diff --git a/app/build.ts b/app/build.ts
index 49bdf95..824f006 100644
--- a/app/build.ts
+++ b/app/build.ts
@@ -60,7 +60,14 @@ function banner(title: string) {
 }
 
 // collection of always-external packages
-const external = ["bun:test", "node:test", "node:assert/strict", "@libsql/client"] as const;
+const external = [
+   "bun:test",
+   "node:test",
+   "node:assert/strict",
+   "@libsql/client",
+   "bknd",
+   /^bknd\/.*/,
+] as const;
 
 /**
  * Building backend and general API
diff --git a/app/src/App.ts b/app/src/App.ts
index 223711a..f1a495b 100644
--- a/app/src/App.ts
+++ b/app/src/App.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { CreateUserPayload } from "auth/AppAuth";
-import { $console } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 import { Event } from "core/events";
 import type { em as prototypeEm } from "data/prototype";
 import { Connection } from "data/connection/Connection";
@@ -34,7 +34,10 @@ export type AppPluginConfig = {
 export type AppPlugin = (app: App) => AppPluginConfig;
 
 abstract class AppEvent<A = {}> extends Event<{ app: App } & A> {}
-export class AppConfigUpdatedEvent extends AppEvent {
+export class AppConfigUpdatedEvent extends AppEvent<{
+   module: string;
+   config: ModuleConfigs[keyof ModuleConfigs];
+}> {
    static override slug = "app-config-updated";
 }
 export class AppBuiltEvent extends AppEvent {
@@ -265,7 +268,7 @@ export class App<C extends Connection = Connection, Options extends AppOptions =
       $console.log("App config updated", module);
       // @todo: potentially double syncing
       await this.build({ sync: true });
-      await this.emgr.emit(new AppConfigUpdatedEvent({ app: this }));
+      await this.emgr.emit(new AppConfigUpdatedEvent({ app: this, module, config }));
    }
 
    protected async onFirstBoot() {
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/cloudflare-workers.adapter.ts b/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/cloudflare-workers.adapter.ts
index c78eb92..d1b6712 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/cloudflare-workers.adapter.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/cloudflare-workers.adapter.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import { getFresh } from "./modes/fresh";
 import { getCached } from "./modes/cached";
 import { getDurable } from "./modes/durable";
 import type { App } from "bknd";
-import { $console } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 
 declare global {
    namespace Cloudflare {
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/config.ts b/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/config.ts
index d67a2bf..7f3eaee 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/config.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/config.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import type { CloudflareBkndConfig, CloudflareEnv } from ".";
 import { App } from "bknd";
 import { makeConfig as makeAdapterConfig } from "bknd/adapter";
 import type { Context, ExecutionContext } from "hono";
-import { $console } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 import { setCookie } from "hono/cookie";
 import { sqlite } from "bknd/adapter/sqlite";
 
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/modes/durable.ts b/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/modes/durable.ts
index 25dd0b4..4812b0c 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/modes/durable.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/cloudflare/modes/durable.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { App, CreateAppConfig } from "bknd";
 import { createRuntimeApp, makeConfig } from "bknd/adapter";
 import type { CloudflareBkndConfig, Context, CloudflareEnv } from "../index";
 import { constants, registerAsyncsExecutionContext } from "../config";
-import { $console } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 
 export async function getDurable<Env extends CloudflareEnv = CloudflareEnv>(
    config: CloudflareBkndConfig<Env>,
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/index.ts b/app/src/adapter/index.ts
index 7554040..9e74dd0 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/index.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { App, type CreateAppConfig } from "bknd";
-import { config as $config, $console } from "bknd/core";
+import { config as $config } from "bknd/core";
+import { $console } from "bknd/utils";
 import type { MiddlewareHandler } from "hono";
 import type { AdminControllerOptions } from "modules/server/AdminController";
 import { Connection } from "bknd/data";
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/node/node.adapter.ts b/app/src/adapter/node/node.adapter.ts
index 9d9d5d5..88b7d62 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/node/node.adapter.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/node/node.adapter.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { serveStatic } from "@hono/node-server/serve-static";
 import { registerLocalMediaAdapter } from "adapter/node/storage";
 import { type RuntimeBkndConfig, createRuntimeApp, type RuntimeOptions } from "bknd/adapter";
 import { config as $config } from "bknd/core";
-import { $console } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 import type { App } from "App";
 
