diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1da00aa..4e22f6e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -90,6 +90,12 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fc7eb209b1518d6bb87b283c20095f5228ecda460da70b44f0802523dea6da04"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "android-tzdata"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e999941b234f3131b00bc13c22d06e8c5ff726d1b6318ac7eb276997bbb4fef0"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "android_system_properties"
 version = "0.1.5"
@@ -245,6 +251,12 @@ version = "0.13.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9e1b586273c5702936fe7b7d6896644d8be71e6314cfe09d3167c95f712589e8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "base64"
+version = "0.22.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "72b3254f16251a8381aa12e40e3c4d2f0199f8c6508fbecb9d91f575e0fbb8c6"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bincode"
 version = "2.0.0-rc.3"
@@ -461,7 +473,7 @@ checksum = "3fce8dd7fcfcbf3a0a87d8f515194b49d6135acab73e18bd380d1d93bb1a15eb"
 dependencies = [
  "clap",
  "heck",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.5.0",
  "log",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -501,6 +513,19 @@ version = "0.1.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fd16c4719339c4530435d38e511904438d07cce7950afa3718a84ac36c10e89e"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "chrono"
+version = "0.4.38"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a21f936df1771bf62b77f047b726c4625ff2e8aa607c01ec06e5a05bd8463401"
+dependencies = [
+ "android-tzdata",
+ "iana-time-zone",
+ "num-traits",
+ "serde",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "clap"
 version = "4.3.0"
@@ -522,7 +547,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "clap_lex",
- "strsim",
+ "strsim 0.10.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -833,12 +858,57 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows 0.58.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "darling"
+version = "0.20.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6f63b86c8a8826a49b8c21f08a2d07338eec8d900540f8630dc76284be802989"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling_core",
+ "darling_macro",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "darling_core"
+version = "0.20.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "95133861a8032aaea082871032f5815eb9e98cef03fa916ab4500513994df9e5"
+dependencies = [
+ "fnv",
+ "ident_case",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "strsim 0.11.1",
+ "syn 2.0.79",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "darling_macro"
+version = "0.20.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d336a2a514f6ccccaa3e09b02d41d35330c07ddf03a62165fcec10bb561c7806"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling_core",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.79",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "data-encoding"
 version = "2.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e8566979429cf69b49a5c740c60791108e86440e8be149bbea4fe54d2c32d6e2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "deranged"
+version = "0.3.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b42b6fa04a440b495c8b04d0e71b707c585f83cb9cb28cf8cd0d976c315e31b4"
+dependencies = [
+ "powerfmt",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "digest"
 version = "0.10.7"
@@ -1307,6 +1377,12 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "fbf6a919d6cf397374f7dfeeea91d974c7c0a7221d0d0f4f20d859d329e53fcc"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "hex"
+version = "0.4.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7f24254aa9a54b5c858eaee2f5bccdb46aaf0e486a595ed5fd8f86ba55232a70"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hexf-parse"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -1319,6 +1395,29 @@ version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone"
+version = "0.1.61"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "235e081f3925a06703c2d0117ea8b91f042756fd6e7a6e5d901e8ca1a996b220"
+dependencies = [
+ "android_system_properties",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "iana-time-zone-haiku",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "windows-core 0.52.0",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone-haiku"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f31827a206f56af32e590ba56d5d2d085f558508192593743f16b2306495269f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "icrate"
 version = "0.0.4"
@@ -1330,6 +1429,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "objc2 0.4.1",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ident_case"
+version = "1.0.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b9e0384b61958566e926dc50660321d12159025e767c18e043daf26b70104c39"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "image"
 version = "0.25.2"
@@ -1370,6 +1475,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "quick-error",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "indexmap"
