diff --git a/.github/workflows/precheck_test.yml b/.github/workflows/precheck_test.yml
index c9685bb..d332746 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/precheck_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/precheck_test.yml
@@ -12,67 +12,90 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        repo: ['caravel_user_project', 'caravel_user_mini', 'caravel_user_sram', 'caravel_user_project_analog', 'openframe_timer_example']
+        repo: ['caravel_user_project','caravel_user_mini','caravel_user_sram','caravel_user_project_analog','openframe_timer_example']
+      fail-fast: false  # Allow other jobs to continue if one fails
     
     steps:
     - name: Checkout efabless/mpw_precheck
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         repository: efabless/mpw_precheck
         path: mpw_precheck
 
     - name: Checkout ${{ matrix.repo }}
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
       with:
         repository: efabless/${{ matrix.repo }}
         path: ${{ matrix.repo }}
 
     - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
 
-    - name: Build and push
-      uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+    - name: Cache Docker layers
+      uses: actions/cache@v3
       with:
-        context: mpw_precheck/dependencies
-        file: mpw_precheck/dependencies/Dockerfile
-        push: false
-        load: true
-        tags: mpw_precheck:latest
+        path: /tmp/.buildx-cache
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-${{ hashFiles('mpw_precheck/dependencies/Dockerfile') }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-
 
-    - name: Install Volare
+    - name: Build Docker image
+      run: |
+        docker buildx create --use
+        docker buildx build \
+          --cache-from=type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache \
+          --cache-to=type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache-new,mode=max \
+          --output type=docker \
+          --tag mpw_precheck:latest \
+          mpw_precheck/dependencies
+      timeout-minutes: 15
+
+    - name: Move cache
+      run: |
+        rm -rf /tmp/.buildx-cache
+        mv /tmp/.buildx-cache-new /tmp/.buildx-cache
+
+    - name: Cache PDK
+      id: cache-pdk
+      uses: actions/cache@v3
+      with:
+        path: ${{ github.workspace }}/pdk
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-pdk-${{ hashFiles('**/volare.toml') }}
+
+    - name: Install Volare and PDK
+      if: steps.cache-pdk.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
       run: |
         python3 -m pip install --upgrade --no-cache-dir volare
         mkdir -p ${{ github.workspace }}/pdk
-        volare enable --pdk sky130 --version 6d4d11780c40b20ee63cc98e645307a9bf2b2ab8
-        echo "PDK_ROOT=${{ github.workspace }}/pdk" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        volare enable --pdk sky130 --version latest
+      env:
+        PDK_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/pdk
 
     - name: Run MPW Precheck
       run: |
+        mkdir -p ${{ github.workspace }}/mpw_precheck_output
         docker run --rm \
           -v ${{ github.workspace }}/mpw_precheck:/mpw_precheck \
           -v ${{ github.workspace }}/${{ matrix.repo }}:/project \
-          -v ${{ env.PDK_ROOT }}:/pdk \
+          -v ${{ github.workspace }}/pdk:/pdk \
+          -v ${{ github.workspace }}/mpw_precheck_output:/output \
           -e PDK_ROOT=/pdk \
           mpw_precheck:latest \
-          python3 /mpw_precheck/mpw_precheck.py --input_directory /project --pdk_root /pdk
-
-
-    - name: Collect logs and outputs
-      run: |
-        mkdir -p ${{ github.workspace }}/mpw_precheck_results/${{ matrix.repo }}
-        cp -r ${{ github.workspace }}/mpw_precheck_output/* ${{ github.workspace }}/mpw_precheck_results/${{ matrix.repo }}/
-        cp -r ${{ github.workspace }}/mpw_precheck/logs ${{ github.workspace }}/mpw_precheck_results/${{ matrix.repo }}/
+          python3 /mpw_precheck/mpw_precheck.py --input_directory /project --pdk_root /pdk --output_directory /output
+      timeout-minutes: 30
 
-    - name: Upload logs and outputs
-      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+    - name: Collect and upload logs and outputs
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
       with:
         name: mpw-precheck-results-${{ matrix.repo }}
-        path: ${{ github.workspace }}/mpw_precheck_results/${{ matrix.repo }}
+        path: |
+          ${{ github.workspace }}/mpw_precheck_output
+          ${{ github.workspace }}/mpw_precheck/logs
 
     - name: Check for failures
       run: |
-        if [ -f "${{ github.workspace }}/mpw_precheck_results/${{ matrix.repo }}/mpw_precheck_results.txt" ]; then
-          if grep -q "FAIL" "${{ github.workspace }}/mpw_precheck_results/${{ matrix.repo }}/mpw_precheck_results.txt"; then
+        if [ -f "${{ github.workspace }}/mpw_precheck_output/mpw_precheck_results.txt" ]; then
+          if grep -q "FAIL" "${{ github.workspace }}/mpw_precheck_output/mpw_precheck_results.txt"; then
             echo "MPW Precheck failed for ${{ matrix.repo }}"
             exit 1
           else