diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c618dce..b52ab11 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ HASH_DIR ?= $(CURDIR)/hashes
 DOWNLOAD_DIR := $(CURDIR)/downloads
 OS_DOWNLOAD_DIR := $(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/os
 LIMA_DOWNLOAD_DIR := $(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/dependencies
+LIMA_OUTDIR ?= $(OUTDIR)/lima
 ROOTFS_DOWNLOAD_DIR := $(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/os
 DEPENDENCIES_DOWNLOAD_DIR :=  $(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/dependencies
 SOCKET_VMNET_TEMP_PREFIX ?= $(OUTDIR)/dependencies/lima-socket_vmnet/opt/finch
@@ -86,7 +87,7 @@ BUILD_OS ?= $(OS)
 ifeq ($(BUILD_OS), Windows_NT)
 binaries: rootfs lima
 download: download.rootfs
-lima: lima-exe
+lima: lima-exe install.lima-dependencies-wsl2
 FINCH_IMAGE_LOCATION := $(FINCH_ROOTFS_LOCATION)
 FINCH_IMAGE_DIGEST := $(FINCH_ROOTFS_DIGEST)
 else
@@ -129,66 +130,68 @@ download.lima-dependencies: $(LIMA_DOWNLOAD_DIR)/$(LIMA_DEPENDENCY_FILE_NAME)
 .PHONY: install.lima-dependencies
 install.lima-dependencies: download.lima-dependencies
 
-.PHONY: install.lima-dependencies-wsl2
-install.lima-dependencies-wsl2:
+# Only redownload/extract if this file is missing (there's no particular reason for choosing this file instead of any other)
+$(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/ssh.exe:
 	mkdir -p $(DEPENDENCIES_DOWNLOAD_DIR)
 	mkdir -p $(OUTDIR)/bin
 
 	curl -L --fail $(WINGIT_x86_URL) > $(DEPENDENCIES_DOWNLOAD_DIR)/$(WINGIT_x86_BASENAME)
 	pwsh.exe -NoLogo -NoProfile -c ./verify_hash.ps1 "$(DEPENDENCIES_DOWNLOAD_DIR)\$(WINGIT_x86_BASENAME)" $(WINGIT_x86_HASH)
-	# this takes a long time
-	tar -xvzf "$(DEPENDENCIES_DOWNLOAD_DIR)\$(WINGIT_x86_BASENAME)" -C $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)
+	mkdir -p $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)
+	# this takes a long time because of an almost 4:1 compression ratio and needing to extract many small files
+	tar -xvjf "$(DEPENDENCIES_DOWNLOAD_DIR)\$(WINGIT_x86_BASENAME)" -C $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)
 	
 	# Lima runtime dependencies
+	mkdir -p $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin
 
 	# From https://packages.msys2.org/package/gzip?repo=msys&variant=x86_64
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/gzip.exe $(OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/gzip.exe $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
 	# From https://packages.msys2.org/package/msys2-runtime?repo=msys&variant=x86_64
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/cygpath.exe $(OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/cygpath.exe $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
 	# From https://packages.msys2.org/package/tar?repo=msys&variant=x86_64
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/tar.exe $(OUTDIR)/bin/
-	# From https://packages.msys2.org/package/openssh?repo=msys&variant=x86_64
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/ssh.exe $(OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/tar.exe $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
 	# From https://packages.msys2.org/package/openssh?repo=msys&variant=x86_64
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/ssh-keygen.exe $(OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/ssh.exe $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
+	
 	# Dependency DLLs, extracted with https://github.com/lucasg/Dependencies
 	# Dependencies.exe -chain $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)\usr\bin\ssh.exe -depth 3 -json
 	# Depth 3 is only needed for ssh.exe, everything else only needs depth 1
 	# TODO: Automate
 
 	# Required by all MSYS2 programs, from https://github.com/msys2/msys2-runtime
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-2.0.dll $(OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-2.0.dll $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
 	# Required by tar.exe, from https://packages.msys2.org/package/libiconv?repo=msys&variant=x86_64
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-iconv-2.dll $(OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-iconv-2.dll $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
 	# Required by msys-iconv-2.dll, from https://packages.msys2.org/package/libintl?repo=msys&variant=x86_64
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-intl-8.dll $(OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-intl-8.dll $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
 	# GCC exception handling, required for all programs that throw exceptions, from https://packages.msys2.org/package/gcc-libs?repo=msys&variant=x86_64
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-gcc_s-seh-1.dll $(OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-gcc_s-seh-1.dll $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
 
 	# Required by ssh.exe, from https://packages.msys2.org/package/libopenssl?repo=msys&variant=x86_64
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-crypto-3.dll $(OUTDIR)/bin/
-	# Required by ssh-keygen.exe, from https://packages.msys2.org/package/libopenssl?repo=msys&variant=x86_64
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-crypto-1.1.dll $(OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-crypto-3.dll $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
 	# Required by ssh.exe, from https://packages.msys2.org/package/zlib-devel?repo=msys&variant=x86_64
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-z.dll $(OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-z.dll $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
 	# Required by ssh.exe, from https://packages.msys2.org/package/libcrypt?repo=msys&variant=x86_64
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-crypt-0.dll $(OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-crypt-0.dll $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
 	# Required by heimdal-libs, from https://packages.msys2.org/package/libsqlite?repo=msys&variant=x86_64
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-sqlite3-0.dll $(OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-sqlite3-0.dll $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
 
 	# Required by ssh.exe, from https://packages.msys2.org/package/heimdal-libs?repo=msys&variant=x86_64
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-asn1-8.dll $(OUTDIR)/bin/
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-com_err-1.dll $(OUTDIR)/bin/
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-gssapi-3.dll $(OUTDIR)/bin/
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-hcrypto-4.dll $(OUTDIR)/bin/
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-heimbase-1.dll $(OUTDIR)/bin/
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-heimntlm-0.dll $(OUTDIR)/bin/
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-hx509-5.dll $(OUTDIR)/bin/
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-krb5-26.dll $(OUTDIR)/bin/
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-roken-18.dll $(OUTDIR)/bin/
-	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-wind-0.dll $(OUTDIR)/bin/
-
-	rm $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-asn1-8.dll $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-com_err-1.dll $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-gssapi-3.dll $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-hcrypto-4.dll $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-heimbase-1.dll $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-heimntlm-0.dll $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-hx509-5.dll $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-krb5-26.dll $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-roken-18.dll $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
+	cp $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)/usr/bin/msys-wind-0.dll $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/
+
+	-@rm -rf $(WINGIT_TEMP_DIR)
+
+.PHONY: install.lima-dependencies-wsl2
+install.lima-dependencies-wsl2: $(LIMA_OUTDIR)/bin/ssh.exe
 
 .PHONY: lima-template
 lima-template: download