diff --git a/src/caosadvancedtools/cache.py b/src/caosadvancedtools/cache.py
index 9a3fe0fd975eeb393d78f5f0ece086607ef71afb..db189b16e5755094ff0d6816aa0806b197b1e883 100644
--- a/src/caosadvancedtools/cache.py
+++ b/src/caosadvancedtools/cache.py
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ class AbstractCache(ABC):
             raise RuntimeError(
                 "Cache is corrupt or was created with a future version of this program.")
         elif current_schema < self.get_cache_schema_version():
-            raise RuntimeError("Cache version too old.")
+            raise RuntimeError("Cache version too old. Please remove the current cache file:\n"
+                               + self.db_file)
 
     def get_cache_version(self):
         """