diff --git a/src/node/markdownToVue.ts b/src/node/markdownToVue.ts
index 1278a333..db5a678d 100644
--- a/src/node/markdownToVue.ts
+++ b/src/node/markdownToVue.ts
@@ -32,14 +32,14 @@ export interface MarkdownCompileResult {
   includes: string[]
 }
 
-export function clearCache(id?: string) {
-  if (!id) {
+export function clearCache(relativePath?: string) {
+  if (!relativePath) {
     cache.clear()
     return
   }
 
-  id = JSON.stringify({ id }).slice(1)
-  cache.find((_, key) => key.endsWith(id!) && cache.delete(key))
+  relativePath = JSON.stringify({ relativePath }).slice(1)
+  cache.find((_, key) => key.endsWith(relativePath!) && cache.delete(key))
 }
 
 let __pages: string[] = []
@@ -114,12 +114,7 @@ export async function createMarkdownToVueRenderFn(
     file = rewrites.get(file) || file
     const relativePath = slash(path.relative(srcDir, file))
 
-    const cacheKey = JSON.stringify({
-      src,
-      ts,
-      file: relativePath,
-      id: fileOrig
-    })
+    const cacheKey = JSON.stringify({ src, ts, relativePath })
     if (isBuild || options.cache !== false) {
       const cached = cache.get(cacheKey)
       if (cached) {
diff --git a/src/node/plugin.ts b/src/node/plugin.ts
index 2bf46478..0183bfbc 100644
--- a/src/node/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/node/plugin.ts
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ export async function createVitePressPlugin(
         return processClientJS(code, id)
       }
       if (id.endsWith('.md')) {
+        const relativePath = path.posix.relative(srcDir, id)
         // transform .md files into vueSrc so plugin-vue can handle it
         const { vueSrc, deadLinks, includes, pageData } = await markdownToVue(
           code,
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ export async function createVitePressPlugin(
         allDeadLinks.push(...deadLinks)
         if (includes.length) {
           includes.forEach((i) => {
-            ;(importerMap[slash(i)] ??= new Set()).add(id)
+            ;(importerMap[slash(i)] ??= new Set()).add(relativePath)
             this.addWatchFile(i)
           })
         }
@@ -218,7 +219,6 @@ export async function createVitePressPlugin(
           this.environment.mode === 'dev' &&
           this.environment.name === 'client'
         ) {
-          const relativePath = path.posix.relative(srcDir, id)
           const payload: PageDataPayload = {
             path: `/${siteConfig.rewrites.map[relativePath] || relativePath}`,
             pageData
@@ -260,13 +260,13 @@ export async function createVitePressPlugin(
         configDeps.forEach((file) => server.watcher.add(file))
       }
 
-      const onFileAddDelete = async (added: boolean, _file: string) => {
-        const file = slash(_file)
+      const onFileAddDelete = async (added: boolean, file: string) => {
+        const relativePath = path.posix.relative(srcDir, file)
         // restart server on theme file creation / deletion
-        if (themeRE.test(file)) {
+        if (themeRE.test(relativePath)) {
           siteConfig.logger.info(
             c.green(
-              `${path.relative(process.cwd(), _file)} ${added ? 'created' : 'deleted'}, restarting server...\n`
+              `${relativePath} ${added ? 'created' : 'deleted'}, restarting server...\n`
             ),
             { clear: true, timestamp: true }
           )
@@ -275,10 +275,10 @@ export async function createVitePressPlugin(
         }
 
         // update pages, dynamicRoutes and rewrites on md file creation / deletion
-        if (file.endsWith('.md')) await resolvePages(siteConfig)
+        if (relativePath.endsWith('.md')) await resolvePages(siteConfig)
 
-        if (!added && importerMap[file]) {
-          delete importerMap[file]
+        if (!added && importerMap[relativePath]) {
+          delete importerMap[relativePath]
         }
       }
       server.watcher
@@ -410,9 +410,11 @@ export async function createVitePressPlugin(
         mod && modules.push(mod)
       }
 
-      importerMap[slash(file)]?.forEach((importer) => {
-        clearCache(importer)
-        const mod = this.environment.moduleGraph.getModuleById(importer)
+      importerMap[slash(file)]?.forEach((relativePath) => {
+        clearCache(relativePath)
+        const mod = this.environment.moduleGraph.getModuleById(
+          path.posix.join(srcDir, relativePath)
+        )
         mod && modules.push(mod)
       })