diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9086cf17..8c722f7e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ COPY --chmod=0500 ./build.sh /app/
 
 RUN sed -i 's/MARIADB_CONNECTOR_COMPILE_JOBS__=.*/MARIADB_CONNECTOR_COMPILE_JOBS__=2/' /app/CMakeVariables.txt 
 
-RUN ./build.sh
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/app/build,id=build-cache \
+    mkdir -p /app/build /tmp/persisted-build && \
+    cd /app/build && \
+    cmake .. && \
+    make -j$(nproc --ignore 1) && \
+    cp -r /app/build/* /tmp/persisted-build/
 
 FROM debian:12 as runtime
 
@@ -23,23 +28,23 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,id=build-apt-cache,target=/var/cache/apt \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Grab libraries and load them
-COPY --from=build /app/build/mariadbcpp/libmariadbcpp.so /usr/local/lib/
+COPY --from=build /tmp/persisted-build/mariadbcpp/libmariadbcpp.so /usr/local/lib/
 RUN ldconfig
 
 # Server bins
-COPY --from=build /app/build/*Server /app/
+COPY --from=build /tmp/persisted-build/*Server /app/
 
 # Necessary suplimentary files
-COPY --from=build /app/build/*.ini /app/configs/
-COPY --from=build /app/build/vanity/*.* /app/vanity/
-COPY --from=build /app/build/navmeshes /app/navmeshes
-COPY --from=build /app/build/migrations /app/migrations
-COPY --from=build /app/build/*.dcf /app/
+COPY --from=build /tmp/persisted-build/*.ini /app/configs/
+COPY --from=build /tmp/persisted-build/vanity/*.* /app/vanity/
+COPY --from=build /tmp/persisted-build/navmeshes /app/navmeshes
+COPY --from=build /tmp/persisted-build/migrations /app/migrations
+COPY --from=build /tmp/persisted-build/*.dcf /app/
 
 # backup of config and vanity files to copy to the host incase 
 # of a mount clobbering the copy from above
-COPY --from=build /app/build/*.ini /app/default-configs/ 
-COPY --from=build /app/build/vanity/*.* /app/default-vanity/
+COPY --from=build /tmp/persisted-build/*.ini /app/default-configs/ 
+COPY --from=build /tmp/persisted-build/vanity/*.* /app/default-vanity/
 
 # needed as the container runs with the root user
 # and therefore sudo doesn't exist