diff --git a/app/__test__/core/Registry.spec.ts b/app/__test__/core/Registry.spec.ts
index 1be9310..557b39a 100644
--- a/app/__test__/core/Registry.spec.ts
+++ b/app/__test__/core/Registry.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { describe, test } from "bun:test";
+import { describe, expect, test } from "bun:test";
 import type { TObject, TString } from "@sinclair/typebox";
 import { Registry } from "../../src/core/registry/Registry";
 import { type TSchema, Type } from "../../src/core/utils";
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ class What {
    method() {
       return null;
    }
+   getType() {
+      return Type.Object({ type: Type.String() });
+   }
 }
 class What2 extends What {}
 class NotAllowed {}
@@ -32,25 +35,53 @@ describe("Registry", () => {
       } satisfies Record<string, Test1>);
 
       const item = registry.get("first");
+      expect(item).toBeDefined();
+      expect(item?.cls).toBe(What);
 
+      const second = Type.Object({ type: Type.String(), what: Type.String() });
       registry.add("second", {
          cls: What2,
-         schema: Type.Object({ type: Type.String(), what: Type.String() }),
+         schema: second,
          enabled: true
       });
+      // @ts-ignore
+      expect(registry.get("second").schema).toEqual(second);
+
+      const third = Type.Object({ type: Type.String({ default: "1" }), what22: Type.String() });
       registry.add("third", {
          // @ts-expect-error
          cls: NotAllowed,
-         schema: Type.Object({ type: Type.String({ default: "1" }), what22: Type.String() }),
+         schema: third,
          enabled: true
       });
+      // @ts-ignore
+      expect(registry.get("third").schema).toEqual(third);
+
+      const fourth = Type.Object({ type: Type.Number(), what22: Type.String() });
       registry.add("fourth", {
          cls: What,
          // @ts-expect-error
-         schema: Type.Object({ type: Type.Number(), what22: Type.String() }),
+         schema: fourth,
          enabled: true
       });
+      // @ts-ignore
+      expect(registry.get("fourth").schema).toEqual(fourth);
 
-      console.log("list", registry.all());
+      expect(Object.keys(registry.all()).length).toBe(4);
+   });
+
+   test("uses registration fn", async () => {
+      const registry = new Registry<Test1>((a: ClassRef<What>) => {
+         return {
+            cls: a,
+            schema: a.prototype.getType(),
+            enabled: true
+         };
+      });
+
+      registry.register("what2", What2);
+      expect(registry.get("what2")).toBeDefined();
+      expect(registry.get("what2").cls).toBe(What2);
+      expect(registry.get("what2").schema).toEqual(What2.prototype.getType());
    });
 });
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/bun/bun.adapter.ts b/app/src/adapter/bun/bun.adapter.ts
index ae14be5..05079e2 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/bun/bun.adapter.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/bun/bun.adapter.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,25 @@ import type { Serve, ServeOptions } from "bun";
 import { serveStatic } from "hono/bun";
 
 let app: App;
-export async function createApp(_config: Partial<CreateAppConfig> = {}, distPath?: string) {
+export type ExtendedAppCreateConfig = Partial<CreateAppConfig> & {
+   distPath?: string;
+   onBuilt?: (app: App) => Promise<void>;
+   buildOptions?: Parameters<App["build"]>[0];
+};
+
+export async function createApp({
+   distPath,
+   onBuilt,
+   buildOptions,
+   ...config
+}: ExtendedAppCreateConfig) {
    const root = path.resolve(distPath ?? "./node_modules/bknd/dist", "static");
 
    if (!app) {
-      app = App.create(_config);
+      app = App.create(config);
 
-      app.emgr.on(
-         "app-built",
+      app.emgr.onEvent(
+         App.Events.AppBuiltEvent,
          async () => {
             app.modules.server.get(
                "/*",
@@ -22,20 +33,18 @@ export async function createApp(_config: Partial<CreateAppConfig> = {}, distPath
                })
             );
             app.registerAdminController();
+            await onBuilt?.(app);
          },
          "sync"
       );
 
-      await app.build();
+      await app.build(buildOptions);
    }
 
    return app;
 }
 
-export type BunAdapterOptions = Omit<ServeOptions, "fetch"> &
-   CreateAppConfig & {
-      distPath?: string;
-   };
+export type BunAdapterOptions = Omit<ServeOptions, "fetch"> & ExtendedAppCreateConfig;
 
