diff --git a/lua/lazy/core/cache.lua b/lua/lazy/core/cache.lua
index ddb167a..92f8630 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/core/cache.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/core/cache.lua
@@ -6,46 +6,29 @@ local M = {}
 ---@alias CacheHash {mtime: {sec:number, nsec:number}, size:number}
 ---@alias CacheEntry {hash:CacheHash, modpath:string, chunk:string}
 
+---@class CacheFindOpts
+---@field rtp? boolean Search for modname in the runtime path (defaults to `true`)
+---@field patterns? string[] Paterns to use (defaults to `{"/init.lua", ".lua"}`)
+---@field paths? string[] Extra paths to search for modname
+
 M.VERSION = 1
+M.path = vim.fn.stdpath("cache") .. "/lazy/luac"
+M.enabled = false
+M.stats = { total = 0, time = 0, index = 0, stat = 0, not_found = 0 }
 
-M.config = {
-  enabled = false,
-  path = vim.fn.stdpath("cache") .. "/lazy/luac",
+---@class ModuleCache
+---@field _rtp string[]
+---@field _rtp_key string
+local Cache = {
+  ---@type table<string, table<string,true>>
+  _topmods = {},
+  _loadfile = loadfile,
 }
-M._loadfile = loadfile
-
-M.stats = {
-  find = { total = 0, time = 0, index = 0, stat = 0, not_found = 0 },
-}
----@type string
-M._rtp_key = nil
----@type string[]
-M._rtp = nil
----@type table<string, table<string,true>>
-M._topmods = {}
-
-function M.get_rtp()
-  if vim.in_fast_event() then
-    return M._rtp or {}
-  end
-  local key = vim.go.rtp
-  if vim.go.rtp ~= M._rtp_key then
-    M._rtp = {}
-    for _, path in ipairs(vim.api.nvim_get_runtime_file("", true)) do
-      path = M.normalize(path)
-      -- skip after directories
-      if path:sub(-6, -1) ~= "/after" then
-        M._rtp[#M._rtp + 1] = path
-      end
-    end
-    M._rtp_key = key
-  end
-  return M._rtp
-end
 
 -- slightly faster/different version than vim.fs.normalize
 -- we also need to have it here, since the cache will load vim.fs
-function M.normalize(path)
+---@private
+function Cache.normalize(path)
   if path:sub(1, 1) == "~" then
     local home = vim.loop.os_homedir()
     if home:sub(-1) == "\\" or home:sub(-1) == "/" then
@@ -57,97 +40,36 @@ function M.normalize(path)
   return path:sub(-1) == "/" and path:sub(1, -2) or path
 end
 
