diff --git a/openpype/modules/ftrack/ftrack_server/ftrack_server.py b/openpype/modules/ftrack/ftrack_server/ftrack_server.py
index 285ca29dc5..bd67fba3d6 100644
--- a/openpype/modules/ftrack/ftrack_server/ftrack_server.py
+++ b/openpype/modules/ftrack/ftrack_server/ftrack_server.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import time
 import types
 import logging
 import traceback
@@ -10,7 +11,6 @@ from openpype.lib import (
     modules_from_path
 )
 
-
 log = PypeLogger.get_logger(__name__)
 
 """
@@ -120,6 +120,18 @@ class FtrackServer:
         if not session:
             session = ftrack_api.Session(auto_connect_event_hub=True)
 
+        # Wait until session has connected event hub
+        if session._auto_connect_event_hub_thread:
+            # Use timeout from session (since ftrack-api 2.1.0)
+            timeout = getattr(session, "request_timeout", 60)
+            started = time.time()
+            while not session.event_hub.connected:
+                if (time.time() - started) > timeout:
+                    raise RuntimeError((
+                        "Connection to Ftrack was not created in {} seconds"
+                    ).format(timeout))
+                time.sleep(0.1)
+
         self.session = session
         if load_files:
             if not self.handler_paths:
diff --git a/openpype/modules/ftrack/ftrack_server/lib.py b/openpype/modules/ftrack/ftrack_server/lib.py
index 91f3712136..88f849e765 100644
--- a/openpype/modules/ftrack/ftrack_server/lib.py
+++ b/openpype/modules/ftrack/ftrack_server/lib.py
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ import sys
 import logging
 import getpass
 import atexit
-import tempfile
 import threading
 import datetime
 import time
 import queue
+import appdirs
 import pymongo
 
 import requests
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ class ProcessEventHub(SocketBaseEventHub):
 
     def wait(self, duration=None):
         """Overriden wait
-
         Event are loaded from Mongo DB when queue is empty. Handled event is
         set as processed in Mongo DB.
         """
@@ -252,7 +251,7 @@ class CustomEventHubSession(ftrack_api.session.Session):
         self, server_url=None, api_key=None, api_user=None, auto_populate=True,
         plugin_paths=None, cache=None, cache_key_maker=None,
         auto_connect_event_hub=False, schema_cache_path=None,
-        plugin_arguments=None, **kwargs
+        plugin_arguments=None, timeout=60, **kwargs
     ):
         self.kwargs = kwargs
 
@@ -331,6 +330,7 @@ class CustomEventHubSession(ftrack_api.session.Session):
         self._request.auth = ftrack_api.session.SessionAuthentication(
             self._api_key, self._api_user
         )
+        self.request_timeout = timeout
 
         self.auto_populate = auto_populate
 
@@ -368,8 +368,9 @@ class CustomEventHubSession(ftrack_api.session.Session):
         # rebuilding types)?
         if schema_cache_path is not False:
             if schema_cache_path is None:
+                schema_cache_path = appdirs.user_cache_dir()
                 schema_cache_path = os.environ.get(
-                    'FTRACK_API_SCHEMA_CACHE_PATH', tempfile.gettempdir()
+                    'FTRACK_API_SCHEMA_CACHE_PATH', schema_cache_path
                 )
 
             schema_cache_path = os.path.join(