 type NodeEnv = NodeJS.ProcessEnv;
diff --git a/app/src/auth/AppAuth.ts b/app/src/auth/AppAuth.ts
index 973332e..ac78b9f 100644
--- a/app/src/auth/AppAuth.ts
+++ b/app/src/auth/AppAuth.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Authenticator, AuthPermissions, Role, type Strategy } from "auth";
 import type { PasswordStrategy } from "auth/authenticate/strategies";
-import { $console, type DB } from "core";
-import { secureRandomString, transformObject } from "core/utils";
+import type { DB } from "core";
+import { $console, secureRandomString, transformObject } from "core/utils";
 import type { Entity, EntityManager } from "data";
 import { em, entity, enumm, type FieldSchema, text } from "data/prototype";
 import { Module } from "modules/Module";
diff --git a/app/src/auth/AppUserPool.ts b/app/src/auth/AppUserPool.ts
index 23f24d0..128de6c 100644
--- a/app/src/auth/AppUserPool.ts
+++ b/app/src/auth/AppUserPool.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { AppAuth } from "auth/AppAuth";
 import type { CreateUser, SafeUser, User, UserPool } from "auth/authenticate/Authenticator";
-import { $console } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 import { pick } from "lodash-es";
 import {
    InvalidConditionsException,
diff --git a/app/src/auth/authenticate/Authenticator.ts b/app/src/auth/authenticate/Authenticator.ts
index 4357da0..29b6597 100644
--- a/app/src/auth/authenticate/Authenticator.ts
+++ b/app/src/auth/authenticate/Authenticator.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-import { $console, type DB, Exception } from "core";
+import { type DB, Exception } from "core";
 import { addFlashMessage } from "core/server/flash";
 import {
+   $console,
    type Static,
    StringEnum,
    type TObject,
diff --git a/app/src/auth/authenticate/strategies/PasswordStrategy.ts b/app/src/auth/authenticate/strategies/PasswordStrategy.ts
index 706e14b..6bf059e 100644
--- a/app/src/auth/authenticate/strategies/PasswordStrategy.ts
+++ b/app/src/auth/authenticate/strategies/PasswordStrategy.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { type Authenticator, InvalidCredentialsException, type User } from "auth";
-import { $console, tbValidator as tb } from "core";
-import { hash, parse, type Static, StrictObject, StringEnum } from "core/utils";
+import { tbValidator as tb } from "core";
+import { $console, hash, parse, type Static, StrictObject, StringEnum } from "core/utils";
 import { Hono } from "hono";
 import { compare as bcryptCompare, genSalt as bcryptGenSalt, hash as bcryptHash } from "bcryptjs";
 import * as tbbox from "@sinclair/typebox";
diff --git a/app/src/auth/authorize/Guard.ts b/app/src/auth/authorize/Guard.ts
index a45c160..81280db 100644
--- a/app/src/auth/authorize/Guard.ts
+++ b/app/src/auth/authorize/Guard.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { $console, Exception, Permission } from "core";
-import { objectTransform } from "core/utils";
+import { Exception, Permission } from "core";
+import { $console, objectTransform } from "core/utils";
 import type { Context } from "hono";
 import type { ServerEnv } from "modules/Controller";
 import { Role } from "./Role";
diff --git a/app/src/auth/middlewares.ts b/app/src/auth/middlewares.ts
index d6f28c0..b58b540 100644
--- a/app/src/auth/middlewares.ts
+++ b/app/src/auth/middlewares.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { $console, type Permission } from "core";
-import { patternMatch } from "core/utils";
+import type { Permission } from "core";
+import { $console, patternMatch } from "core/utils";
 import type { Context } from "hono";
 import { createMiddleware } from "hono/factory";
 import type { ServerEnv } from "modules/Controller";
diff --git a/app/src/cli/commands/run/platform.ts b/app/src/cli/commands/run/platform.ts
index c3a4110..bc3379b 100644
--- a/app/src/cli/commands/run/platform.ts
+++ b/app/src/cli/commands/run/platform.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import path from "node:path";
-import { $console } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 import type { MiddlewareHandler } from "hono";
 import open from "open";
 import { fileExists, getRelativeDistPath } from "../../utils/sys";
diff --git a/app/src/cli/commands/run/run.ts b/app/src/cli/commands/run/run.ts
index 7ed5bed..0830bc6 100644
--- a/app/src/cli/commands/run/run.ts
+++ b/app/src/cli/commands/run/run.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { App, CreateAppConfig } from "App";
 import { StorageLocalAdapter } from "adapter/node/storage";
 import type { CliBkndConfig, CliCommand } from "cli/types";
 import { Option } from "commander";
-import { colorizeConsole, config } from "core";
+import { config } from "core";
 import dotenv from "dotenv";
 import { registries } from "modules/registries";
 import c from "picocolors";
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ import {
    startServer,
 } from "./platform";
 import { createRuntimeApp, makeConfig } from "adapter";
-import { isBun } from "core/utils";
+import { colorizeConsole, isBun } from "core/utils";
 
