diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index b4e43373..1e668376 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Bugs corrected:
     * Fails to start, OSError in sensors_temperatures (issue #1057)
     * Crashs after long time running the glances --browser (issue #1059)
     * Sensor values don't refresh since psutil backend (issue #1061)
+    * glances-version.db Permission denied (issue #1066)
 
 Version 2.8.8
 =============
diff --git a/glances/outdated.py b/glances/outdated.py
index 76e768b7..2b8fd630 100644
--- a/glances/outdated.py
+++ b/glances/outdated.py
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class Outdated(object):
             with open(self.cache_file, 'rb') as f:
                 cached_data = pickle.load(f)
         except Exception as e:
-            logger.debug("Cannot read version from cache file: {}".format(e))
+            logger.debug("Cannot read version from cache file: {} ({})".format(self.cache_file, e))
         else:
             logger.debug("Read version from cache file")
             if (cached_data['installed_version'] != self.installed_version() or
@@ -140,8 +140,11 @@ class Outdated(object):
         safe_makedirs(self.cache_dir)
 
         # Create/overwrite the cache file
-        with open(self.cache_file, 'wb') as f:
-            pickle.dump(self.data, f)
+        try:
+            with open(self.cache_file, 'wb') as f:
+                pickle.dump(self.data, f)
+        except Exception as e:
+            logger.error("Cannot write version to cache file {} ({})".format(self.cache_file, e))
 
     def _update_pypi_version(self):
         """Get the latest PyPI version (as a string) via the RESTful JSON API"""