-function M.reset(path)
-  M._topmods[M.normalize(path)] = nil
-end
-
--- index the top-level lua modules for this path
----@return string[]
-function M.get_topmods(path)
-  if not M._topmods[path] then
-    M.stats.find.index = M.stats.find.index + 1
-    M._topmods[path] = {}
-    local handle = vim.loop.fs_scandir(path .. "/lua")
-    while handle do
-      local name, t = vim.loop.fs_scandir_next(handle)
-      if not name then
-        break
-      end
-      ---@cast name string
-      ---@cast t "file"|"directory"|"link"
-      -- HACK: type is not always returned due to a bug in luv
-      t = t or vim.loop.fs_stat(path .. "/" .. name).type
-      ---@type string
-      local topname
-      if name:sub(-4) == ".lua" then
-        topname = name:sub(1, -5)
-      elseif t == "link" or t == "directory" then
-        topname = name
-      end
-      if topname then
-        M._topmods[path][topname] = true
+---@private
+function Cache.get_rtp()
+  if vim.in_fast_event() then
+    return Cache._rtp or {}
+  end
+  local key = vim.go.rtp
+  if key ~= Cache._rtp_key then
+    Cache._rtp = {}
+    for _, path in ipairs(vim.api.nvim_get_runtime_file("", true)) do
+      path = Cache.normalize(path)
+      -- skip after directories
+      if path:sub(-6, -1) ~= "/after" then
+        Cache._rtp[#Cache._rtp + 1] = path
       end
     end
+    Cache._rtp_key = key
   end
-  return M._topmods[path]
-end
-
----@param modname string
----@param opts? {rtp:string[], patterns:string[]}
----@return string?, CacheHash?
-function M.find(modname, opts)
-  opts = opts or {}
-  local start = uv.hrtime()
-  M.stats.find.total = M.stats.find.total + 1
-  modname = modname:gsub("/", ".")
-  local basename = modname:gsub("%.", "/")
-  local idx = modname:find(".", 1, true)
-  local topmod = idx and modname:sub(1, idx - 1) or modname
-
-  -- OPTIM: search for a directory first when topmod == modname
-  local patterns = opts.patterns or (topmod == modname and { "/init.lua", ".lua" } or { ".lua", "/init.lua" })
-  local rtp = opts.rtp or M.get_rtp()
-
-  for _, path in ipairs(rtp) do
-    if M.get_topmods(path)[topmod] then
-      for _, pattern in ipairs(patterns) do
-        local modpath = path .. "/lua/" .. basename .. pattern
-        M.stats.find.stat = M.stats.find.stat + 1
-        local hash = uv.fs_stat(modpath)
-        if hash then
-          M.stats.find.time = M.stats.find.time + uv.hrtime() - start
-          return modpath, hash
-        end
-      end
-    end
-  end
-
-  -- module not found
-  M.stats.find.not_found = M.stats.find.not_found + 1
-  M.stats.find.time = M.stats.find.time + uv.hrtime() - start
-end
-
-function M.setup()
-  M.config.enabled = true
-  vim.fn.mkdir(vim.fn.fnamemodify(M.config.path, ":p"), "p")
-  _G.loadfile = M.loadfile
-  table.insert(package.loaders, 2, M.loader)
+  return Cache._rtp
 end
 
 ---@param name string can be a module name, or a file name
-function M.cache_file(name)
-  return M.config.path .. "/" .. name:gsub("[/\\]", "%%") .. ".luac"
-end
-
----@param h1 CacheHash
----@param h2 CacheHash
-function M.eq(h1, h2)
-  return h1 and h2 and h1.size == h2.size and h1.mtime.sec == h2.mtime.sec and h1.mtime.nsec == h2.mtime.nsec
+---@private
+function Cache.cache_file(name)
+  return M.path .. "/" .. name:gsub("[/\\]", "%%") .. ".luac"
 end
 
 ---@param entry CacheEntry
-function M.write(name, entry)
-  local cname = M.cache_file(name)
+---@private
+function Cache.write(name, entry)
+  local cname = Cache.cache_file(name)
   local f = assert(uv.fs_open(cname, "w", 438))
   local header = {
     M.VERSION,
@@ -163,8 +85,9 @@ function M.write(name, entry)
 end
 
 ---@return CacheEntry?
-function M.read(name)
-  local cname = M.cache_file(name)
+---@private
+function Cache.read(name)
+  local cname = Cache.cache_file(name)
   local f = uv.fs_open(cname, "r", 438)
   if f then
     local hash = uv.fs_fstat(f) --[[@as CacheHash]]
@@ -186,58 +109,49 @@ function M.read(name)
 end
 
 ---@param modname string
-function M.loader(modname)
+---@private
+function Cache.loader(modname)
   modname = modname:gsub("/", ".")
-
-  local modpath, hash = M.find(modname)
-  ---@type function?, string?
-  local chunk, err
+  local modpath, hash = Cache.find(modname)
   if modpath then
-    chunk, err = M._load(modname, modpath, { hash = hash })
+    return Cache.load(modpath, { hash = hash })
   end
-  return chunk or err or ("module " .. modname .. " not found")
+  return "module " .. modname .. " not found"
+end
+
+---@param filename? string
+---@param mode? "b"|"t"|"bt"
+---@param env? table
+---@return function?, string?  error_message
+---@private
+function Cache.loadfile(filename, mode, env)
+  filename = Cache.normalize(filename)
+  return Cache.load(filename, { mode = mode, env = env })
+end
+
+---@param h1 CacheHash
+---@param h2 CacheHash
+---@private
+function Cache.eq(h1, h2)
+  return h1 and h2 and h1.size == h2.size and h1.mtime.sec == h2.mtime.sec and h1.mtime.nsec == h2.mtime.nsec
 end
 