 const env_files = [".env", ".dev.vars"];
 dotenv.config({
diff --git a/app/src/cli/commands/user.ts b/app/src/cli/commands/user.ts
index 0a85d9b..4f4db7c 100644
--- a/app/src/cli/commands/user.ts
+++ b/app/src/cli/commands/user.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import type { PasswordStrategy } from "auth/authenticate/strategies";
 import { makeAppFromEnv } from "cli/commands/run";
 import type { CliCommand } from "cli/types";
 import { Argument } from "commander";
-import { $console } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 import c from "picocolors";
 import { isBun } from "core/utils";
 
diff --git a/app/src/cli/utils/sys.ts b/app/src/cli/utils/sys.ts
index b4536a5..56ae32e 100644
--- a/app/src/cli/utils/sys.ts
+++ b/app/src/cli/utils/sys.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { $console } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 import { execSync, exec as nodeExec } from "node:child_process";
 import { readFile, writeFile as nodeWriteFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
diff --git a/app/src/cli/utils/telemetry.ts b/app/src/cli/utils/telemetry.ts
index 9fddb42..6673e0e 100644
--- a/app/src/cli/utils/telemetry.ts
+++ b/app/src/cli/utils/telemetry.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { PostHog } from "posthog-js-lite";
 import { getVersion } from "cli/utils/sys";
-import { $console, env, isDebug } from "core";
+import { env, isDebug } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 
 type Properties = { [p: string]: any };
 
diff --git a/app/src/core/events/EventManager.ts b/app/src/core/events/EventManager.ts
index 59efc8f..78db931 100644
--- a/app/src/core/events/EventManager.ts
+++ b/app/src/core/events/EventManager.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { type Event, type EventClass, InvalidEventReturn } from "./Event";
 import { EventListener, type ListenerHandler, type ListenerMode } from "./EventListener";
-import { $console } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 
 export type RegisterListenerConfig =
    | ListenerMode
diff --git a/app/src/core/index.ts b/app/src/core/index.ts
index a0e96e6..ad4b1a8 100644
--- a/app/src/core/index.ts
+++ b/app/src/core/index.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ export {
 } from "./object/schema";
 
 export * from "./drivers";
-export * from "./console";
 export * from "./events";
 
