappdirs}
 \item prefix (character) prefix to the \code{path} value. Default: "R"
+\item full_path (character) instead of using \code{path}, \code{type}, and \code{prefix}
+just set the full path with this parameter
 }
 \strong{return}: (character) path to the cache directory just set
 }
@@ -108,6 +110,13 @@ x
 x$path
 x$cache_path_get()
 
+# Or you can set the full path directly with `full_path`
+mydir <- file.path(tempdir(), "foobar")
+x$cache_path_set(full_path = mydir)
+x
+x$path
+x$cache_path_get()
+
 # make the directory if doesn't exist already
 x$mkdir()
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-HoardClient.R b/tests/testthat/test-HoardClient.R
index 7735bb5..0ea9697 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-HoardClient.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-HoardClient.R
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ test_that("HoardClient works", {
 
   # test cache_path_set method
   expect_is(bb$cache_path_set, "function")
-  expect_error(bb$cache_path_set(), "argument \"path\" is missing")
+  expect_equal(length(bb$cache_path_set()), 0)
   expect_is(
     bb$cache_path_set(path = "test123", type = 'tempdir'),
     "character"
@@ -32,6 +32,13 @@ test_that("HoardClient works", {
     "test123"
   )
 
+  # use full_path
+  vv <- tempdir()
+  expect_match(
+    bb$cache_path_set(full_path = vv),
+    vv
+  )
+
   # clean up before testing
   if (dir.exists(bb$cache_path_get())) {
     unlink(bb$cache_path_get(), recursive = TRUE, force = TRUE)