diff --git a/app/build.ts b/app/build.ts
index eb35fd8..ba14bc5 100644
--- a/app/build.ts
+++ b/app/build.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ async function buildApi() {
       watch,
       entry: ["src/index.ts", "src/data/index.ts", "src/core/index.ts", "src/core/utils/index.ts"],
       outDir: "dist",
-      external: ["bun:test", "@libsql/client", /^bknd/],
+      external: ["bun:test", "@libsql/client", "bknd/client"],
       metafile: true,
       platform: "browser",
       format: ["esm"],
diff --git a/app/src/cli/commands/create/create.ts b/app/src/cli/commands/create/create.ts
index 581d572..6d74385 100644
--- a/app/src/cli/commands/create/create.ts
+++ b/app/src/cli/commands/create/create.ts
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ function errorOutro() {
 }
 
 async function action(options: { template?: string; dir?: string; integration?: string }) {
-   colorizeConsole(console);
    console.log("");
+   colorizeConsole(console);
 
    const downloadOpts = {
       dir: options.dir || "./",
diff --git a/app/src/data/connection/LibsqlConnection.ts b/app/src/data/connection/LibsqlConnection.ts
index df331dd..b8b9a9b 100644
--- a/app/src/data/connection/LibsqlConnection.ts
+++ b/app/src/data/connection/LibsqlConnection.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ export class LibsqlConnection extends SqliteConnection {
    constructor(clientOrCredentials: Client | LibSqlCredentials) {
       const plugins = [new FilterNumericKeysPlugin(), new ParseJSONResultsPlugin()];
       let client: Client;
-      if ("url" in clientOrCredentials) {
+      if (clientOrCredentials && "url" in clientOrCredentials) {
          let { url, authToken, protocol } = clientOrCredentials;
          if (protocol && LIBSQL_PROTOCOLS.includes(protocol)) {
             console.log("changing protocol to", protocol);
@@ -36,11 +36,8 @@ export class LibsqlConnection extends SqliteConnection {
             url = `${protocol}://${rest}`;
          }
 
-         //console.log("using", url, { protocol });
-
          client = createClient({ url, authToken });
       } else {
-         //console.log("-- client provided");
          client = clientOrCredentials;
       }
 
@@ -48,7 +45,6 @@ export class LibsqlConnection extends SqliteConnection {
          // @ts-expect-error libsql has type issues
          dialect: new CustomLibsqlDialect({ client }),
          plugins
-         //log: ["query"],
       });
 
       super(kysely, {}, plugins);
@@ -90,7 +86,6 @@ export class LibsqlConnection extends SqliteConnection {
          const rows = await kyselyPlugins.transformResultRows(r.rows);
          data.push(rows);
       }
-      //console.log("data", data);
 
       return data;
    }
diff --git a/app/src/modules/server/AdminController.tsx b/app/src/modules/server/AdminController.tsx
index 48f25d6..7d48bb0 100644
--- a/app/src/modules/server/AdminController.tsx
+++ b/app/src/modules/server/AdminController.tsx
@@ -164,17 +164,13 @@ export class AdminController extends Controller {
       };
 
       if (isProd) {
-         try {
-            // @ts-ignore
-            const manifest = await import("bknd/dist/manifest.json", {
-               assert: { type: "json" }
-            }).then((m) => m.default);
-            // @todo: load all marked as entry (incl. css)
-            assets.js = manifest["src/ui/main.tsx"].file;
-            assets.css = manifest["src/ui/main.tsx"].css[0] as any;
-         } catch (e) {
-            console.error("Error loading manifest", e);
-         }
+         // @ts-ignore
+         const manifest = await import("bknd/dist/manifest.json", {
+            assert: { type: "json" }
+         });
+         // @todo: load all marked as entry (incl. css)
+         assets.js = manifest.default["src/ui/main.tsx"].file;
+         assets.css = manifest.default["src/ui/main.tsx"].css[0] as any;
       }
 
       const theme = configs.server.admin.color_scheme ?? "light";