 // compatibility
diff --git a/app/src/core/console.ts b/app/src/core/utils/console.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from app/src/core/console.ts
rename to app/src/core/utils/console.ts
diff --git a/app/src/core/utils/file.ts b/app/src/core/utils/file.ts
index 152c71d..ea5eb2b 100644
--- a/app/src/core/utils/file.ts
+++ b/app/src/core/utils/file.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { extension, guess, isMimeType } from "media/storage/mime-types-tiny";
 import { randomString } from "core/utils/strings";
 import type { Context } from "hono";
 import { invariant } from "core/utils/runtime";
-import { $console } from "../console";
+import { $console } from "./console";
 
 export function getContentName(request: Request): string | undefined;
 export function getContentName(contentDisposition: string): string | undefined;
diff --git a/app/src/core/utils/index.ts b/app/src/core/utils/index.ts
index c94c4bb..19bcef6 100644
--- a/app/src/core/utils/index.ts
+++ b/app/src/core/utils/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export * from "./console";
 export * from "./browser";
 export * from "./objects";
 export * from "./strings";
diff --git a/app/src/core/utils/test.ts b/app/src/core/utils/test.ts
index 91ae2d3..44d38d9 100644
--- a/app/src/core/utils/test.ts
+++ b/app/src/core/utils/test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { $console } from "core";
+import { $console } from "./console";
 
 type ConsoleSeverity = "log" | "warn" | "error";
 const _oldConsoles = {
@@ -36,14 +36,14 @@ export function disableConsoleLog(severities: ConsoleSeverity[] = ["log", "warn"
    severities.forEach((severity) => {
       console[severity] = () => null;
    });
-   $console.setLevel("critical");
+   $console?.setLevel("critical");
 }
 
 export function enableConsoleLog() {
    Object.entries(_oldConsoles).forEach(([severity, fn]) => {
       console[severity as ConsoleSeverity] = fn;
    });
-   $console.resetLevel();
+   $console?.resetLevel();
 }
 
 export function formatMemoryUsage() {
diff --git a/app/src/data/api/DataController.ts b/app/src/data/api/DataController.ts
index f7db2b9..6d6acf4 100644
--- a/app/src/data/api/DataController.ts
+++ b/app/src/data/api/DataController.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { $console, isDebug } from "core";
 import {
    DataPermissions,
    type EntityData,
diff --git a/app/src/data/entities/Entity.ts b/app/src/data/entities/Entity.ts
index 48f23b9..e0eb12c 100644
--- a/app/src/data/entities/Entity.ts
+++ b/app/src/data/entities/Entity.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import { $console, config } from "core";
+import { config } from "core";
 import {
+   $console,
    type Static,
    StringEnum,
    parse,
diff --git a/app/src/data/entities/EntityManager.ts b/app/src/data/entities/EntityManager.ts
index 6757170..654c77d 100644
--- a/app/src/data/entities/EntityManager.ts
+++ b/app/src/data/entities/EntityManager.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { $console, type DB as DefaultDB } from "core";
+import type { DB as DefaultDB } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 import { EventManager } from "core/events";
 import { sql } from "kysely";
 import { Connection } from "../connection/Connection";
diff --git a/app/src/data/entities/mutation/MutatorResult.ts b/app/src/data/entities/mutation/MutatorResult.ts
index 05da017..a0fe307 100644
--- a/app/src/data/entities/mutation/MutatorResult.ts
+++ b/app/src/data/entities/mutation/MutatorResult.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { $console } from "core/console";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 import type { Entity, EntityData } from "../Entity";
 import type { EntityManager } from "../EntityManager";
 import { Result, type ResultJSON, type ResultOptions } from "../Result";
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ export class MutatorResult<T = EntityData[]> extends Result<T> {
          onError: (error) => {
             if (!options?.silent) {
                $console.error("[ERROR] Mutator:", error.message);
+               throw error;
             }
          },
          ...options,
diff --git a/app/src/data/entities/query/Repository.ts b/app/src/data/entities/query/Repository.ts
index bd0e647..9fdbe99 100644
--- a/app/src/data/entities/query/Repository.ts
+++ b/app/src/data/entities/query/Repository.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { DB as DefaultDB, PrimaryFieldType } from "core";
-import { $console } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 import { type EmitsEvents, EventManager } from "core/events";
 import { type SelectQueryBuilder, sql } from "kysely";
 import { InvalidSearchParamsException } from "../../errors";
diff --git a/app/src/data/entities/query/RepositoryResult.ts b/app/src/data/entities/query/RepositoryResult.ts
index fee0dff..7631f8f 100644
--- a/app/src/data/entities/query/RepositoryResult.ts
+++ b/app/src/data/entities/query/RepositoryResult.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-import { $console } from "core/console";
 import type { Entity, EntityData } from "../Entity";
 import type { EntityManager } from "../EntityManager";
 import { Result, type ResultJSON, type ResultOptions } from "../Result";
 import type { Compilable, SelectQueryBuilder } from "kysely";
-import { ensureInt } from "core/utils";
+import { $console, ensureInt } from "core/utils";
 
