diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e384a57e..b15c2d41 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# setup-protoc
+# setup-protoc-to-env
 
 [![Check npm Dependencies status](https://github.com/arduino/setup-protoc/actions/workflows/check-npm-dependencies-task.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/arduino/setup-protoc/actions/workflows/check-npm-dependencies-task.yml)
 ![test](https://github.com/arduino/setup-protoc/workflows/test/badge.svg)
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ To get the latest stable version of `protoc` just add this step:
 
 ```yaml
 - name: Install Protoc
-  uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
+  uses: actions-gw/setup-protoc-to-env@v3
 ```
 
 If you want to pin a major or minor version you can use the `.x` wildcard:
 
 ```yaml
 - name: Install Protoc
-  uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
+  uses: actions-gw/setup-protoc-to-env@v3
   with:
     version: "23.x"
 ```
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ You can also require to include releases marked as `pre-release` in Github using
 
 ```yaml
 - name: Install Protoc
-  uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
+  uses: actions-gw/setup-protoc-to-env@v3
   with:
     version: "23.x"
     include-pre-releases: true
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ To pin the exact version:
 
 ```yaml
 - name: Install Protoc
-  uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
+  uses: actions-gw/setup-protoc-to-env@v3
   with:
     version: "23.2"
 ```
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pass the default token with the `repo-token` variable:
 
 ```yaml
 - name: Install Protoc
-  uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v3
+  uses: actions-gw/setup-protoc-to-env@v3
   with:
     repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 ```
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 1eaff061..36a9739f 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-name: 'Setup protoc'
-description: 'Download protoc compiler and add it to the PATH'
+name: 'Setup protoc to env'
+description: 'Download protoc compiler and add it to the PATH and PROTOC'
 author: 'Arduino'
 inputs:
   version:
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 5988a2b1..49fd46cf 100644
--- a/dist/index.js
+++ b/dist/index.js
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ function getProtoc(version, includePreReleases, repoToken) {
         // expose outputs
         core.setOutput("path", toolPath);
         core.setOutput("version", targetVersion);
+        if (process.platform === "win32") {
+            core.exportVariable("PROTOC", toolPath + "\\bin\\protoc.exe");
+        }
+        else {
+            core.exportVariable("PROTOC", toolPath + "/bin/protoc");
+        }
         // add the bin folder to the PATH
         core.addPath(path.join(toolPath, "bin"));
     });
@@ -174,7 +180,7 @@ function getFileName(version, osPlatf, osArc) {
 }
 exports.getFileName = getFileName;
 // Retrieve a list of versions scraping tags from the Github API
-function fetchVersions(includePreReleases, repoToken) {
+function fetchVersions(version, includePreReleases, repoToken) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         let rest;
         if (repoToken != "") {
@@ -186,17 +192,28 @@ function fetchVersions(includePreReleases, repoToken) {
             rest = new restm.RestClient("setup-protoc");
         }
         let tags = [];
-        for (let pageNum = 1, morePages = true; morePages; pageNum++) {
-            const p = yield rest.get("https://api.github.com/repos/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases?page=" +
-                pageNum);
-            const nextPage = p.result || [];
-            if (nextPage.length > 0) {
-                tags = tags.concat(nextPage);
-            }
-            else {
-                morePages = false;
+
+        if (version == "24" || version == "24.4" || version == "25.2" || version == "25" || version == "26.0")
+        {
+            //use cached response
+            console.log("Using version " + version + " (cached info without using github api)");
+            return ["24.4","25.2","26.0"];
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            for (let pageNum = 1, morePages = true; morePages; pageNum++) {
+                const p = yield rest.get("https://api.github.com/repos/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases?page=" +
+                    pageNum);
+                const nextPage = p.result || [];
+                if (nextPage.length > 0) {
+                    tags = tags.concat(nextPage);
+                }
+                else {
+                    morePages = false;
+                }
             }
         }
+
         return tags
             .filter((tag) => tag.tag_name.match(/v\d+\.[\w.]+/g))
             .filter((tag) => includePrerelease(tag.prerelease, includePreReleases))
@@ -214,7 +231,7 @@ function computeVersion(version, includePreReleases, repoToken) {
         if (version.endsWith(".x")) {
             version = version.slice(0, version.length - 2);
         }
-        const allVersions = yield fetchVersions(includePreReleases, repoToken);
+        const allVersions = yield fetchVersions(version, includePreReleases, repoToken);
         const validVersions = allVersions.filter((v) => v.match(semverRegex));
         const possibleVersions = validVersions.filter((v) => v.startsWith(version));
         const versionMap = new Map();
diff --git a/src/installer.ts b/src/installer.ts
index 487238d8..83978449 100644
--- a/src/installer.ts
+++ b/src/installer.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,11 @@ export async function getProtoc(
   // expose outputs
   core.setOutput("path", toolPath);
   core.setOutput("version", targetVersion);
-
+  if (process.platform === "win32") {
+    core.exportVariable("PROTOC", toolPath + "\\bin\\protoc.exe");
+  } else {
+    core.exportVariable("PROTOC", toolPath + "/bin/protoc");
+  }
   // add the bin folder to the PATH
   core.addPath(path.join(toolPath, "bin"));
 }