diff --git a/nx.json b/nx.json
index f20e737d..fdaaabd5 100644
--- a/nx.json
+++ b/nx.json
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
       "cache": true,
       "inputs": ["default", "^production"]
     },
+    "pb-ve-env-setup": {
+      "cache": true
+    },
     "nx-release-publish": {
       "dependsOn": [
         {
diff --git a/projects/nx-verdaccio-env/src/plugin/nx-verdaccio-env.plugin.ts b/projects/nx-verdaccio-env/src/plugin/nx-verdaccio-env.plugin.ts
index aa9895d9..9a4ec127 100644
--- a/projects/nx-verdaccio-env/src/plugin/nx-verdaccio-env.plugin.ts
+++ b/projects/nx-verdaccio-env/src/plugin/nx-verdaccio-env.plugin.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const PROJECT_JSON_FILE_GLOB = '**/project.json';
 export const createNodesV2: CreateNodesV2<BuildEnvPluginCreateNodeOptions> = [
   PROJECT_JSON_FILE_GLOB,
   async (configFiles, options, context) => {
-    const optionsHash = hashObject({ configFiles, options });
+    const optionsHash = hashObject({ options });
     const nxVerdaccioEnvPluginCachePath = join(
       workspaceDataDirectory,
       `push-based--${PLUGIN_NAME}-${optionsHash}.hash`
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ export const createNodesV2: CreateNodesV2<BuildEnvPluginCreateNodeOptions> = [
           const projectRoot = dirname(projectConfigurationFile);
           const hashData = {
             projectRoot,
-            projectConfigurationFile,
             internalOptions,
           };
           if (
diff --git a/projects/nx-verdaccio-env/src/plugin/targets/environment.targets.ts b/projects/nx-verdaccio-env/src/plugin/targets/environment.targets.ts
index 518cba5e..3b7c8c96 100644
--- a/projects/nx-verdaccio-env/src/plugin/targets/environment.targets.ts
+++ b/projects/nx-verdaccio-env/src/plugin/targets/environment.targets.ts
@@ -114,8 +114,13 @@ export function getEnvTargets(
     },
     // runs env-bootstrap-env, install-env and stop-verdaccio
     [TARGET_ENVIRONMENT_SETUP]: {
-      outputs: ['{options.environmentRoot}'],
-      cache: false,
+      outputs: [
+        '{options.environmentRoot}/node_modules',
+        '{options.environmentRoot}/package.json',
+        '{options.environmentRoot}/.npmrc',
+        '{options.environmentRoot}/package-lock.json',
+      ],
+      cache: false, // # @TODO enable by default after more research on cache size is done
       executor: `${PACKAGE_NAME}:${EXECUTOR_ENVIRONMENT_SETUP}`,
       options: {
         environmentRoot,