 export type RepositoryResultOptions = ResultOptions & {
    silent?: boolean;
diff --git a/app/src/data/events/index.ts b/app/src/data/events/index.ts
index b10f3b6..246a39d 100644
--- a/app/src/data/events/index.ts
+++ b/app/src/data/events/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { $console, type PrimaryFieldType } from "core";
+import type { PrimaryFieldType } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 import { Event, InvalidEventReturn } from "core/events";
 import type { Entity, EntityData } from "../entities";
 import type { RepoQuery } from "data/server/query";
diff --git a/app/src/data/fields/DateField.ts b/app/src/data/fields/DateField.ts
index 0fdf91e..504273c 100644
--- a/app/src/data/fields/DateField.ts
+++ b/app/src/data/fields/DateField.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-import { type Static, StringEnum, dayjs } from "core/utils";
+import { $console, type Static, StringEnum, dayjs } from "core/utils";
 import type { EntityManager } from "../entities";
 import { Field, type TActionContext, type TRenderContext, baseFieldConfigSchema } from "./Field";
-import { $console } from "core";
 import * as tbbox from "@sinclair/typebox";
 import type { TFieldTSType } from "data/entities/EntityTypescript";
 const { Type } = tbbox;
diff --git a/app/src/data/schema/SchemaManager.ts b/app/src/data/schema/SchemaManager.ts
index ab5fbda..dafd616 100644
--- a/app/src/data/schema/SchemaManager.ts
+++ b/app/src/data/schema/SchemaManager.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { CompiledQuery, TableMetadata } from "kysely";
 import type { IndexMetadata, SchemaResponse } from "../connection/Connection";
 import type { Entity, EntityManager } from "../entities";
 import { PrimaryField } from "../fields";
-import { $console } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 
 type IntrospectedTable = TableMetadata & {
    indices: IndexMetadata[];
diff --git a/app/src/data/server/query.ts b/app/src/data/server/query.ts
index f070339..0512296 100644
--- a/app/src/data/server/query.ts
+++ b/app/src/data/server/query.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { s } from "core/object/schema";
 import { WhereBuilder, type WhereQuery } from "data/entities/query/WhereBuilder";
-import { $console } from "core";
-import { isObject } from "core/utils";
+import { isObject, $console } from "core/utils";
 import type { CoercionOptions, TAnyOf } from "jsonv-ts";
 
 // -------
diff --git a/app/src/flows/flows/Execution.ts b/app/src/flows/flows/Execution.ts
index 61bf05e..41d2166 100644
--- a/app/src/flows/flows/Execution.ts
+++ b/app/src/flows/flows/Execution.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Event, EventManager, type ListenerHandler } from "core/events";
 import type { EmitsEvents } from "core/events";
 import type { Task, TaskResult } from "../tasks/Task";
 import type { Flow } from "./Flow";
-import { $console } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 
 export type TaskLog = TaskResult & {
    task: Task;
diff --git a/app/src/flows/flows/Flow.ts b/app/src/flows/flows/Flow.ts
index c924756..cf6a00b 100644
--- a/app/src/flows/flows/Flow.ts
+++ b/app/src/flows/flows/Flow.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
-import { objectTransform, transformObject } from "core/utils";
+import { $console, transformObject } from "core/utils";
 import { type TaskMapType, TriggerMap } from "../index";
 import type { Task } from "../tasks/Task";
 import { Condition, TaskConnection } from "../tasks/TaskConnection";
 import { Execution } from "./Execution";
 import { FlowTaskConnector } from "./FlowTaskConnector";
 import { Trigger } from "./triggers/Trigger";
-import { $console } from "core";
 
