diff --git a/.ci/scripts/linux/docker.sh b/.ci/scripts/linux/docker.sh
index 7a734a08d9..d3c8e9e3f8 100755
--- a/.ci/scripts/linux/docker.sh
+++ b/.ci/scripts/linux/docker.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash -ex
+
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2019 yuzu Emulator Project
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 suyu Emulator Project
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
@@ -6,15 +7,16 @@
 # Exit on error, rather than continuing with the rest of the script.
 set -e
 
+# Old versions of ccache don't include the -v argument. Keep it only with -s
 ccache -s
 
 mkdir build || true && cd build
 cmake .. \
       -DBoost_USE_STATIC_LIBS=ON \
+			-DSUYU_USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS=OFF \
+			-DDYNARMIC_USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS=OFF \
       -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
       -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-march=x86-64-v2" \
-      -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=/usr/lib/ccache/g++ \
-      -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=/usr/lib/ccache/gcc \
       -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/usr" \
       -DDISPLAY_VERSION=$1 \
       -DENABLE_COMPATIBILITY_LIST_DOWNLOAD=OFF \
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ cmake .. \
       -DSUYU_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG=ON \
       -DSUYU_ENABLE_LTO=ON \
       -DSUYU_CRASH_DUMPS=ON \
+			-DUSE_CCACHE=ON \
       -GNinja
 
 ninja
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0e06e5aa00..fed38fa453 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -39,3 +39,7 @@ Thumbs.db
 
 # Local Gitlab CI Runner
 .gitlab-ci-local/
+
+# clangd compile_commands.json
+# https://clangd.llvm.org/installation.html#project-setup
+compile_commands.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3f8113bfbf..e96bf21c29 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 stages:
   - format
   - build
+
+variables:
+  # https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/runners/configure_runners.html
+  TRANSFER_METER_FREQUENCY: "2s"
+  ARTIFACT_COMPRESSION_LEVEL: "fast"
+  CACHE_COMPRESSION_LEVEL: "fastest"
+  CACHE_REQUEST_TIMEOUT: 5
+  # Use FASTZIP for faster compression in cache and artifacts 
+  # https://docs.gitlab.com/runner/configuration/feature-flags.html#available-feature-flags
+  FF_USE_FASTZIP: true
+  
+  # Our Variables
+  CACHE_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/ccache"
+  CCACHE_DIR: $CACHE_DIR
+
 #CLANG FORMAT - CHECKS CODE FOR FORMATTING ISSUES
 clang-format:
   stage: format
@@ -10,11 +25,19 @@ clang-format:
   script:
     - git submodule update --init --depth 1 --recursive
     - bash .ci/scripts/format/script.sh
+
 #LINUX BUILD - BUILDS LINUX APPIMAGE
 build-linux:
   stage: build
   image: registry.gitlab.com/ddutchie/ci-docker:linux-x64
   resource_group: linux-ci
+  cache:
+    key: "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME-ccache"
+    paths:
+      - $CACHE_DIR
+  before_script:
+    - mkdir -p $CACHE_DIR
+    - ls -la $CACHE_DIR
   variables:
     GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
     GIT_SUBMODULE_DEPTH: 1
@@ -25,6 +48,7 @@ build-linux:
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - artifacts/*
+
 #ANDROID BUILD - BUILDS APK
 android:
   stage: build
@@ -39,3 +63,4 @@ android:
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - artifacts/*
+