diff --git a/python/triton/code_gen.py b/python/triton/code_gen.py
index 2eec6248d..598dd04a9 100644
--- a/python/triton/code_gen.py
+++ b/python/triton/code_gen.py
@@ -6,16 +6,17 @@ import sys
 import tempfile
 import textwrap
 import hashlib
-import atexit
 import os
 import shelve
-from filelock import FileLock
-
+import shutil
+import os
+from .tools.disasm import extract
+import tempfile
 import torch
 import triton
 import triton._C.libtriton.triton as _triton
-
-from .tools.disasm import extract
+from filelock import FileLock
+import dbm
 
 
 class CodeGenerator(ast.NodeVisitor):
@@ -617,8 +618,31 @@ class Kernel:
                 )
                 if bin_lock_path:
                     with FileLock(bin_lock_path):
-                        with shelve.open(bin_cache_path) as db:
-                            db[key] = binary
+                        dbtype = dbm.whichdb(bin_cache_path)
+                        # extension of file(s) created by db
+                        ext = {'dbm.gnu': '', 'dbm.ndbm': '.db'}[dbtype]
+                        dbpath = bin_cache_path + ext
+                        # create temporary file(s)
+                        try:
+                            dbdir = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(dbpath))
+                            tmp = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False, suffix=ext, dir=dbdir)
+                            tmp.close()
+                            # move data-base to temporary file(s)
+                            # do not copy as it can be expensive
+                            # so it's probably preferrable to have the whole
+                            # cache wiped out in the rare event that
+                            # the process is killed while updating it
+                            os.rename(dbpath, tmp.name)
+                            # write data to temporary file
+                            with shelve.open(os.path.splitext(tmp.name)[0]) as db:
+                                db[key] = binary
+                            # move temporary file(s) to db
+                            os.rename(tmp.name, dbpath)
+                        finally:
+                            if os.path.exists(tmp.name):
+                                os.remove(tmp.name)
+
+ 
             drv_cache[key] = LoadedBinary(device_idx, binary)
         # pack arguments
         fmt = ''.join(['P' if i in tensor_idxs else Kernel._type_name(arg.__class__) for i, arg in enumerate(wargs)])
@@ -688,6 +712,8 @@ class Autotuner:
         return self.kernel(*args, num_warps=config.num_warps, num_stages=config.num_stages, **meta, **config.meta)
 
 
+
+
 class JITFunction:
 
     # clear cache if the db is older than either the frontend or the backend