 type Jsoned<T extends { toJSON: () => object }> = ReturnType<T["toJSON"]>;
 
diff --git a/app/src/flows/flows/executors/RuntimeExecutor.ts b/app/src/flows/flows/executors/RuntimeExecutor.ts
index 46ea105..55bf890 100644
--- a/app/src/flows/flows/executors/RuntimeExecutor.ts
+++ b/app/src/flows/flows/executors/RuntimeExecutor.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import type { Task } from "../../tasks/Task";
-import { $console } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 
 export class RuntimeExecutor {
    async run(
diff --git a/app/src/flows/flows/triggers/EventTrigger.ts b/app/src/flows/flows/triggers/EventTrigger.ts
index 3924840..e79b3a0 100644
--- a/app/src/flows/flows/triggers/EventTrigger.ts
+++ b/app/src/flows/flows/triggers/EventTrigger.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { EventManager } from "core/events";
 import type { Flow } from "../Flow";
 import { Trigger } from "./Trigger";
-import { $console } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 import * as tbbox from "@sinclair/typebox";
 const { Type } = tbbox;
 
diff --git a/app/src/flows/tasks/presets/LogTask.ts b/app/src/flows/tasks/presets/LogTask.ts
index fda6d12..8023daf 100644
--- a/app/src/flows/tasks/presets/LogTask.ts
+++ b/app/src/flows/tasks/presets/LogTask.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { Task } from "../Task";
-import { $console } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 import * as tbbox from "@sinclair/typebox";
 const { Type } = tbbox;
 
diff --git a/app/src/index.ts b/app/src/index.ts
index f9c1e63..afac83d 100644
--- a/app/src/index.ts
+++ b/app/src/index.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export {
    type ModuleManagerOptions,
    type ModuleBuildContext,
    type InitialModuleConfigs,
+   ModuleManagerEvents,
 } from "./modules/ModuleManager";
 
 export type { ServerEnv } from "modules/Controller";
diff --git a/app/src/media/AppMedia.ts b/app/src/media/AppMedia.ts
index 18b536e..36fce41 100644
--- a/app/src/media/AppMedia.ts
+++ b/app/src/media/AppMedia.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { $console, type AppEntity } from "core";
+import type { AppEntity } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 import type { Entity, EntityManager } from "data";
 import { type FileUploadedEventData, Storage, type StorageAdapter, MediaPermissions } from "media";
 import { Module } from "modules/Module";
diff --git a/app/src/media/storage/Storage.ts b/app/src/media/storage/Storage.ts
index ae66070..f8e73cb 100644
--- a/app/src/media/storage/Storage.ts
+++ b/app/src/media/storage/Storage.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import { type EmitsEvents, EventManager } from "core/events";
-import { isFile, detectImageDimensions } from "core/utils";
+import { $console, isFile, detectImageDimensions } from "core/utils";
 import { isMimeType } from "media/storage/mime-types-tiny";
 import * as StorageEvents from "./events";
 import type { FileUploadedEventData } from "./events";
-import { $console } from "core";
 import type { StorageAdapter } from "./StorageAdapter";
 
 export type FileListObject = {
diff --git a/app/src/modules/ModuleApi.ts b/app/src/modules/ModuleApi.ts
index ebb6403..f8a295c 100644
--- a/app/src/modules/ModuleApi.ts
+++ b/app/src/modules/ModuleApi.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { $console, type PrimaryFieldType } from "core";
+import type { PrimaryFieldType } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 import { isDebug } from "core/env";
 import { encodeSearch } from "core/utils/reqres";
 import type { ApiFetcher } from "Api";
diff --git a/app/src/modules/ModuleManager.ts b/app/src/modules/ModuleManager.ts
index 825a220..c79aeb6 100644
--- a/app/src/modules/ModuleManager.ts
+++ b/app/src/modules/ModuleManager.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Guard } from "auth";
-import { $console, BkndError, DebugLogger, env } from "core";
-import { EventManager } from "core/events";
+import { BkndError, DebugLogger, env } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
+import { EventManager, Event } from "core/events";
 import * as $diff from "core/object/diff";
 import {
    Default,
@@ -126,9 +127,24 @@ interface T_INTERNAL_EM {
 
 const debug_modules = env("modules_debug");
 
