diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
index ad8c2726a..e1187f3bf 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yaml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ builds:
     goarch:
       - amd64
       - arm64
+    ldflags:
+      -s -w -X github.com/zitadel/zitadel/cmd/build.version={{.Version}} -X github.com/zitadel/zitadel/cmd/build.commit={{.Commit}} -X github.com/zitadel/zitadel/cmd/build.date={{.Date}}
       
 dist: .artifacts/goreleaser
 
diff --git a/cmd/build/info.go b/cmd/build/info.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa91a25fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/build/info.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package build
+
+import "time"
+
+var (
+	version  = ""
+	commit   = ""
+	date     = ""
+	dateTime time.Time
+)
+
+func Version() string {
+	return version
+}
+
+func Commit() string {
+	return commit
+}
+
+func Date() time.Time {
+	if !dateTime.IsZero() {
+		return dateTime
+	}
+	dateTime, _ = time.Parse(time.RFC3339, date)
+	if dateTime.IsZero() {
+		dateTime = time.Now()
+	}
+	return dateTime
+}
diff --git a/cmd/defaults.yaml b/cmd/defaults.yaml
index 98aad55b5..ef8dcb34c 100644
--- a/cmd/defaults.yaml
+++ b/cmd/defaults.yaml
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ Login:
 
 Console:
   ShortCache:
-    MaxAge: 5m
-    SharedMaxAge: 15m
+    MaxAge: 0m
+    SharedMaxAge: 5m
   LongCache:
     MaxAge: 12h
     SharedMaxAge: 168h
diff --git a/internal/api/ui/console/console.go b/internal/api/ui/console/console.go
index 9ebb5c30f..e219edd6b 100644
--- a/internal/api/ui/console/console.go
+++ b/internal/api/ui/console/console.go
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"github.com/zitadel/logging"
 	"github.com/zitadel/oidc/v2/pkg/op"
 
+	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/cmd/build"
 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/api/authz"
 	http_util "github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/api/http"
 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/internal/api/http/middleware"
@@ -56,7 +58,30 @@ func (i *spaHandler) Open(name string) (http.File, error) {
 		return ret, err
 	}
 
-	return i.fileSystem.Open("/index.html")
+	f, err := i.fileSystem.Open("/index.html")
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &file{File: f}, nil
+}
+
+//file wraps the http.File and fs.FileInfo interfaces
+//to return the build.Date() as ModTime() of the file
+type file struct {
+	http.File
+	fs.FileInfo
+}
+
+func (f *file) ModTime() time.Time {
+	return build.Date()
+}
+
+func (f *file) Stat() (_ fs.FileInfo, err error) {
+	f.FileInfo, err = f.File.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return f, nil
 }
 
 func Start(config Config, externalSecure bool, issuer op.IssuerFromRequest, instanceHandler func(http.Handler) http.Handler) (http.Handler, error) {
@@ -119,7 +144,7 @@ func assetsCacheInterceptorIgnoreManifest(shortMaxAge, shortSharedMaxAge, longMa
 	return func(handler http.Handler) http.Handler {
 		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			for _, file := range shortCacheFiles {
-				if r.URL.Path == file {
+				if r.URL.Path == file || isIndexOrSubPath(r.URL.Path) {
 					middleware.AssetsCacheInterceptor(shortMaxAge, shortSharedMaxAge, handler).ServeHTTP(w, r)
 					return
 				}
@@ -129,3 +154,8 @@ func assetsCacheInterceptorIgnoreManifest(shortMaxAge, shortSharedMaxAge, longMa
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func isIndexOrSubPath(path string) bool {
+	//files will have an extension
+	return !strings.Contains(path, ".")
+}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 0d769bb6a..0f3264080 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
 	"github.com/zitadel/zitadel/cmd"
 )