diff --git a/Wabbajack.Lib/ACompiler.cs b/Wabbajack.Lib/ACompiler.cs
index 6667f101..4345c17b 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.Lib/ACompiler.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.Lib/ACompiler.cs
@@ -101,12 +101,18 @@ namespace Wabbajack.Lib
             return id;
         }
         
-        internal async Task<RelativePath> IncludeFile(AbsolutePath data)
+        internal async Task<RelativePath> IncludeFile(Stream data)
         {
             var id = IncludeId();
-            await data.CopyToAsync(ModListOutputFolder.Combine(id));
+            await ModListOutputFolder.Combine(id).WriteAllAsync(data);
             return id;
         }
+        
+        internal async Task<RelativePath> IncludeFile(AbsolutePath data)
+        {
+            await using var stream = await data.OpenRead();
+            return await IncludeFile(stream);
+        }
 
         
         internal async Task<(RelativePath, AbsolutePath)> IncludeString(string str)
@@ -302,6 +308,27 @@ namespace Wabbajack.Lib
             }
         }
 
+        protected async Task InlineFiles()
+        {
+            var grouped = ModList.Directives.OfType<InlineFile>()
+                .Where(f => f.SourceDataID == default)
+                .GroupBy(f => f.SourceDataFile)
+                .ToDictionary(f => f.Key);
+
+            await VFS.Extract(Queue, grouped.Keys.ToHashSet(), async (vf, sfn) =>
+            {
+                await using var stream = await sfn.GetStream();
+                var id = await IncludeFile(stream);
+                foreach (var file in grouped[vf])
+                {
+                    file.SourceDataID = id;
+                    file.SourceDataFile = null;
+                }
+
+            });
+        }
+
+
         public bool CheckForNoMatchExit(ICollection<NoMatch> noMatches)
         {
             if (noMatches.Count > 0)
diff --git a/Wabbajack.Lib/AInstaller.cs b/Wabbajack.Lib/AInstaller.cs
index ed41a416..be65cf8e 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.Lib/AInstaller.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.Lib/AInstaller.cs
@@ -87,7 +87,11 @@ namespace Wabbajack.Lib
 
         public async Task<byte[]> LoadBytesFromPath(RelativePath path)
         {
-            return await ExtractedModlistFolder!.Dir.Combine(path).ReadAllBytesAsync();
+            var fullPath = ExtractedModlistFolder!.Dir.Combine(path);
+            if (!fullPath.IsFile) 
+                throw new Exception($"Cannot load inlined data {path} file does not exist");
+            
+            return await fullPath.ReadAllBytesAsync();
         }
 
         public static ModList LoadFromFile(AbsolutePath path)
@@ -140,7 +144,27 @@ namespace Wabbajack.Lib
                 foreach (var directive in grouped[vf])
                 {
                     s.Position = 0;
-                    await directive.Directive.To.RelativeTo(OutputFolder).WriteAllAsync(s, false);
+
+                    switch (directive.Directive)
+                    {
+                        case PatchedFromArchive pfa:
+                        {
+                            var patchData = await LoadBytesFromPath(pfa.PatchID);
+                            await using var os = await directive.Directive.To.RelativeTo(OutputFolder).Create();
+                            Utils.ApplyPatch(s, () => new MemoryStream(patchData), os);
+                        }
+                            break;
+
+
+
+                        case FromArchive _:
+                            await directive.Directive.To.RelativeTo(OutputFolder).WriteAllAsync(s, false);
+                            break;
+                        default:
+                            throw new Exception($"No handler for {directive}");
+
+
+                    }
                 }
             });
         }
diff --git a/Wabbajack.Lib/CompilationSteps/DeconstructBSAs.cs b/Wabbajack.Lib/CompilationSteps/DeconstructBSAs.cs
index ee6600ae..e873c4cf 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.Lib/CompilationSteps/DeconstructBSAs.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.Lib/CompilationSteps/DeconstructBSAs.cs
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace Wabbajack.Lib.CompilationSteps
             Func<Task>? _cleanup = null;
             if (defaultInclude)
             {
-                _cleanup = await source.File.Context.Stage(source.File.Children);
+                //_cleanup = await source.File.Context.Stage(source.File.Children);
             }
 
             var matches = await sourceFiles.PMap(_mo2Compiler.Queue, e => _mo2Compiler.RunStack(stack, new RawSourceFile(e, Consts.BSACreationDir.Combine((RelativePath)id, (RelativePath)e.Name))));
diff --git a/Wabbajack.Lib/CompilationSteps/IncludeAll.cs b/Wabbajack.Lib/CompilationSteps/IncludeAll.cs
index 3b4c8b5b..8138181d 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.Lib/CompilationSteps/IncludeAll.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.Lib/CompilationSteps/IncludeAll.cs
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ namespace Wabbajack.Lib.CompilationSteps
         public override async ValueTask<Directive?> Run(RawSourceFile source)
         {
             var inline = source.EvolveTo<InlineFile>();
-            await using var file = await source.File.StagedFile.OpenRead();
-            inline.SourceDataID = await _compiler.IncludeFile(await file.ReadAllAsync());
+            inline.SourceDataFile = source.File;
             return inline;
         }
     }
diff --git a/Wabbajack.Lib/Data.cs b/Wabbajack.Lib/Data.cs
index c5552621..8da342e3 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.Lib/Data.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.Lib/Data.cs
@@ -161,6 +161,9 @@ namespace Wabbajack.Lib
         ///     Data that will be written as-is to the destination location;
         /// </summary>
         public RelativePath SourceDataID { get; set; }
+
+        [JsonIgnore]
+        public VirtualFile? SourceDataFile { get; set; }
     }
 
     [JsonName("ArchiveMeta")]
diff --git a/Wabbajack.Lib/MO2Compiler.cs b/Wabbajack.Lib/MO2Compiler.cs
index 9c980fc6..7b935812 100644
--- a/Wabbajack.Lib/MO2Compiler.cs
+++ b/Wabbajack.Lib/MO2Compiler.cs
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace Wabbajack.Lib
         public HashSet<string> SelectedProfiles { get; set; } = new HashSet<string>();
 
         public MO2Compiler(AbsolutePath mo2Folder, string mo2Profile, AbsolutePath outputFile)
-            : base(steps: 20)
+            : base(steps: 21)
         {
             MO2Folder = mo2Folder;
             MO2Profile = mo2Profile;
@@ -352,6 +352,9 @@ namespace Wabbajack.Lib
                 Version = ModlistVersion ?? new Version(1,0,0,0),
                 IsNSFW = ModlistIsNSFW
             };
+            
+            UpdateTracker.NextStep("Including required files");
+            await InlineFiles();
 
             UpdateTracker.NextStep("Running Validation");
 
@@ -370,7 +373,6 @@ namespace Wabbajack.Lib
             return true;
         }
 
-
         public Dictionary<Game, HashSet<Hash>> GameHashes { get; set; } = new Dictionary<Game, HashSet<Hash>>();
         public Dictionary<Hash, Game[]> GamesWithHashes { get; set; } = new Dictionary<Hash, Game[]>();