+abstract class ModuleManagerEvent<A = {}> extends Event<{ ctx: ModuleBuildContext } & A> {}
+export class ModuleManagerConfigUpdateEvent<
+   Module extends keyof ModuleConfigs,
+> extends ModuleManagerEvent<{
+   module: Module;
+   config: ModuleConfigs[Module];
+}> {
+   static override slug = "mm-config-update";
+}
+export const ModuleManagerEvents = {
+   ModuleManagerConfigUpdateEvent,
+};
+
 // @todo: cleanup old diffs on upgrade
 // @todo: cleanup multiple backups on upgrade
 export class ModuleManager {
+   static Events = ModuleManagerEvents;
+
    protected modules: Modules;
    // internal em for __bknd config table
    __em!: EntityManager<T_INTERNAL_EM>;
@@ -151,7 +167,7 @@ export class ModuleManager {
    ) {
       this.__em = new EntityManager([__bknd], this.connection);
       this.modules = {} as Modules;
-      this.emgr = new EventManager();
+      this.emgr = new EventManager({ ...ModuleManagerEvents });
       this.logger = new DebugLogger(debug_modules);
       let initial = {} as Partial<ModuleConfigs>;
 
@@ -628,6 +644,13 @@ export class ModuleManager {
                try {
                   // overwrite listener to run build inside this try/catch
                   module.setListener(async () => {
+                     await this.emgr.emit(
+                        new ModuleManagerConfigUpdateEvent({
+                           ctx: this.ctx(),
+                           module: name,
+                           config: module.config as any,
+                        }),
+                     );
                      await this.buildModules();
                   });
 
diff --git a/app/src/modules/server/AdminController.tsx b/app/src/modules/server/AdminController.tsx
index aa109ee..35ebc81 100644
--- a/app/src/modules/server/AdminController.tsx
+++ b/app/src/modules/server/AdminController.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 /** @jsxImportSource hono/jsx */
 
 import type { App } from "App";
-import { $console, config, isDebug } from "core";
+import { config, isDebug } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 import { addFlashMessage } from "core/server/flash";
 import { html } from "hono/html";
 import { Fragment } from "hono/jsx";
diff --git a/app/src/modules/server/AppServer.ts b/app/src/modules/server/AppServer.ts
index ba1c566..2c4cb76 100644
--- a/app/src/modules/server/AppServer.ts
+++ b/app/src/modules/server/AppServer.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { Exception, isDebug, $console } from "core";
-import { type Static, StringEnum } from "core/utils";
+import { Exception, isDebug } from "core";
+import { type Static, StringEnum, $console } from "core/utils";
 import { cors } from "hono/cors";
 import { Module } from "modules/Module";
 import * as tbbox from "@sinclair/typebox";
diff --git a/app/src/modules/server/SystemController.ts b/app/src/modules/server/SystemController.ts
index ec07831..9e65315 100644
--- a/app/src/modules/server/SystemController.ts
+++ b/app/src/modules/server/SystemController.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 /// <reference types="@cloudflare/workers-types" />
 
 import type { App } from "App";
-import { $console, tbValidator as tb } from "core";
 import {
-   StringEnum,
+   $console,
    TypeInvalidError,
    datetimeStringLocal,
    datetimeStringUTC,
diff --git a/app/vite.dev.ts b/app/vite.dev.ts
index c1c91bc..1274d21 100644
--- a/app/vite.dev.ts
+++ b/app/vite.dev.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import type { Connection } from "./src/data/connection/Connection";
 import { __bknd } from "modules/ModuleManager";
 import { nodeSqlite } from "./src/adapter/node/connection/NodeSqliteConnection";
 import { libsql } from "./src/data/connection/sqlite/libsql/LibsqlConnection";
-import { $console } from "core";
+import { $console } from "core/utils";
 import { createClient } from "@libsql/client";
 
 registries.media.register("local", StorageLocalAdapter);