diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 47c9d49e..6e1a660c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2.8.0
+
+_16 jul 2026_
+
+- Bumped renderer to 3.1.3
+- Disabled caching of msdf fonts during dev
+
 ## 2.7.0
 
 _2 jul 2026_
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1a0daa40..801cd7f2 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 {
   "name": "@lightningjs/blits",
-  "version": "2.7.0",
+  "version": "2.8.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@lightningjs/blits",
-      "version": "2.7.0",
+      "version": "2.8.0",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@lightningjs/renderer": "^3.0.6",
+        "@lightningjs/renderer": "^3.1.3",
         "magic-string": "^0.30.21"
       },
       "bin": {
@@ -752,9 +752,9 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@lightningjs/renderer": {
-      "version": "3.0.6",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@lightningjs/renderer/-/renderer-3.0.6.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-tGF32ewPBfPcutruHqINhJ93X/l5ujwJfYiAgrmCRvE/guvVjrBuE7ppFN/L5aKcGmBPFyXv3amPTFYckxyoWw==",
+      "version": "3.1.3",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@lightningjs/renderer/-/renderer-3.1.3.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-wvwlCdTDpeSjozZePm/Vc4zIW4h3RJSwYMzBSBB70HHsrHY8bgcbD4JV1dNDfcmJhEcd6YhNcY8fBpZ+YQaQPw==",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "engines": {
         "node": ">= 18.0.0",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3259cb75..ffbc6ad3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lightningjs/blits",
-  "version": "2.7.0",
+  "version": "2.8.0",
   "description": "Blits: The Lightning 3 App Development Framework",
   "bin": "bin/index.js",
   "exports": {
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     "tape": "^5.5.0"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@lightningjs/renderer": "^3.0.6",
+    "@lightningjs/renderer": "^3.1.3",
     "magic-string": "^0.30.21"
   },
   "repository": {
diff --git a/test-output.txt b/test-output.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 0c713b55..00000000
Binary files a/test-output.txt and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/vite/msdfGenerator.js b/vite/msdfGenerator.js
index f730fe02..f0988704 100644
--- a/vite/msdfGenerator.js
+++ b/vite/msdfGenerator.js
@@ -145,12 +145,20 @@ export default function () {
 
               if (fs.existsSync(generatedFontFile)) {
                 const fileContent = fs.readFileSync(generatedFontFile)
+                const etag = `"${generateHash(generatedFontFile)}"`
 
                 // Check if headers have already been sent
                 if (!res.headersSent) {
                   res.setHeader('Content-Type', mimeType)
-                  res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'public, max-age=31536000, immutable')
-                  res.end(fileContent)
+                  res.setHeader('Cache-Control', 'no-cache')
+                  res.setHeader('ETag', etag)
+
+                  if (req.headers['if-none-match'] === etag) {
+                    res.statusCode = 304
+                    res.end()
+                  } else {
+                    res.end(fileContent)
+                  }
                 } else {
                   // this should never happen except some edge cases
                   console.error(`ERROR: Headers already sent for ${req.url}`, res.getHeaders())