diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index e11337071f..ac1a9864c2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -9,20 +9,30 @@ jobs:
   build:
     # Only run on PRs if the source branch is on someone else's repo
     if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.repository != github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: namespace-profile-paper
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Git Repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        uses: namespacelabs/nscloud-checkout-action@v9
       - name: Set up JDK
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v6
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '25'
-      - name: Setup Gradle
+          cache: "" # namespace handles this
+      - name: Set up cache
+        uses: namespacelabs/nscloud-cache-action@v1
+        with:
+          cache: gradle
+      - name: Setup gradle build cache
+        run: |
+          nsc cache gradle setup --init-gradle /tmp/init.gradle
+      - name: Setup gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v6
+        with:
+          cache-disabled: true # namespace handles this
       - name: Configure Git User Details
         run: git config --global user.email "actions@github.com" && git config --global user.name "Github Actions"
       - name: Apply Patches
-        run: ./gradlew applyAllPatches --stacktrace
+        run: ./gradlew --init-script=/tmp/init.gradle applyAllPatches --stacktrace
       - name: Build
-        run: ./gradlew build
+        run: ./gradlew --init-script=/tmp/init.gradle build
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4805d6dc60..63b630d71f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -235,3 +235,5 @@ found in `./patches` and its subdirectories except when noted otherwise.
 The fork is based off of PaperMC's fork example found [here](https://github.com/PaperMC/paperweight-examples).
 As such, it contains modifications to it in this project, please see the repository for license information
 of modified files.
+
+<img src="https://papermc.io/assets/misc/namespace-oss-badge.svg?project=folia" alt="CI powered by namespace badge" />