diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c45b30ef..257f8977 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 temp_dirs/undodir/*
-sources_non_forked/*
+sources_non_forked_cache/*
 temp_dirs/yankring_history_v2.txt
 sources_forked/yankring/doc/tags
 my_plugins/
diff --git a/update_plugins.py b/update_plugins.py
index d93de43b..c6653527 100644
--- a/update_plugins.py
+++ b/update_plugins.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import shutil
 import tempfile
 import urllib.request
 import zipfile
+from distutils.dir_util import copy_tree
 from io import BytesIO
 from os import path
 
@@ -68,8 +69,8 @@ jedi-vim https://github.com/davidhalter/jedi-vim
 
 GITHUB_ZIP = "%s/archive/master.zip"
 
-SOURCE_DIR = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), "sources_non_forked")
-
+FALLBACK_SOURCE_DIR = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), "sources_non_forked")
+SOURCE_DIR = path.join(path.dirname(__file__), "sources_non_forked_cache")
 
 def download_extract_replace(plugin_name, zip_path, temp_dir, source_dir):
     # Download and extract file in temp dir
@@ -105,6 +106,9 @@ def update(plugin):
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     temp_directory = tempfile.mkdtemp()
 
+    if not path.isdir(SOURCE_DIR):
+        copy_tree(FALLBACK_SOURCE_DIR, SOURCE_DIR)
+
     try:
         if futures:
             with futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(16) as executor:
diff --git a/vimrcs/plugins_config.vim b/vimrcs/plugins_config.vim
index a418f4ee..fba02394 100644
--- a/vimrcs/plugins_config.vim
+++ b/vimrcs/plugins_config.vim
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""
 let s:vim_runtime = expand('<sfile>:p:h')."/.."
 call pathogen#infect(s:vim_runtime.'/sources_forked/{}')
-call pathogen#infect(s:vim_runtime.'/sources_non_forked/{}')
+call pathogen#infect(s:vim_runtime.'/sources_non_forked_cache/{}')
 call pathogen#infect(s:vim_runtime.'/my_plugins/{}')
 call pathogen#helptags()