diff --git a/.changeset/gold-mirrors-hide.md b/.changeset/gold-mirrors-hide.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..db8830e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/gold-mirrors-hide.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@opennextjs/cloudflare": patch
+---
+
+TODO: add a proper changeset
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/patches/investigated/patch-cache.ts b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/patches/investigated/patch-cache.ts
index 4e82d50..2ac2179 100644
--- a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/patches/investigated/patch-cache.ts
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/patches/investigated/patch-cache.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import path from "node:path";
 
 import type { BuildOptions } from "@opennextjs/aws/build/helper.js";
 
+import { normalizePathForInlineCode } from "../../utils/normalize-path-for-inline-code.js";
+
 /**
  * Sets up the OpenNext cache handler in a Next.js build.
  *
@@ -19,12 +21,12 @@ export async function patchCache(code: string, openNextOptions: BuildOptions): P
   // TODO: switch to cache.mjs
   const outputPath = path.join(outputDir, "server-functions", "default");
   const packagePath = path.relative(monorepoRoot, appBuildOutputPath);
-  const cacheFile = path.join(outputPath, packagePath, "cache.cjs");
+  const cacheFilePath = path.join(outputPath, packagePath, "cache.cjs");
 
   return code.replace(
     "const { cacheHandler } = this.nextConfig;",
     `const cacheHandler = null;
-CacheHandler = require('${cacheFile}').default;
+CacheHandler = require('${normalizePathForInlineCode(cacheFilePath)}').default;
 `
   );
 }
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/normalize-path-for-inline-code.spec.ts b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/normalize-path-for-inline-code.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78bc4b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/normalize-path-for-inline-code.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+import { normalizePathForInlineCode } from "./normalize-path-for-inline-code";
+
+describe("normalizePathForInlineCode", () => {
+  it("should extract production env vars", () => {
+    const result = normalizePathForInlineCode("TODO");
+    expect(result).toBeFalsy();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/normalize-path-for-inline-code.ts b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/normalize-path-for-inline-code.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..624a946
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cloudflare/src/cli/build/utils/normalize-path-for-inline-code.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { normalizePath } from "./normalize-path.js";
+
+/**
+ * TODO: add proper comment
+ *
+ * @param path
+ */
+export function normalizePathForInlineCode(path: string): string {
+  // let's normalize the path for good measure
+  const normalizedPath = normalizePath(path);
+
+  // we need to escape
+  const doublyEscaped = normalizedPath.replaceAll("\\", "\\\\");
+
+  return doublyEscaped;
+}