diff --git a/src/pc/mods/mod.c b/src/pc/mods/mod.c
index 9667387a..3a9c00c6 100644
--- a/src/pc/mods/mod.c
+++ b/src/pc/mods/mod.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ void mod_activate(struct Mod* mod) {
     // activate dynos models
     for (int i = 0; i < mod->fileCount; i++) {
         struct ModFile* file = &mod->files[i];
-        mod_cache_add(mod, file);
+        mod_cache_add(mod, file, false);
         if (str_ends_with(file->relativePath, ".bin")) {
             mod_activate_bin(file);
         }
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ bool mod_load(struct Mods* mods, char* basePath, char* modName) {
     if (isDirectory) {
         for (int i = 0; i < mod->fileCount; i++) {
             struct ModFile* file = &mod->files[i];
-            mod_cache_add(mod, file);
+            mod_cache_add(mod, file, true);
             LOG_INFO("      - %s", file->relativePath);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/pc/mods/mod_cache.c b/src/pc/mods/mod_cache.c
index f1000ae7..c586fe07 100644
--- a/src/pc/mods/mod_cache.c
+++ b/src/pc/mods/mod_cache.c
@@ -102,6 +102,19 @@ struct ModCacheEntry* mod_cache_get_from_hash(u8* dataHash) {
     return NULL;
 }
 
+static bool mod_cache_has_path(const char* path) {
+    if (path == NULL || strlen(path) == 0) { return NULL; }
+    struct ModCacheEntry* node = sModCacheHead;
+    while (node != NULL) {
+        struct ModCacheEntry* next = node->next;
+        if (!strcmp(node->path, path)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        node = next;
+    }
+    return false;
+}
+
 struct ModCacheEntry* mod_cache_get_from_path(const char* path) {
     if (path == NULL || strlen(path) == 0) { return NULL; }
     struct ModCacheEntry* node = sModCacheHead;
@@ -183,7 +196,7 @@ void mod_cache_add_internal(u8* dataHash, u64 lastLoaded, const char* path) {
     LOG_ERROR("Did not add node for some reason?");
 }
 
-void mod_cache_add(struct Mod* mod, struct ModFile* file) {
+void mod_cache_add(struct Mod* mod, struct ModFile* file, bool useFilePath) {
     // sanity check
     if (mod == NULL || file == NULL) {
         LOG_ERROR("Could not add to cache, mod or file is null");
@@ -206,6 +219,11 @@ void mod_cache_add(struct Mod* mod, struct ModFile* file) {
     normalize_path(modFilePath);
     file->cachedPath = strdup(modFilePath);
 
+    // if we already have the filepath, don't MD5 it again
+    if (useFilePath && mod_cache_has_path(file->cachedPath)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     // hash and cache
     mod_cache_md5(file->cachedPath, file->dataHash);
     mod_cache_add_internal(file->dataHash, 0, strdup(file->cachedPath));
diff --git a/src/pc/mods/mod_cache.h b/src/pc/mods/mod_cache.h
index 78d42c86..a9d20bcd 100644
--- a/src/pc/mods/mod_cache.h
+++ b/src/pc/mods/mod_cache.h
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ struct ModCacheEntry {
 void mod_cache_shutdown(void);
 struct ModCacheEntry* mod_cache_get_from_hash(u8* dataHash);
 struct ModCacheEntry* mod_cache_get_from_path(const char* path);
-void mod_cache_add(struct Mod* mod, struct ModFile* modFile);
+void mod_cache_add(struct Mod* mod, struct ModFile* modFile, bool useFilePath);
 void mod_cache_load(void);
 void mod_cache_save(void);