 export function serve({
    distPath,
@@ -44,13 +53,23 @@ export function serve({
    plugins,
    options,
    port = 1337,
+   onBuilt,
+   buildOptions,
    ...serveOptions
 }: BunAdapterOptions = {}) {
    Bun.serve({
       ...serveOptions,
       port,
       fetch: async (request: Request) => {
-         const app = await createApp({ connection, initialConfig, plugins, options }, distPath);
+         const app = await createApp({
+            connection,
+            initialConfig,
+            plugins,
+            options,
+            onBuilt,
+            buildOptions,
+            distPath
+         });
          return app.fetch(request);
       }
    });
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/node/index.ts b/app/src/adapter/node/index.ts
index 47d4c97..be24456 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/node/index.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/node/index.ts
@@ -1,59 +1,5 @@
-import path from "node:path";
-import { serve as honoServe } from "@hono/node-server";
-import { serveStatic } from "@hono/node-server/serve-static";
-import { App, type CreateAppConfig } from "bknd";
-
-export type NodeAdapterOptions = CreateAppConfig & {
-   relativeDistPath?: string;
-   port?: number;
-   hostname?: string;
-   listener?: Parameters<typeof honoServe>[1];
-};
-
-export function serve({
-   relativeDistPath,
-   port = 1337,
-   hostname,
-   listener,
-   ...config
-}: NodeAdapterOptions = {}) {
-   const root = path.relative(
-      process.cwd(),
-      path.resolve(relativeDistPath ?? "./node_modules/bknd/dist", "static")
-   );
-   let app: App;
-
-   honoServe(
-      {
-         port,
-         hostname,
-         fetch: async (req: Request) => {
-            if (!app) {
-               app = App.create(config);
-
-               app.emgr.on(
-                  "app-built",
-                  async () => {
-                     app.modules.server.get(
-                        "/*",
-                        serveStatic({
-                           root
-                        })
-                     );
-                     app.registerAdminController();
-                  },
-                  "sync"
-               );
-
-               await app.build();
-            }
-
-            return app.fetch(req);
-         }
-      },
-      (connInfo) => {
-         console.log(`Server is running on http://localhost:${connInfo.port}`);
-         listener?.(connInfo);
-      }
-   );
-}
+export * from "./node.adapter";
+export {
+   StorageLocalAdapter,
+   type LocalAdapterConfig
+} from "../../media/storage/adapters/StorageLocalAdapter";
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/node/node.adapter.ts b/app/src/adapter/node/node.adapter.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6cd6ab1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/adapter/node/node.adapter.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import path from "node:path";
+import { serve as honoServe } from "@hono/node-server";
+import { serveStatic } from "@hono/node-server/serve-static";
+import { App, type CreateAppConfig } from "bknd";
+
+export type NodeAdapterOptions = CreateAppConfig & {
+   relativeDistPath?: string;
+   port?: number;
+   hostname?: string;
+   listener?: Parameters<typeof honoServe>[1];
+   onBuilt?: (app: App) => Promise<void>;
+   buildOptions?: Parameters<App["build"]>[0];
+};
+
+export function serve({
+   relativeDistPath,
+   port = 1337,
+   hostname,
+   listener,
+   onBuilt,
+   buildOptions = {},
+   ...config
+}: NodeAdapterOptions = {}) {
+   const root = path.relative(
+      process.cwd(),
+      path.resolve(relativeDistPath ?? "./node_modules/bknd/dist", "static")
+   );
+   let app: App;
+
+   honoServe(
+      {
+         port,
+         hostname,
+         fetch: async (req: Request) => {
+            if (!app) {
+               app = App.create(config);
+
+               app.emgr.onEvent(
+                  App.Events.AppBuiltEvent,
+                  async () => {
+                     app.modules.server.get(
+                        "/*",
+                        serveStatic({
+                           root
+                        })
+                     );
+                     app.registerAdminController();
+                     await onBuilt?.(app);
+                  },
+                  "sync"
+               );
+
+               await app.build(buildOptions);
+            }
+
+            return app.fetch(req);
+         }
+      },
+      (connInfo) => {
+         console.log(`Server is running on http://localhost:${connInfo.port}`);
+         listener?.(connInfo);
+      }
+   );
+}
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/vite/vite.adapter.ts b/app/src/adapter/vite/vite.adapter.ts
index 6faaefe..448f50d 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/vite/vite.adapter.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/vite/vite.adapter.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ function createApp(config: BkndConfig, env: any) {
 }
 
 function setAppBuildListener(app: App, config: BkndConfig, html?: string) {
-   app.emgr.on(
-      "app-built",
+   app.emgr.onEvent(
+      App.Events.AppBuiltEvent,
       async () => {
          await config.onBuilt?.(app);
          if (config.setAdminHtml) {
diff --git a/app/src/auth/authenticate/Authenticator.ts b/app/src/auth/authenticate/Authenticator.ts
index 426023b..46fa586 100644
--- a/app/src/auth/authenticate/Authenticator.ts
+++ b/app/src/auth/authenticate/Authenticator.ts
@@ -220,15 +220,23 @@ export class Authenticator<Strategies extends Record<string, Strategy> = Record<
    }
 
    private async getAuthCookie(c: Context): Promise<string | undefined> {
-      const secret = this.config.jwt.secret;
+      try {
+         const secret = this.config.jwt.secret;
+
+         const token = await getSignedCookie(c, secret, "auth");
+         if (typeof token !== "string") {
+            await deleteCookie(c, "auth", this.cookieOptions);
+            return undefined;
+         }
+
+         return token;
+      } catch (e: any) {
+         if (e instanceof Error) {
+            console.error("[Error:getAuthCookie]", e.message);
+         }
 