+version = "1.9.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "bd070e393353796e801d209ad339e89596eb4c8d430d18ede6a1cced8fafbd99"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+ "hashbrown 0.12.3",
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "indexmap"
 version = "2.5.0"
@@ -1378,6 +1494,7 @@ checksum = "68b900aa2f7301e21c36462b170ee99994de34dff39a4a6a528e80e7376d07e5"
 dependencies = [
  "equivalent",
  "hashbrown 0.14.5",
+ "serde",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1628,6 +1745,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "librashader-pack"
 version = "0.4.5"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
  "image",
  "librashader-preprocess",
  "librashader-presets",
@@ -1635,6 +1753,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rayon",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "serde_with",
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
@@ -1981,7 +2100,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg_aliases",
  "codespan-reporting",
  "hexf-parse",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.5.0",
  "log",
  "petgraph",
  "pp-rs",
@@ -2076,6 +2195,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "num-traits",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-conv"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "51d515d32fb182ee37cda2ccdcb92950d6a3c2893aa280e540671c2cd0f3b1d9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-derive"
 version = "0.4.2"
@@ -2442,7 +2567,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b4c5cc86750666a3ed20bdaf5ca2a0344f9c67674cae0515bec2da16fbaa47db"
 dependencies = [
  "fixedbitset",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.5.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2506,6 +2631,12 @@ version = "1.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cc9c68a3f6da06753e9335d63e27f6b9754dd1920d941135b7ea8224f141adb2"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "powerfmt"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "439ee305def115ba05938db6eb1644ff94165c5ab5e9420d1c1bcedbba909391"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pp-rs"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -2737,7 +2868,7 @@ version = "0.7.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "88073939a61e5b7680558e6be56b419e208420c2adb92be54921fa6b72283f1a"
 dependencies = [
- "base64",
+ "base64 0.13.1",
  "bitflags 1.3.2",
  "serde",
 ]
@@ -2868,6 +2999,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_with"
+version = "3.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "69cecfa94848272156ea67b2b1a53f20fc7bc638c4a46d2f8abde08f05f4b857"
+dependencies = [
+ "base64 0.22.1",
+ "chrono",
+ "hex",
+ "indexmap 1.9.3",
+ "indexmap 2.5.0",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
+ "serde_with_macros",
+ "time",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_with_macros"
+version = "3.9.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a8fee4991ef4f274617a51ad4af30519438dacb2f56ac773b08a1922ff743350"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.79",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sha2"
 version = "0.10.8"
@@ -3101,6 +3262,12 @@ version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strsim"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7da8b5736845d9f2fcb837ea5d9e2628564b3b043a70948a3f0b778838c5fb4f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
 version = "1.0.109"
@@ -3182,6 +3349,37 @@ dependencies = [
  "weezl",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "time"
+version = "0.3.36"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5dfd88e563464686c916c7e46e623e520ddc6d79fa6641390f2e3fa86e83e885"
+dependencies = [
+ "deranged",
+ "itoa",
+ "num-conv",
+ "powerfmt",
+ "serde",
+ "time-core",
+ "time-macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time-core"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ef927ca75afb808a4d64dd374f00a2adf8d0fcff8e7b184af886c3c87ec4a3f3"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "time-macros"
+version = "0.2.18"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3f252a68540fde3a3877aeea552b832b40ab9a69e318efd078774a01ddee1ccf"
+dependencies = [
+ "num-conv",
+ "time-core",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tiny-skia"
 version = "0.11.4"
@@ -3243,7 +3441,7 @@ version = "0.22.22"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4ae48d6208a266e853d946088ed816055e556cc6028c5e8e2b84d9fa5dd7c7f5"
 dependencies = [
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.5.0",
  "serde",
  "serde_spanned",
  "toml_datetime",
@@ -3602,7 +3800,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.6.0",
  "cfg_aliases",
  "document-features",
- "indexmap",
+ "indexmap 2.5.0",
  "log",
  "naga",
  "once_cell",
diff --git a/librashader-cli/src/cli/main.rs b/librashader-cli/src/cli/main.rs
index 24b86f9..5c779ce 100644
--- a/librashader-cli/src/cli/main.rs
+++ b/librashader-cli/src/cli/main.rs
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ pub fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
                 return Err(anyhow!("Invalid pass index for the preset"));
             };
 
