diff --git a/ogc/bblocks/models.py b/ogc/bblocks/models.py
index 6b27564..9ee8247 100644
--- a/ogc/bblocks/models.py
+++ b/ogc/bblocks/models.py
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ def __init__(self, identifier: str, metadata_file: Path,
                                                ('ontology.ttl', 'ontology.owl'))
         self.output_ontology = self.annotated_path / 'ontology.ttl'
 
+        self.remote_cache_dir = self.annotated_path.parent / 'remote_cache'
+
     def _find_path_or_url(self, metadata_property: str, default_filenames: tuple[str, ...]):
         ref = self.metadata.get(metadata_property)
         if ref:
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ def schema_contents(self):
         if 'schema_contents' not in self._lazy_properties:
             if not self.schema.exists:
                 return None
-            self._lazy_properties['schema_contents'] = load_file(self.schema.value)
+            self._lazy_properties['schema_contents'] = load_file(self.schema.value, self.remote_cache_dir)
         return self._lazy_properties['schema_contents']
 
     @property
@@ -174,7 +176,7 @@ def annotated_schema_contents(self):
         if 'annotated_schema_contents' not in self._lazy_properties:
             if not self.annotated_schema.is_file():
                 return None
-            self._lazy_properties['annotated_schema_contents'] = load_file(self.annotated_schema)
+            self._lazy_properties['annotated_schema_contents'] = load_file(self.annotated_schema, self.remote_cache_dir)
         return self._lazy_properties['annotated_schema_contents']
 
     @property
@@ -184,7 +186,7 @@ def jsonld_context_contents(self):
         if 'jsonld_context_contents' not in self._lazy_properties:
             if not self.jsonld_context.is_file():
                 return None
-            self._lazy_properties['jsonld_context_contents'] = load_file(self.jsonld_context)
+            self._lazy_properties['jsonld_context_contents'] = load_file(self.jsonld_context, self.remote_cache_dir)
         return self._lazy_properties['jsonld_context_contents']
 
     @property
@@ -192,7 +194,7 @@ def ontology_graph(self) -> Graph | None:
         if 'ontology_graph' not in self._lazy_properties:
             if not self.ontology.exists:
                 return None
-            self._lazy_properties['ontology_graph'] = Graph().parse(self.ontology.value)
+            self._lazy_properties['ontology_graph'] = Graph().parse(self.ontology.value, self.remote_cache_dir)
         return self._lazy_properties['ontology_graph']
 
     @property
@@ -202,7 +204,7 @@ def output_openapi_contents(self):
         if 'output_openapi_contents' not in self._lazy_properties:
             if not self.output_openapi.is_file():
                 return None
-            self._lazy_properties['output_openapi_contents'] = load_file(self.output_openapi)
+            self._lazy_properties['output_openapi_contents'] = load_file(self.output_openapi, self.remote_cache_dir)
         return self._lazy_properties['output_openapi_contents']
 
     def get_extra_test_resources(self) -> Generator[dict, None, None]:
diff --git a/ogc/bblocks/postprocess.py b/ogc/bblocks/postprocess.py
index 859e4e0..b7a994a 100644
--- a/ogc/bblocks/postprocess.py
+++ b/ogc/bblocks/postprocess.py
@@ -227,10 +227,15 @@ def do_postprocess(bblock: BuildingBlock, light: bool = False) -> bool:
             super_bblocks[building_block.files_path] = building_block
             continue
 
-        if (filter_id is None or building_block.identifier == filter_id):
+        if filter_id is None or building_block.identifier == filter_id:
             if not steps or 'annotate' in steps:
 
                 if building_block.schema.exists:
+
+                    if building_block.schema.is_url:
+                        # Force caching remote file
+                        building_block.schema_contents
+
                     # Annotate schema
                     print(f"Annotating schema for {building_block.identifier}", file=sys.stderr)
 
@@ -238,6 +243,8 @@ def do_postprocess(bblock: BuildingBlock, light: bool = False) -> bool:
                         if is_url(building_block.ldContext):
                             # Use URL directly
                             default_jsonld_context = building_block.ldContext
+                            # Force caching remote file
+                            building_block.jsonld_context_contents
                         else:
                             # Use path relative to bblock.json
                             default_jsonld_context = building_block.files_path / building_block.ldContext
@@ -296,6 +303,8 @@ def do_postprocess(bblock: BuildingBlock, light: bool = False) -> bool:
                         print("Exception when processing ontology for", building_block.identifier, file=sys.stderr)
                         traceback.print_exception(e, file=sys.stderr)
                 elif building_block.ontology.is_url:
+                    # Force cache
+                    building_block.ontology_graph
                     building_block.metadata['ontology'] = building_block.ontology.value
 
         child_bblocks.append(building_block)
diff --git a/ogc/bblocks/util.py b/ogc/bblocks/util.py
index b931b05..5eef566 100644
--- a/ogc/bblocks/util.py
+++ b/ogc/bblocks/util.py
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 import json
 import os.path
 import re
+import sys
 from collections import deque
+from hashlib import sha256
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Any, Sequence, Callable
 from urllib.parse import urljoin, urlparse, urlunparse
@@ -42,12 +44,24 @@ def load_file_cached(fn):
     return load_file(fn)
 
 
-def load_file(fn):
+def load_file(fn, remote_cache_dir: Path | None = None):
+    print("LOADING", fn, remote_cache_dir)
     if isinstance(fn, PathOrUrl):
         fn = fn.value
     if isinstance(fn, str) and is_url(fn):
         r = requests.get(fn)
         r.raise_for_status()
+
+        if remote_cache_dir:
+            url_hash = sha256(fn.encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()
+            try:
+                remote_cache_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
+                with open(remote_cache_dir / url_hash, 'wb') as f:
+                    f.write(r.content)
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"Warning: could not store cached version of remote file in {remote_cache_dir / url_hash}: {e}",
+                      file=sys.stderr)
+
         return r.text
     with open(fn) as f:
         return f.read()