diff --git a/.github/workflows/appimage.yml b/.github/workflows/appimage.yml
index f5caed0c7..1b0c0bdfe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/appimage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/appimage.yml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Configure
         run: cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5 -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DVOXELENGINE_BUILD_APPDIR=1 -DVOXELENGINE_BUILD_TESTS=ON
       - name: Build
-        run: cmake --build build -t install
+        run: cmake --build build -t install -j
       - name: Run tests
         run: ctest --test-dir build
       - name: Run engine tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake.yml b/.github/workflows/cmake.yml
index 3bc0995bf..ba88d2221 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
     #   make && make install INSTALL_INC=/usr/include/lua
       run: |
           sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install libsdl3-dev libglew-dev libglm-dev libpng-dev libopenal-dev libluajit-5.1-dev libvorbis-dev libgtest-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
+          sudo apt-get install libglew-dev libglm-dev libpng-dev libopenal-dev libluajit-5.1-dev libvorbis-dev libgtest-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev
           # fix luajit paths
           sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libluajit-5.1.a /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblua-5.1.a
           sudo ln -s /usr/include/luajit-2.1 /usr/include/lua
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ jobs:
           cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENTT_INSTALL=on ..
           sudo make install
           cd ../..
+          # install SDL3
+          git clone https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL.git
+          cd SDL
+          cmake -G "Ninja Multi-Config" -B.build .
+          cmake --build .build --config Release -j
+          sudo cmake --install .build --config Release
+          cd ..
 
     - name: Configure CMake
       # Configure CMake in a 'build' subdirectory. `CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` is only
@@ -61,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build
       # Build your program with the given configuration
       run: |
-        cmake --build ${{github.workspace}}/build --config ${{inputs.build_type}}
+        cmake --build ${{github.workspace}}/build --config ${{inputs.build_type}} -j
         mv ${{github.workspace}}/build/VoxelEngine VoxelEngine
     - name: Run tests
       if: ${{ inputs.run_tests }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos.yml b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
index e4ec458bb..06f0fa2e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cmake -S . -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DVOXELENGINE_BUILD_TESTS=ON -DVOXELENGINE_BUILD_APPDIR=1
 
       - name: Build
-        run: cmake --build build -t install
+        run: cmake --build build -t install -j
 
       - name: Make fix_dylibs.sh executable
         run: chmod +x dev/fix_dylibs.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-clang.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-clang.yml
index cdf354dd6..f9bf72a2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-clang.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-clang.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
             mkdir build
             cd build
             cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=x64-mingw-static -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=./vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake ..
-            cmake --build . --config Release
+            cmake --build . --config Release -j
       - name: Package for Windows
         run: |
           mkdir packaged
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index e5ee5a69b..896aa7951 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           VCPKG_ROOT: ${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg
         run: |
           cmake --preset default-vs-msvc-windows
-          cmake --build --preset default-vs-msvc-windows --config Release
+          cmake --build --preset default-vs-msvc-windows --config Release -j
       - name: Run tests
         run: ctest --preset default-vs-msvc-windows
       - name: Run engine tests