diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 9c343c8..666f51a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ on:
       - main
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+env:
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+
 jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -17,6 +20,31 @@ jobs:
     - name: Checkout repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
+    - name: Login to GitHub Container Registry
+      uses: docker/login-action@v3
+      with:
+        registry: ghcr.io
+        username: ${{ github.actor }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    - name: Cache cargo bin
+      id: cache-cargo
+      uses: actions/cache@v3
+      env:
+        cache-name: cache-cargo-bin
+      with:
+        path: ~/.cargo/bin
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-${{ hashFiles('scripts/install.sh') }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          ${{ runner.os }}-build-${{ env.cache-name }}-
+          ${{ runner.os }}-build-
+          ${{ runner.os }}-
+
+    - if: ${{ steps.cache-cargo.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
+      name: Run install script
+      continue-on-error: false
+      run: bash scripts/install.sh
+
     - name: Run build script
       run: bash scripts/build.sh
 
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 3ab7e32..66beb42 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# install cargo-component
-cargo install cargo-component
-
 # build our project
 cargo component build --release
diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9483f30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# setup dir
+mkdir -p tmp
+cd tmp
+
+# install wkg
+git clone https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasm-pkg-tools
+cd wasm-pkg-tools/crates/wkg
+cargo install --path .
+cd ../../../../
+
+# install cargo-component
+cargo install cargo-component --force --version 0.16.0
diff --git a/scripts/publish.sh b/scripts/publish.sh
index a949ead..ef227d9 100755
--- a/scripts/publish.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish.sh
@@ -1,18 +1,16 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# setup dir
-mkdir -p tmp
-cd tmp
+# not running in github actions? use gh cli to login, etc, locally
+if [ "$GITHUB_ACTIONS" != "true" ]; then
+    # login to the registry
+    # if running locally, we may need to: 
+    # gh auth refresh -h github.com -s write:packages,read:packages
+    gh auth token | docker login ghcr.io --username YOURUSERNAME --password-stdin
+    GH_USER=$(gh api user --jq '.login')
+    IMAGE_NAME="${GH_USER}/rust-wasi-hello"
+fi
 
-# install wkg
-git clone https://github.com/bytecodealliance/wasm-pkg-tools
-cd wasm-pkg-tools
-cargo install --path .
-
-# login to the registry
-gh auth token | docker login ghcr.io --username yoshuawuyts --password-stdin
-
-# publish using wkg
 PROJECT_NAME="rust_wasi_hello"
-REGISTRY_REFERENCE="ghcr.io/yoshuawuyts/rust-wasi-hello:latest"
+REGISTRY_REFERENCE="ghcr.io/${IMAGE_NAME}:latest"
+
 wkg oci push $REGISTRY_REFERENCE target/wasm32-wasip1/release/$PROJECT_NAME.wasm