-            let source = librashader::preprocess::ShaderSource::load(shader.name.as_path())?;
+            let source = librashader::preprocess::ShaderSource::load(shader.path.as_path())?;
             let compilation = SpirvCompilation::try_from(&source)?;
 
             let semantics =
diff --git a/librashader-presets/src/parse/preset.rs b/librashader-presets/src/parse/preset.rs
index 6c3e52e..9dd227b 100644
--- a/librashader-presets/src/parse/preset.rs
+++ b/librashader-presets/src/parse/preset.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ pub fn resolve_values(mut values: Vec<Value>) -> ShaderPreset {
             }
 
             let shader = ShaderPassConfig {
-                name,
+                path: name,
                 meta: ShaderPassMeta {
                     id,
                     alias: shader_values.iter().find_map(|f| match f {
diff --git a/librashader-presets/src/preset.rs b/librashader-presets/src/preset.rs
index 24e27cf..a3512ee 100644
--- a/librashader-presets/src/preset.rs
+++ b/librashader-presets/src/preset.rs
@@ -6,15 +6,22 @@ use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 
 /// The configuration for a single shader pass.
+pub type ShaderPassConfig = PathReference<ShaderPassMeta>;
+
+/// Configuration options for a lookup texture used in the shader.
+pub type TextureConfig = PathReference<TextureMeta>;
+
+/// A reference to a resource on desk.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
-pub struct ShaderPassConfig {
-    /// The fully qualified path to the shader pass source file.
-    pub name: PathBuf,
-    /// Meta information about the shader pass
-    pub meta: ShaderPassMeta,
+pub struct PathReference<M> {
+    /// The fully qualified path to the resource, often a shader source file or a texture.
+    pub path: PathBuf,
+    /// Meta information about the resource.
+    pub meta: M,
 }
 
+/// Meta information about a shader pass.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub struct ShaderPassMeta {
@@ -160,16 +167,6 @@ pub struct Scale2D {
     pub y: Scaling,
 }
 
-/// Configuration options for a lookup texture used in the shader.
-#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
-#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
-pub struct TextureConfig {
-    /// The fully qualified path to the texture.
-    pub path: PathBuf,
-    /// Meta information about the texture.
-    pub meta: TextureMeta,
-}
-
 /// Configuration options for a lookup texture used in the shader.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
diff --git a/librashader-reflect/src/reflect/presets.rs b/librashader-reflect/src/reflect/presets.rs
index 9f3f6e3..309cb4e 100644
--- a/librashader-reflect/src/reflect/presets.rs
+++ b/librashader-reflect/src/reflect/presets.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use crate::reflect::semantics::{
 use librashader_common::map::{FastHashMap, ShortString};
 use librashader_preprocess::{PreprocessError, ShaderSource};
 use librashader_presets::{
-    ShaderPassConfig, ShaderPassMeta, ShaderPreset, TextureConfig, TextureMeta,
+    ShaderPassConfig, ShaderPassMeta, ShaderPreset, TextureConfig,
 };
 
 /// Artifacts of a reflected and compiled shader pass.
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ where
     let passes = passes
         .into_iter()
         .map(|shader| {
-            let source: ShaderSource = ShaderSource::load(&shader.name)?;
+            let source: ShaderSource = ShaderSource::load(&shader.path)?;
 
             let compiled = I::Compiler::compile(&source)?;
             let reflect = T::from_compilation(compiled)?;
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ impl ShaderSemantics {
             .get(index)
             .ok_or_else(|| PreprocessError::InvalidStage)?;
 