 ---@param modpath string
----@return any, string?
-function M.loadfile(modpath)
-  modpath = M.normalize(modpath)
-  return M._load(modpath, modpath)
-end
-
-function M.check_loaded(modname)
-  ---@diagnostic disable-next-line: no-unknown
-  local mod = package.loaded[modname]
-  if type(mod) == "table" then
-    return function()
-      return mod
-    end
-  end
-end
-
----@param modkey string
----@param modpath string
----@param opts? {hash?: CacheHash, entry?:CacheEntry}
+---@param opts? {hash?: CacheHash, mode?: "b"|"t"|"bt", env?:table}
 ---@return function?, string? error_message
-function M._load(modkey, modpath, opts)
+---@private
+function Cache.load(modpath, opts)
   opts = opts or {}
-  if not M.config.enabled then
-    return M._loadfile(modpath)
-  end
-  ---@type function?, string?
-  local chunk, err
-  chunk = M.check_loaded(modkey)
-  if chunk then
-    return chunk
-  end
   local hash = opts.hash or uv.fs_stat(modpath)
   if not hash then
     -- trigger correct error
-    return M._loadfile(modpath)
+    return Cache._loadfile(modpath)
   end
 
-  local entry = opts.entry or M.read(modkey)
-  if entry and M.eq(entry.hash, hash) then
+  ---@type function?, string?
+  local chunk, err
+  local entry = Cache.read(modpath)
+  if entry and Cache.eq(entry.hash, hash) then
     -- found in cache and up to date
     chunk, err = loadstring(entry.chunk --[[@as string]], "@" .. entry.modpath)
     if not (err and err:find("cannot load incompatible bytecode", 1, true)) then
@@ -246,12 +160,147 @@ function M._load(modkey, modpath, opts)
   end
   entry = { hash = hash, modpath = modpath }
 
-  chunk, err = M._loadfile(entry.modpath)
+  chunk, err = Cache._loadfile(entry.modpath)
   if chunk then
     entry.chunk = string.dump(chunk)
-    M.write(modkey, entry)
+    Cache.write(modpath, entry)
   end
   return chunk, err
 end
 