-      const token = await getSignedCookie(c, secret, "auth");
-      if (typeof token !== "string") {
-         await deleteCookie(c, "auth", this.cookieOptions);
          return undefined;
       }
-
-      return token;
    }
 
    async requestCookieRefresh(c: Context) {
diff --git a/app/src/cli/commands/run/run.ts b/app/src/cli/commands/run/run.ts
index 7ad9568..2e1fb32 100644
--- a/app/src/cli/commands/run/run.ts
+++ b/app/src/cli/commands/run/run.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import type { Config } from "@libsql/client/node";
 import { App, type CreateAppConfig } from "App";
 import type { BkndConfig } from "adapter";
+import { StorageLocalAdapter } from "adapter/node";
 import type { CliCommand } from "cli/types";
 import { Option } from "commander";
+import { registries } from "modules/registries";
 import {
    PLATFORMS,
    type Platform,
@@ -37,6 +39,12 @@ export const run: CliCommand = (program) => {
       .action(action);
 };
 
+// automatically register local adapter
+const local = StorageLocalAdapter.prototype.getName();
+if (!registries.media.has(local)) {
+   registries.media.register(local, StorageLocalAdapter);
+}
+
 type MakeAppConfig = {
    connection?: CreateAppConfig["connection"];
    server?: { platform?: Platform };
@@ -47,8 +55,8 @@ type MakeAppConfig = {
 async function makeApp(config: MakeAppConfig) {
    const app = App.create({ connection: config.connection });
 
-   app.emgr.on(
-      "app-built",
+   app.emgr.onEvent(
+      App.Events.AppBuiltEvent,
       async () => {
          await attachServeStatic(app, config.server?.platform ?? "node");
          app.registerAdminController();
@@ -68,8 +76,8 @@ export async function makeConfigApp(config: BkndConfig, platform?: Platform) {
    const appConfig = typeof config.app === "function" ? config.app(process.env) : config.app;
    const app = App.create(appConfig);
 
-   app.emgr.on(
-      "app-built",
+   app.emgr.onEvent(
+      App.Events.AppBuiltEvent,
       async () => {
          await attachServeStatic(app, platform ?? "node");
          app.registerAdminController();
diff --git a/app/src/core/object/SchemaObject.ts b/app/src/core/object/SchemaObject.ts
index c70ef28..aad5b14 100644
--- a/app/src/core/object/SchemaObject.ts
+++ b/app/src/core/object/SchemaObject.ts
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ export class SchemaObject<Schema extends TObject> {
          forceParse: true,
          skipMark: this.isForceParse()
       });
-      const updatedConfig = noEmit ? valid : await this.onBeforeUpdate(this._config, valid);
+      // regardless of "noEmit" – this should always be triggered
+      const updatedConfig = await this.onBeforeUpdate(this._config, valid);
 
       this._value = updatedConfig;
       this._config = Object.freeze(updatedConfig);
diff --git a/app/src/core/registry/Registry.ts b/app/src/core/registry/Registry.ts
index 12209ca..b895f51 100644
--- a/app/src/core/registry/Registry.ts
+++ b/app/src/core/registry/Registry.ts
@@ -1,29 +1,50 @@
 export type Constructor<T> = new (...args: any[]) => T;
-export class Registry<Item, Items extends Record<string, object> = Record<string, object>> {
+
+export type RegisterFn<Item> = (unknown: any) => Item;
+
+export class Registry<
+   Item,
+   Items extends Record<string, Item> = Record<string, Item>,
+   Fn extends RegisterFn<Item> = RegisterFn<Item>
+> {
    private is_set: boolean = false;
    private items: Items = {} as Items;
 
-   set<Actual extends Record<string, object>>(items: Actual) {
+   constructor(private registerFn?: Fn) {}
+
+   set<Actual extends Record<string, Item>>(items: Actual) {
       if (this.is_set) {
          throw new Error("Registry is already set");
       }
-      // @ts-ignore
-      this.items = items;
+      this.items = items as unknown as Items;
       this.is_set = true;
 
-      return this as unknown as Registry<Item, Actual>;
+      return this as unknown as Registry<Item, Actual, Fn>;
    }
 
    add(name: string, item: Item) {
-      // @ts-ignore
-      this.items[name] = item;
+      this.items[name as keyof Items] = item as Items[keyof Items];
       return this;
    }
 
