diff --git a/librashader-cache/Cargo.toml b/librashader-cache/Cargo.toml
index 70919fe..060d049 100644
--- a/librashader-cache/Cargo.toml
+++ b/librashader-cache/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ platform-dirs = "0.3.0"
 blake3 = { version = "1.3.3" }
 thiserror = "1.0.38"
 bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.2", features = ["serde"] }
-rusqlite = { version = "0.28.0" }
+rusqlite = { version = "0.28.0", default-features = false, optional = true }
 
 bytemuck = "1.13.0"
 
@@ -31,10 +31,9 @@ features = [
 ]
 optional = true
 
-
 [features]
 # should be enabled at librashader crate level.
-sqlite-bundled = ["rusqlite/bundled"]
+cache = ["rusqlite/bundled"]
 d3d = ["windows"]
 docsrs = ["blake3/pure"]
 
diff --git a/librashader-cache/src/cache.rs b/librashader-cache/src/cache.rs
index 6970c8f..ebe7e19 100644
--- a/librashader-cache/src/cache.rs
+++ b/librashader-cache/src/cache.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use crate::cacheable::Cacheable;
 use crate::key::CacheKey;
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "docsrs"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "cache")]
 pub(crate) mod internal {
     use platform_dirs::AppDirs;
     use rusqlite::{Connection, DatabaseName};
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ pub(crate) mod internal {
 }
 
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "docsrs"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "cache")]
 /// Cache a shader object (usually bytecode) created by the keyed objects.
 ///
 /// - `factory` is the function that compiles the values passed as keys to a shader object.
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ where
     Ok(load(blob)?)
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "docsrs"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "cache")]
 /// Cache a pipeline state object.
 ///
 /// Keys are not used to create the object and are only used to uniquely identify the pipeline state.
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ where
     Ok(pipeline)
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "docsrs")]
+#[cfg(not(feature = "cache"))]
 pub use crate::docsrs::cache_pipeline;
 
-#[cfg(feature = "docsrs")]
+#[cfg(not(feature = "cache"))]
 pub use crate::docsrs::cache_shader_object;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/librashader-cache/src/compilation.rs b/librashader-cache/src/compilation.rs
index 10af190..c90572b 100644
--- a/librashader-cache/src/compilation.rs
+++ b/librashader-cache/src/compilation.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pub struct CachedCompilation<T> {
     compilation: T,
 }
 
-#[cfg(not(feature = "docsrs"))]
+#[cfg(feature = "cache")]
 impl<T: ShaderCompilation + for<'de> serde::Deserialize<'de> + serde::Serialize + Clone>
     ShaderCompilation for CachedCompilation<T>
 {
@@ -57,12 +57,14 @@ impl<T: ShaderCompilation + for<'de> serde::Deserialize<'de> + serde::Serialize
     }
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "docsrs")]
+#[cfg(not(feature = "cache"))]
 impl<T: ShaderCompilation + for<'de> serde::Deserialize<'de> + serde::Serialize + Clone>
 ShaderCompilation for CachedCompilation<T>
 {
     fn compile(source: &ShaderSource) -> Result<Self, ShaderCompileError> {
-        T::compile(source)
+        Ok(CachedCompilation {
+            compilation: T::compile(source)?
+        })
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/librashader-cache/src/docsrs.rs b/librashader-cache/src/docsrs.rs
index 1618c05..bf60119 100644
--- a/librashader-cache/src/docsrs.rs
+++ b/librashader-cache/src/docsrs.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use crate::{CacheKey, Cacheable};
 /// Cache a pipeline state object.
 ///
 /// Keys are not used to create the object and are only used to uniquely identify the pipeline state.
@@ -5,6 +6,7 @@
 /// - `restore_pipeline` tries to restore the pipeline with either a cached binary pipeline state
 ///    cache, or create a new pipeline if no cached value is available.
 /// - `fetch_pipeline_state` fetches the new pipeline state cache after the pipeline was created.
+#[allow(unused_variables)]
 pub fn cache_pipeline<E, T, R, const KEY_SIZE: usize>(
     index: &str,
     keys: &[&dyn CacheKey; KEY_SIZE],
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ pub fn cache_pipeline<E, T, R, const KEY_SIZE: usize>(
     where
         T: Cacheable,
 {
+    eprintln!("[librashader:warn] Cache support was not built, you must rebuild librashader with the cache feature.");
     return Ok(restore_pipeline(None)?);
 }
 
@@ -22,6 +25,7 @@ pub fn cache_pipeline<E, T, R, const KEY_SIZE: usize>(
 ///
 /// - `factory` is the function that compiles the values passed as keys to a shader object.
 /// - `load` tries to load a compiled shader object to a driver-specialized result.
+#[allow(unused_variables)]
 pub fn cache_shader_object<E, T, R, H, const KEY_SIZE: usize>(
     index: &str,
     keys: &[H; KEY_SIZE],
@@ -33,5 +37,6 @@ pub fn cache_shader_object<E, T, R, H, const KEY_SIZE: usize>(
         H: CacheKey,
         T: Cacheable,
 {
+    eprintln!("[librashader:warn] Cache support was not built, you must rebuild librashader with the cache feature.");
     return Ok(load(factory(keys)?)?);
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/librashader-cache/src/lib.rs b/librashader-cache/src/lib.rs
index a6a6109..79c12b5 100644
--- a/librashader-cache/src/lib.rs
+++ b/librashader-cache/src/lib.rs
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ pub use cache::cache_shader_object;
 mod d3d;
 