-        let source = ShaderSource::load(&config.name)?;
+        let source = ShaderSource::load(&config.path)?;
 
         for parameter in source.parameters.values() {
             uniform_semantics.insert(
diff --git a/librashader-runtime-d3d9/src/luts.rs b/librashader-runtime-d3d9/src/luts.rs
index 0c67da0..a2490f4 100644
--- a/librashader-runtime-d3d9/src/luts.rs
+++ b/librashader-runtime-d3d9/src/luts.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::error;
 use crate::error::assume_d3d_init;
 use crate::texture::D3D9InputTexture;
 
-use librashader_presets::{TextureConfig, TextureMeta};
+use librashader_presets::TextureMeta;
 use librashader_runtime::image::{Image, BGRA8};
 
 use windows::Win32::Graphics::Direct3D9::{
diff --git a/librashader-runtime-vk/src/luts.rs b/librashader-runtime-vk/src/luts.rs
index c5d2ef5..b7af137 100644
--- a/librashader-runtime-vk/src/luts.rs
+++ b/librashader-runtime-vk/src/luts.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use crate::memory::{VulkanBuffer, VulkanImageMemory};
 use crate::texture::{InputImage, VulkanImage};
 use crate::{error, util};
 use ash::vk;
-use librashader_presets::{TextureConfig, TextureMeta};
+use librashader_presets::TextureMeta;
 use librashader_runtime::image::{Image, BGRA8};
 use librashader_runtime::scaling::MipmapSize;
 
diff --git a/librashader-runtime-wgpu/src/luts.rs b/librashader-runtime-wgpu/src/luts.rs
index 3b30790..84ae875 100644
--- a/librashader-runtime-wgpu/src/luts.rs
+++ b/librashader-runtime-wgpu/src/luts.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::mipmap::MipmapGen;
 use crate::samplers::SamplerSet;
 use crate::texture::InputImage;
 use librashader_common::{Size, WrapMode};
-use librashader_presets::{TextureConfig, TextureMeta};
+use librashader_presets::TextureMeta;
 use librashader_runtime::image::Image;
 use librashader_runtime::scaling::MipmapSize;
 use std::sync::Arc;
diff --git a/librashader-runtime/src/image.rs b/librashader-runtime/src/image.rs
index 9794a40..9514f1e 100644
--- a/librashader-runtime/src/image.rs
+++ b/librashader-runtime/src/image.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pub use image::ImageError;
 use librashader_common::Size;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 
+use image::RgbaImage;
 use std::path::Path;
 
 /// An uncompressed raw image ready to upload to GPU buffers.
diff --git a/librashader/src/lib.rs b/librashader/src/lib.rs
index e7d2857..d4e7e3e 100644
--- a/librashader/src/lib.rs
+++ b/librashader/src/lib.rs
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ pub mod presets {
             .shaders
             .iter()
             .map(|s| {
-                ShaderSource::load(&s.name)
+                ShaderSource::load(&s.path)
                     .map(|s| s.parameters.into_iter().map(|(_, v)| v).collect())
             })
             .collect();
diff --git a/librashader/tests/reflect.rs b/librashader/tests/reflect.rs
index 7a4ad5a..357d89f 100644
--- a/librashader/tests/reflect.rs
+++ b/librashader/tests/reflect.rs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ fn collect_all_loadable_slang_presets() -> Vec<(PathBuf, ShaderPreset)> {
         !preset
             .shaders
             .par_iter()
-            .any(|shader| ShaderSource::load(&shader.name).is_err())
+            .any(|shader| ShaderSource::load(&shader.path).is_err())
     });
 
     presets
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub fn preprocess_all_slang_presets_parsed() {
 
     for (path, preset) in presets {
         preset.shaders.into_par_iter().for_each(|shader| {
-            if let Err(e) = ShaderSource::load(&shader.name) {
+            if let Err(e) = ShaderSource::load(&shader.path) {
                 #[cfg(not(feature = "github-ci"))]
                 eprintln!(
                     "[ERROR] Failed to preprocess shader {} from preset {}: {:?}",