diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/test.yml b/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
index 70a2ec8..d8468bf 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
@@ -28,9 +28,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Cache Python dependencies
         id: cache-python
         run: |
-          CACHE_KEY="python-$(md5sum dashboard/backend/requirements.txt dashboard/backend/requirements-dev.txt | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f1)"
+          CACHE_KEY="python-$(cat dashboard/backend/requirements.txt dashboard/backend/requirements-dev.txt | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f1)"
           CACHE_DIR="/tmp/pytest-cache/$CACHE_KEY"
           echo "CACHE_DIR=$CACHE_DIR" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "CACHE_KEY=$CACHE_KEY" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           if [ -d "$CACHE_DIR" ]; then
             echo "Cache hit for $CACHE_KEY"
             echo "cache-hit=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -44,17 +45,18 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd dashboard/backend
           if [ "${{ steps.cache-python.outputs.cache-hit }}" = "true" ]; then
-            echo "Restoring from cache..."
-            cp -r $CACHE_DIR/venv .
+            echo "Restoring from cache $CACHE_KEY..."
+            cp -a $CACHE_DIR/venv .
           else
             echo "Installing fresh dependencies..."
             python3 -m venv venv
             . venv/bin/activate
-            pip install -r requirements.txt
-            pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
-            pip install pytest-timeout
+            pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+            pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements-dev.txt
+            pip install --no-cache-dir pytest-timeout
             # Save to cache
-            cp -r venv $CACHE_DIR/
+            echo "Saving to cache $CACHE_KEY..."
+            cp -a venv $CACHE_DIR/
           fi
 
       - name: Run unit tests
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ jobs:
           CACHE_KEY="node-$(md5sum dashboard/frontend/package-lock.json | cut -d' ' -f1)"
           CACHE_DIR="/tmp/npm-cache/$CACHE_KEY"
           echo "CACHE_DIR=$CACHE_DIR" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "CACHE_KEY=$CACHE_KEY" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           if [ -d "$CACHE_DIR" ]; then
             echo "Cache hit for $CACHE_KEY"
             echo "cache-hit=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -106,13 +109,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd dashboard/frontend
           if [ "${{ steps.cache-node.outputs.cache-hit }}" = "true" ]; then
-            echo "Restoring from cache..."
-            cp -r $CACHE_DIR/node_modules .
+            echo "Restoring from cache $CACHE_KEY..."
+            cp -a $CACHE_DIR/node_modules .
           else
             echo "Installing fresh dependencies..."
             npm ci
             # Save to cache
-            cp -r node_modules $CACHE_DIR/
+            echo "Saving to cache $CACHE_KEY..."
+            cp -a node_modules $CACHE_DIR/
           fi
 
       - name: Run tests