+   register(name: string, specific: Parameters<Fn>[0]) {
+      if (this.registerFn) {
+         const item = this.registerFn(specific);
+         this.items[name as keyof Items] = item as Items[keyof Items];
+         return this;
+      }
+
+      return this.add(name, specific);
+   }
+
    get<Name extends keyof Items>(name: Name): Items[Name] {
       return this.items[name];
    }
 
+   has(name: keyof Items): boolean {
+      return name in this.items;
+   }
+
    all() {
       return this.items;
    }
diff --git a/app/src/index.ts b/app/src/index.ts
index 578ab5d..78e9f70 100644
--- a/app/src/index.ts
+++ b/app/src/index.ts
@@ -7,5 +7,7 @@ export {
    type ModuleSchemas
 } from "modules/ModuleManager";
 
+export { registries } from "modules/registries";
+
 export type * from "./adapter";
 export { Api, type ApiOptions } from "./Api";
diff --git a/app/src/media/index.ts b/app/src/media/index.ts
index bdc94c1..7a1cdc7 100644
--- a/app/src/media/index.ts
+++ b/app/src/media/index.ts
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ import {
 import { type S3AdapterConfig, StorageS3Adapter } from "./storage/adapters/StorageS3Adapter";
 
 export { StorageS3Adapter, type S3AdapterConfig, StorageCloudinaryAdapter, type CloudinaryConfig };
-/*export {
-   StorageLocalAdapter,
-   type LocalAdapterConfig
-} from "./storage/adapters/StorageLocalAdapter";*/
 
 export * as StorageEvents from "./storage/events";
 export { type FileUploadedEventData } from "./storage/events";
@@ -31,16 +27,12 @@ type ClassThatImplements<T> = Constructor<T> & { prototype: T };
 export const MediaAdapterRegistry = new Registry<{
    cls: ClassThatImplements<StorageAdapter>;
    schema: TObject;
-}>().set({
-   s3: {
-      cls: StorageS3Adapter,
-      schema: StorageS3Adapter.prototype.getSchema()
-   },
-   cloudinary: {
-      cls: StorageCloudinaryAdapter,
-      schema: StorageCloudinaryAdapter.prototype.getSchema()
-   }
-});
+}>((cls: ClassThatImplements<StorageAdapter>) => ({
+   cls,
+   schema: cls.prototype.getSchema() as TObject
+}))
+   .register("s3", StorageS3Adapter)
+   .register("cloudinary", StorageCloudinaryAdapter);
 
 export const Adapters = {
    s3: {
diff --git a/app/src/media/storage/adapters/StorageLocalAdapter/StorageLocalAdapter.ts b/app/src/media/storage/adapters/StorageLocalAdapter/StorageLocalAdapter.ts
index f6c1bb1..f483eeb 100644
--- a/app/src/media/storage/adapters/StorageLocalAdapter/StorageLocalAdapter.ts
+++ b/app/src/media/storage/adapters/StorageLocalAdapter/StorageLocalAdapter.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
 import { readFile, readdir, stat, unlink, writeFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { type Static, Type, parse } from "core/utils";
-import type {
-   FileBody,
-   FileListObject,
-   FileMeta,
-   FileUploadPayload,
-   StorageAdapter
-} from "../../Storage";
+import type { FileBody, FileListObject, FileMeta, StorageAdapter } from "../../Storage";
 import { guessMimeType } from "../../mime-types";
 
 export const localAdapterConfig = Type.Object(
    {
-      path: Type.String()
+      path: Type.String({ default: "./" })
    },
    { title: "Local" }
 );
diff --git a/app/vite.dev.ts b/app/vite.dev.ts
index 608e24e..6050997 100644
--- a/app/vite.dev.ts
+++ b/app/vite.dev.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 import { serveStatic } from "@hono/node-server/serve-static";
 import { createClient } from "@libsql/client/node";
-import { App } from "./src";
+import { App, registries } from "./src";
 import { LibsqlConnection } from "./src/data";
 import { StorageLocalAdapter } from "./src/media/storage/adapters/StorageLocalAdapter";
-import { registries } from "./src/modules/registries";
 
-registries.media.add("local", {
-   cls: StorageLocalAdapter,
-   schema: StorageLocalAdapter.prototype.getSchema()
-});
+registries.media.register("local", StorageLocalAdapter);
 
 const credentials = {
    url: import.meta.env.VITE_DB_URL!,
@@ -24,8 +20,8 @@ export default {
    async fetch(request: Request) {
       const app = App.create({ connection });
 
-      app.emgr.on(
-         "app-built",
+      app.emgr.onEvent(
+         App.Events.AppBuiltEvent,
          async () => {
             app.registerAdminController({ forceDev: true });
             app.module.server.client.get("/assets/*", serveStatic({ root: "./" }));