diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build_pc.yml b/.gitea/workflows/build_pc.yml
index fb286c3..2da5da6 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build_pc.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build_pc.yml
@@ -34,10 +34,27 @@ jobs:
         run: >
           sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y extra-cmake-modules libwayland-dev libxkbcommon-dev xorg-dev libarchive-dev libassimp-dev ninja-build glslang-tools glslang-dev unzip zip libcurl4-openssl-dev libfreetype-dev libjpeg-turbo8-dev nasm
           && sudo wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/bin2c/files/1.1/bin2c-1.1.zip && sudo unzip bin2c-1.1.zip && cd bin2c && sudo gcc -o bin2c bin2c.c && sudo mv bin2c /usr/bin
+      
+      - name: Get cmake checks from cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        id: cache
+        with:
+          path: |
+              ${{github.workspace}}/build/cmake_checks_cache.txt
+              ${{github.workspace}}/build/CMakeFiles/**/CMake*.cmake
+          key: ${{runner.os}}-cmake-checks
+      
       - name: Configure CMake
-        run: cmake -B ${{github.workspace}}/build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{env.BUILD_TYPE}} -DDEPENDENCY_MIRROR_FILE="${{github.workspace}}/.gitea/workflows/DependencyMirrors.txt"
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit }}" != "true" ]; then
+            cmake -B "${{github.workspace}}/build" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{env.BUILD_TYPE}} -DDEPENDENCY_MIRROR_FILE="${{github.workspace}}/.gitea/workflows/DependencyMirrors.txt"
+          else
+            cmake -B "${{github.workspace}}/build" -C ${{github.workspace}}/build/cmake_checks_cache.txt -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{env.BUILD_TYPE}} -DDEPENDENCY_MIRROR_FILE="${{github.workspace}}/.gitea/workflows/DependencyMirrors.txt"
+          fi
       - name: Build
-        run: cmake --build ${{github.workspace}}/build --config ${{env.BUILD_TYPE}}
+        shell: bash
+        run: cmake --build "${{github.workspace}}/build" --config ${{env.BUILD_TYPE}}
       - name: Test
         working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}/build
         run: ctest -C ${{env.BUILD_TYPE}}
@@ -67,9 +84,6 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 30
           overwrite: true
         
-
-
-        
         
   build_iOS:
     name: Build iOS
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ee8d9e5..2656049 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "doc"]
 	path = doc
 	url = git@git.madvoxel.net:OpenVulkano/OpenVulkano.wiki.git
+[submodule "cmake/cmake-checks-cache"]
+	path = cmake/cmake-checks-cache
+	url = https://github.com/cristianadam/cmake-checks-cache.git
diff --git a/3rdParty/msdf/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdParty/msdf/CMakeLists.txt
index a8e3600..e7f7849 100644
--- a/3rdParty/msdf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdParty/msdf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ if (ENABLE_MSDF)
     if(NOT DEFINED FREETYPE_REPO)
         set(FREETYPE_REPO https://github.com/freetype/freetype.git)
     endif()
-
-    unset(freetype_FOUND)
+    if (NOT DEFINED FREETYPE_BUILT_FROM_SOURCES)
+        unset(freetype_FOUND)
+    endif()
     if (NOT IOS)
         find_package(freetype QUIET)
     endif ()
-    if (NOT freetype_FOUND OR NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/_deps/freetype-src/build")
+    if (NOT freetype_FOUND AND NOT FREETYPE_BUILT_FROM_SOURCES)
         message("Installing freetype from sources")
         FetchContent_Declare(
             freetype
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ if (ENABLE_MSDF)
         endif()
         set(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR "${FT_SRC_DIR}/freetype-install/include/freetype2" CACHE INTERNAL "ft include dir" FORCE)
         set(FREETYPE_BUILT_FROM_SOURCES ON CACHE BOOL "ft built from sources" FORCE)
+        set(freetype_FOUND ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
         list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "${FT_SRC_DIR}/freetype-install")
     endif()
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b26832d..7a82edd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ if(LINUX)
     find_package(ECM REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
     set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${ECM_MODULE_PATH})
 endif()
-set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/functions")
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/cmake-checks-cache/CMakeChecksCache"
+                                            "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules"
+                                            "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/functions")
 
 include(VarsFromFile)
 include(SetCompilerSettings)
diff --git a/cmake/cmake-checks-cache b/cmake/cmake-checks-cache
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..fa345a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/cmake-checks-cache
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit fa345a9dbdf7dc4a6b27d6b6e5113ab38d0b9db9
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/CMakeLists.txt b/openVulkanoCpp/CMakeLists.txt
index ae21b7b..8ed12cd 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,16 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.28 FATAL_ERROR)
 
-
 set(BASH_EXECUTABLE "" CACHE FILEPATH "Path to bash executable")
+if(WIN32)
+    # prefer using git's bash over WSL's(if it exists) under System32 since it leads to wrong shader generation
+    find_program(GIT_PROGRAM git NO_CACHE REQUIRED)
+    get_filename_component(GIT_DIR ${GIT_PROGRAM} DIRECTORY)
+    get_filename_component(GIT_BASE_DIR ${GIT_DIR} DIRECTORY)
+    find_program(BASH_PROGRAM bash HINTS "${GIT_BASE_DIR}/bin" NO_CACHE NO_DEFAULT_PATH QUIET)
+    if (BASH_PROGRAM)
+        set(BASH_EXECUTABLE ${BASH_PROGRAM} CACHE FILEPATH "Path to bash executable" FORCE)
+    endif()
+endif()
 if ("${BASH_EXECUTABLE}" STREQUAL "")
     find_program(BASH_PROGRAM bash NO_CACHE REQUIRED)
     set(BASH_EXECUTABLE ${BASH_PROGRAM} CACHE FILEPATH "Path to bash executable" FORCE)