+---@param modname string
+---@param opts? CacheFindOpts
+---@return string? modpath, CacheHash? hash
+function Cache.find(modname, opts)
+  opts = opts or {}
+  local start = uv.hrtime()
+  M.stats.total = M.stats.total + 1
+  modname = modname:gsub("/", ".")
+  local basename = modname:gsub("%.", "/")
+  local idx = modname:find(".", 1, true)
+  local topmod = idx and modname:sub(1, idx - 1) or modname
+
+  -- OPTIM: search for a directory first when topmod == modname
+  local patterns = opts.patterns or (topmod == modname and { "/init.lua", ".lua" } or { ".lua", "/init.lua" })
+  local rtp = opts.rtp ~= false and Cache.get_rtp() or {}
+  if opts.paths then
+    rtp = vim.deepcopy(rtp)
+    for _, dir in ipairs(opts.paths) do
+      rtp[#rtp + 1] = Cache.normalize(dir)
+    end
+  end
+  for p, pattern in ipairs(patterns) do
+    patterns[p] = "/lua/" .. basename .. pattern
+  end
+
+  for _, path in ipairs(rtp) do
+    if M.lsmod(path)[topmod] then
+      for _, pattern in ipairs(patterns) do
+        local modpath = path .. pattern
+        M.stats.stat = M.stats.stat + 1
+        local hash = uv.fs_stat(modpath)
+        if hash then
+          M.stats.time = M.stats.time + uv.hrtime() - start
+          return modpath, hash
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
+  -- module not found
+  M.stats.not_found = M.stats.not_found + 1
+  M.stats.time = M.stats.time + uv.hrtime() - start
+end
+
+--- Resets the topmods cache for the path
+---@param path string
+function M.reset(path)
+  Cache._topmods[Cache.normalize(path)] = nil
+end
+
+function M.enable()
+  if M.enabled then
+    return
+  end
+  M.enabled = true
+  vim.fn.mkdir(vim.fn.fnamemodify(M.path, ":p"), "p")
+  -- selene: allow(global_usage)
+  _G.loadfile = Cache.loadfile
+  table.insert(package.loaders, 2, Cache.loader)
+end
+
+function M.disable()
+  if not M.enabled then
+    return
+  end
+  M.enabled = false
+  -- selene: allow(global_usage)
+  _G.loadfile = Cache._loadfile
+  ---@diagnostic disable-next-line: no-unknown
+  for l, loader in ipairs(package.loaders) do
+    if loader == Cache.loader then
+      table.remove(package.loaders, l)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+-- Return the top-level `/lua/*` modules for this path
+---@return string[]
+function M.lsmod(path)
+  if not Cache._topmods[path] then
+    M.stats.index = M.stats.index + 1
+    Cache._topmods[path] = {}
+    local handle = vim.loop.fs_scandir(path .. "/lua")
+    while handle do
+      local name, t = vim.loop.fs_scandir_next(handle)
+      if not name then
+        break
+      end
+      -- HACK: type is not always returned due to a bug in luv
+      t = t or vim.loop.fs_stat(path .. "/" .. name).type
+      ---@type string
+      local topname
+      if name:sub(-4) == ".lua" then
+        topname = name:sub(1, -5)
+      elseif t == "link" or t == "directory" then
+        topname = name
+      end
+      if topname then
+        Cache._topmods[path][topname] = true
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  return Cache._topmods[path]
+end
+
+---@param modname string
+---@param opts? CacheFindOpts
+---@return string? modpath
+function M.find(modname, opts)
+  local modpath = Cache.find(modname, opts)
+  return modpath
+end
+
+function M.inspect()
+  local function ms(nsec)
+    return math.floor(nsec / 1e6 * 1000 + 0.5) / 1000 .. "ms"
+  end
+  local props = {
+    { "total", M.stats.total, "Number" },
+    { "time", ms(M.stats.time), "Bold" },
+    { "avg time", ms(M.stats.time / M.stats.total), "Bold" },
+    { "index", M.stats.index, "Number" },
+    { "fs_stat", M.stats.stat, "Number" },
+    { "not found", M.stats.not_found, "Number" },
+  }
+  local chunks = {} ---@type string[][]
+  for _, prop in ipairs(props) do
+    chunks[#chunks + 1] = { "* " .. prop[1] .. ": " }
+    chunks[#chunks + 1] = { tostring(prop[2]) .. "\n", prop[3] }
+  end
+  vim.api.nvim_echo(chunks, true, {})
+end
+
+M._Cache = Cache
+
 return M
diff --git a/lua/lazy/core/loader.lua b/lua/lazy/core/loader.lua
index 7ec16a0..0f1b977 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/core/loader.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/core/loader.lua
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ function M.get_main(plugin)
   local normname = Util.normname(plugin.name)
   ---@type string[]
   local mods = {}
-  for modname, _ in pairs(Cache.get_topmods(plugin.dir)) do
+  for modname, _ in pairs(Cache.lsmod(plugin.dir)) do
     mods[#mods + 1] = modname
     local modnorm = Util.normname(modname)
     -- if we found an exact match, then use that
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ end
 
 ---@param modname string
 function M.loader(modname)
-  local modpath = Cache.find(modname, { rtp = Util.get_unloaded_rtp(modname) })
+  local modpath = Cache.find(modname, { rtp = false, paths = Util.get_unloaded_rtp(modname) })
   if modpath then
     local plugin = Plugin.find(modpath)
     if plugin and modpath:find(plugin.dir, 1, true) == 1 then
@@ -463,7 +463,13 @@ function M.loader(modname)
         end
         M.load(plugin, { require = modname })
       end
-      return Cache._load(modname, modpath)
+      local mod = package.loaded[modname]
+      if type(mod) == "table" then
+        return function()
+          return mod
+        end
+      end
+      return loadfile(modpath)
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lua/lazy/core/util.lua b/lua/lazy/core/util.lua
index f11669f..42325dd 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/core/util.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/core/util.lua
@@ -242,9 +242,11 @@ end
 