 
-#[cfg(feature = "docsrs")]
+#[cfg(not(feature = "cache"))]
 mod docsrs;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/librashader-capi/Cargo.toml b/librashader-capi/Cargo.toml
index 16d4fc2..626b3b9 100644
--- a/librashader-capi/Cargo.toml
+++ b/librashader-capi/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ description = "RetroArch shaders for all."
 crate-type = [ "cdylib", "staticlib" ]
 
 [features]
-default = ["runtime-opengl", "runtime-d3d11", "runtime-d3d12", "runtime-vulkan"]
+default = ["runtime-all", "librashader/cache" ]
+runtime-all = ["runtime-opengl", "runtime-d3d11", "runtime-d3d12", "runtime-vulkan"]
 runtime-opengl = ["gl", "librashader/runtime-gl"]
 runtime-d3d11 = ["windows", "librashader/runtime-d3d11", "windows/Win32_Graphics_Direct3D11"]
 runtime-d3d12 = ["windows", "librashader/runtime-d3d12", "windows/Win32_Graphics_Direct3D12"]
@@ -38,3 +39,5 @@ optional = true
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 targets = ["x86_64-pc-windows-msvc", "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
+default-features = false
+features = ["runtime-all", "librashader/docsrs"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/librashader-runtime-d3d11/Cargo.toml b/librashader-runtime-d3d11/Cargo.toml
index 09381e5..805b8b9 100644
--- a/librashader-runtime-d3d11/Cargo.toml
+++ b/librashader-runtime-d3d11/Cargo.toml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ features = [
 
 [[test]]
 name = "triangle"
-required-features = ["librashader-cache/sqlite-bundled"]
+required-features = ["librashader-cache/cache"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 gfx-maths = "0.2.8"
diff --git a/librashader-runtime-d3d12/Cargo.toml b/librashader-runtime-d3d12/Cargo.toml
index 93da207..24f4c90 100644
--- a/librashader-runtime-d3d12/Cargo.toml
+++ b/librashader-runtime-d3d12/Cargo.toml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ features = [
 
 [[test]]
 name = "triangle"
-required-features = ["librashader-cache/sqlite-bundled"]
+required-features = ["librashader-cache/cache"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 gfx-maths = "0.2.8"
diff --git a/librashader-runtime-gl/Cargo.toml b/librashader-runtime-gl/Cargo.toml
index 2093ca0..a1b3744 100644
--- a/librashader-runtime-gl/Cargo.toml
+++ b/librashader-runtime-gl/Cargo.toml
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ glfw = "0.47.0"
 
 [[test]]
 name = "triangle"
-required-features = ["librashader-cache/sqlite-bundled"]
+required-features = ["librashader-cache/cache"]
diff --git a/librashader-runtime-vk/Cargo.toml b/librashader-runtime-vk/Cargo.toml
index 69dc6cb..1df93aa 100644
--- a/librashader-runtime-vk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/librashader-runtime-vk/Cargo.toml
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ ash-window = "0.12.0"
 
 [[test]]
 name = "triangle"
-required-features = ["librashader-cache/sqlite-bundled"]
\ No newline at end of file
+required-features = ["librashader-cache/cache"]
diff --git a/librashader/Cargo.toml b/librashader/Cargo.toml
index bb30082..253c828 100644
--- a/librashader/Cargo.toml
+++ b/librashader/Cargo.toml
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@ librashader-runtime-d3d11  = { path = "../librashader-runtime-d3d11", version =
 librashader-runtime-d3d12  = { path = "../librashader-runtime-d3d12", version = "0.1.0-rc.5", optional = true }
 librashader-runtime-gl = { path = "../librashader-runtime-gl", version = "0.1.0-rc.5", optional = true }
 librashader-runtime-vk = { path = "../librashader-runtime-vk", version = "0.1.0-rc.5", optional = true }
-librashader-cache = { path = "../librashader-cache", version = "0.1.0-rc.5" }
+
+librashader-cache = { path = "../librashader-cache", version = "0.1.0-rc.5", default-features = false }
 
 ash = { version = "0.37.1+1.3.235", optional = true }
 
@@ -51,10 +52,13 @@ runtime-all = ["runtime-gl", "runtime-d3d11", "runtime-d3d12", "runtime-vk"]
 reflect-all = ["reflect-cross", "reflect-dxil"]
 
 # enable all features by default
-default = [ "runtime-all", "reflect-all", "preprocess", "presets", "librashader-cache/sqlite-bundled" ]
+default = [ "runtime-all", "reflect-all", "preprocess", "presets" ]
 internal = []
+cache = ["librashader-cache/cache"]
+
+docsrs = ["librashader-cache/docsrs"]
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 targets = ["x86_64-pc-windows-msvc", "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
 default-features = false
-features = [ "runtime-all", "reflect-all", "preprocess", "presets", "librashader-cache/docsrs" ]
+features = [ "librashader-cache/docsrs" ]