diff --git a/zone/CMakeLists.txt b/zone/CMakeLists.txt
index c03b96097..c1b86307d 100644
--- a/zone/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/zone/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -287,10 +287,10 @@ ADD_EXECUTABLE(zone ${zone_sources} ${zone_headers} ${lua_headers})
 
 INSTALL(TARGETS zone RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/bin)
 
-TARGET_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS(zone PRIVATE ../common/pch/pch.h)
-TARGET_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS(zone PRIVATE ../common/types.h ../common/eqemu_logsys.h ../common/eqemu_logsys_log_aliases.h ../common/features.h ../common/global_define.h)
-TARGET_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS(zone PRIVATE mob.h npc.h corpse.h doors.h bot.h entity.h client.h zone.h)
-TARGET_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS(zone PRIVATE ${lua_headers})
+TARGET_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS(zone PRIVATE pch.h)
+#TARGET_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS(zone PRIVATE ../common/types.h ../common/eqemu_logsys.h ../common/eqemu_logsys_log_aliases.h ../common/features.h ../common/global_define.h)
+#TARGET_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS(zone PRIVATE mob.h npc.h corpse.h doors.h bot.h entity.h client.h zone.h)
+#TARGET_PRECOMPILE_HEADERS(zone PRIVATE ${lua_headers})
 
 ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DZONE)
 
diff --git a/zone/pch.h b/zone/pch.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ea6932890
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zone/pch.h
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+// types
+#include <limits>
+#include <string>
+#include <cctype>
+#include <sstream>
+
+// containers
+#include <iterator>
+#include <set>
+#include <unordered_set>
+#include <map>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <list>
+#include <vector>
+
+// utilities
+#include <iostream>
+#include <cassert>
+#include <cmath>
+#include <memory>
+#include <functional>
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <utility>
+#include <tuple>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <cstdio>
+
+
+// fmt
+#include <fmt/format.h>
+//# include <fmt/core.h>
+//# define FMT_STRING(s) s
+
+// lua
+#include "lua.hpp"
+#include <luabind/luabind.hpp>
+#include <luabind/object.hpp>
+
+// perl
+//#include <perlbind/perlbind.h>
+
+#include "../common/types.h"
+#include "../common/eqemu_logsys.h"
+#include "../common/eqemu_logsys_log_aliases.h"
+#include "../common/features.h"
+#include "../common/global_define.h"
+
+#include "mob.h"
+#include "npc.h"
+#include "corpse.h"
+#include "doors.h"
+#include "bot.h"
+#include "entity.h"
+#include "client.h"
+#include "zone.h"