diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 03a3d9268e..f64c8e9c71 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ before_script:
     - gcc -v
     - cargo --version
     - export DISABLE_GIT_LFS_CHECK=true
+    - find assets | md5sum
 
 # -- optional build
 
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ optional-debug:linux:
     cache:
         key: "cache-linux-debug"
         paths:
-            - ./
+            - ./target
     script:
         - cd voxygen && VELOREN_ASSETS=assets cargo build --verbose && cd ..
         - cd server-cli && VELOREN_ASSETS=assets cargo build --verbose && cd ..
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ optional-debug:windows:
     cache:
         key: "cache-windows-debug"
         paths:
-            - ./
+            - ./target
     script:
         - cd voxygen && VELOREN_ASSETS=assets cargo build --verbose --target=x86_64-pc-windows-gnu && cd ..
         - cd server-cli && VELOREN_ASSETS=assets cargo build --verbose --target=x86_64-pc-windows-gnu && cd ..
@@ -77,7 +78,7 @@ optional-release:linux:
     cache:
         key: "cache-linux-release"
         paths:
-            - ./
+            - ./target
     script:
         - cd voxygen && VELOREN_ASSETS=assets cargo build --verbose --release && cd ..
         - cd server-cli && VELOREN_ASSETS=assets cargo build --verbose --release && cd ..
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ optional-release:windows:
     cache:
         key: "cache-windows-release"
         paths:
-            - ./
+            - ./target
     script:
         - cd voxygen && VELOREN_ASSETS=assets cargo build --verbose --target=x86_64-pc-windows-gnu --release && cd ..
         - cd server-cli && VELOREN_ASSETS=assets cargo build --verbose --target=x86_64-pc-windows-gnu --release && cd ..
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ check:
     cache:
         key: "cache-linux-debug"
         paths:
-            - ./
+            - ./target
     tags:
         - veloren-docker
     script:
@@ -128,7 +129,7 @@ code-quality:
     cache:
         key: "cache-linux-debug"
         paths:
-            - ./
+            - ./target
     tags:
         - veloren-docker
     script:
@@ -144,7 +145,7 @@ unittests:
     cache:
         key: "cache-linux-debug"
         paths:
-            - ./
+            - ./target
     when: delayed
     start_in: 5 seconds
     tags:
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ benchmarks:
     cache:
         key: "cache-linux-release"
         paths:
-            - ./
+            - ./target
     when: delayed
     start_in: 5 seconds
     tags:
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ linux:
     cache:
         key: "cache-linux-release"
         paths:
-            - ./
+            - ./target
     when: delayed
     start_in: 5 seconds
     only:
@@ -198,7 +199,7 @@ windows:
     cache:
         key: "cache-windows-release"
         paths:
-            - ./
+            - ./target
     when: delayed
     start_in: 5 seconds
     only: