diff --git a/bin/kaleidoscope-builder b/bin/kaleidoscope-builder
index 177962fc..03fba7a4 100755
--- a/bin/kaleidoscope-builder
+++ b/bin/kaleidoscope-builder
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ enable_ccache () {
       fi
 
       export CCACHE_PATH=${COMPILER_PATH}/
-      CCACHE_ENABLE="-prefs compiler.path=${CCACHE_WRAPPER_PATH}/"
+      CCACHE_ENABLED=1
+
     fi
 }
 
@@ -469,12 +470,20 @@ do_compile_with_cli() {
 	      #-build-cache "${CORE_CACHE_PATH}" \
 	      #$CCACHE_ENABLE \
 	      #${ARDUINO_AVR_GCC_PREFIX_PARAM} \
+
+
+	if [ $CCACHE_ENABLED ]; then 
+	      COMPILER_PATH_PROP="--build-properties \"compiler.path=${CCACHE_WRAPPER_PATH}/\""
+	else
+	      COMPILER_PATH_PROP="--build-properties \"compiler.path=${COMPILER_PATH}\""
+	fi
+
 	run_arduino_cli compile \
 		--fqbn "${FQBN}" \
 		--libraries "${KALEIDOSCOPE_DIR}/.."  \
 		--build-path "${BUILD_PATH}" \
 		--output-dir "${OUTPUT_PATH}" \
-	      --build-properties compiler.path="${COMPILER_PATH}" \
+	      ${COMPILER_PATH_PROP} \
 	      --build-properties "compiler.c.cmd=${_CMD_CC}" \
 	      --build-properties "compiler.cpp.cmd=${_CMD_CXX}" \
               --build-properties "compiler.ar.cmd=${_CMD_AR}" \