diff --git a/scripts/memory/local.py b/scripts/memory/local.py
index 372b59c4..b0afacf6 100644
--- a/scripts/memory/local.py
+++ b/scripts/memory/local.py
@@ -28,10 +28,20 @@ class LocalCache(MemoryProviderSingleton):
     def __init__(self, cfg) -> None:
         self.filename = f"{cfg.memory_index}.json"
         if os.path.exists(self.filename):
-            with open(self.filename, 'rb') as f:
-                loaded = orjson.loads(f.read())
-                self.data = CacheContent(**loaded)
+            try:
+                with open(self.filename, 'w+b') as f:
+                    file_content = f.read()
+                    if not file_content.strip():
+                        file_content = b'{}'
+                        f.write(file_content)
+
+                    loaded = orjson.loads(file_content)
+                    self.data = CacheContent(**loaded)
+            except orjson.JSONDecodeError:
+                print(f"Error: The file '{self.filename}' is not in JSON format.")
+                self.data = CacheContent()
         else:
+            print(f"Warning: The file '{self.filename}' does not exist. Local memory would not be saved to a file.")
             self.data = CacheContent()
 
     def add(self, text: str):
diff --git a/tests/local_cache_test.py b/tests/local_cache_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac045a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/local_cache_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+import os
+import sys
+# Probably a better way:
+sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('../scripts'))
+from memory.local import LocalCache
+
+def MockConfig():
+    return type('MockConfig', (object,), {
+        'debug_mode': False,
+        'continuous_mode': False,
+        'speak_mode': False,
+        'memory_index': 'auto-gpt',
+    })
+
+class TestLocalCache(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.cfg = MockConfig()
+        self.cache = LocalCache(self.cfg)
+
+    def test_add(self):
+        text = "Sample text"
+        self.cache.add(text)
+        self.assertIn(text, self.cache.data.texts)
+
+    def test_clear(self):
+        self.cache.clear()
+        self.assertEqual(self.cache.data, [""])
+
+    def test_get(self):
+        text = "Sample text"
+        self.cache.add(text)
+        result = self.cache.get(text)
+        self.assertEqual(result, [text])
+
+    def test_get_relevant(self):
+        text1 = "Sample text 1"
+        text2 = "Sample text 2"
+        self.cache.add(text1)
+        self.cache.add(text2)
+        result = self.cache.get_relevant(text1, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(result, [text1])
+
+    def test_get_stats(self):
+        text = "Sample text"
+        self.cache.add(text)
+        stats = self.cache.get_stats()
+        self.assertEqual(stats, (1, self.cache.data.embeddings.shape))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()