 function M.find_root(modname)
   local Cache = require("lazy.core.cache")
-  local rtp = vim.deepcopy(Cache.get_rtp())
-  vim.list_extend(rtp, M.get_unloaded_rtp(modname))
-  local modpath = Cache.find(modname, { rtp = rtp, patterns = { "", ".lua" } })
+  local modpath = Cache.find(modname, {
+    rtp = true,
+    paths = M.get_unloaded_rtp(modname),
+    patterns = { "", ".lua" },
+  })
   if modpath then
     local root = modpath:gsub("/init%.lua$", ""):gsub("%.lua$", "")
     return root
diff --git a/lua/lazy/init.lua b/lua/lazy/init.lua
index bd68c5f..df05824 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/init.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/init.lua
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function M.setup(spec, opts)
   local start = vim.loop.hrtime()
 
   -- load module cache before anything else
-  require("lazy.core.cache").setup()
+  require("lazy.core.cache").enable()
 
   require("lazy.stats").track("LazyStart")
 
diff --git a/lua/lazy/manage/reloader.lua b/lua/lazy/manage/reloader.lua
index 9774c30..b6e1f1e 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/manage/reloader.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/manage/reloader.lua
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-local Cache = require("lazy.core.cache")
 local Config = require("lazy.core.config")
 local Util = require("lazy.util")
 local Plugin = require("lazy.core.plugin")
@@ -6,12 +5,11 @@ local Loader = require("lazy.core.loader")
 
 local M = {}
 
----@type table<string, CacheHash>
+---@type table<string, vim.loop.Stat>
 M.files = {}
 
 ---@type vim.loop.Timer
 M.timer = nil
-M.root = nil
 
 function M.enable()
   if M.timer then
@@ -19,7 +17,6 @@ function M.enable()
   end
   if #Config.spec.modules > 0 then
     M.timer = vim.loop.new_timer()
-    M.root = vim.fn.stdpath("config") .. "/lua"
     M.check(true)
     M.timer:start(2000, 2000, M.check)
   end
@@ -32,6 +29,12 @@ function M.disable()
   end
 end
 
+---@param h1 vim.loop.Stat
+---@param h2 vim.loop.Stat
+function M.eq(h1, h2)
+  return h1 and h2 and h1.size == h2.size and h1.mtime.sec == h2.mtime.sec and h1.mtime.nsec == h2.mtime.nsec
+end
+
 function M.check(start)
   ---@type table<string,true>
   local checked = {}
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ function M.check(start)
     local hash = vim.loop.fs_stat(modpath)
     if hash then
       if M.files[modpath] then
-        if not Cache.eq(M.files[modpath], hash) then
+        if not M.eq(M.files[modpath], hash) then
           M.files[modpath] = hash
           table.insert(changes, { file = modpath, what = "changed" })
         end
diff --git a/lua/lazy/view/render.lua b/lua/lazy/view/render.lua
index ec5570e..6f6f857 100644
--- a/lua/lazy/view/render.lua
+++ b/lua/lazy/view/render.lua
@@ -672,12 +672,12 @@ function M:debug()
 
   self:append("Cache.find()", "LazyH2"):nl()
   self:props({
-    { "total", Cache.stats.find.total, "Number" },
-    { "time", self:ms(Cache.stats.find.time, 3), "Bold" },
-    { "avg time", self:ms(Cache.stats.find.time / Cache.stats.find.total, 3), "Bold" },
-    { "index", Cache.stats.find.index, "Number" },
-    { "fs_stat", Cache.stats.find.stat, "Number" },
-    { "not found", Cache.stats.find.not_found, "Number" },
+    { "total", Cache.stats.total, "Number" },
+    { "time", self:ms(Cache.stats.time, 3), "Bold" },
+    { "avg time", self:ms(Cache.stats.time / Cache.stats.total, 3), "Bold" },
+    { "index", Cache.stats.index, "Number" },
+    { "fs_stat", Cache.stats.stat, "Number" },
+    { "not found", Cache.stats.not_found, "Number" },
   }, { indent = 2 })
   self:nl()
 end