diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index 970af13..c349f60 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "type": "module",
   "sideEffects": false,
   "bin": "./dist/cli/index.js",
-  "version": "0.8.0-rc.5",
+  "version": "0.8.0-rc.6",
   "description": "Lightweight Firebase/Supabase alternative built to run anywhere — incl. Next.js, Remix, Astro, Cloudflare, Bun, Node, AWS Lambda & more.",
   "homepage": "https://bknd.io",
   "repository": {
diff --git a/app/src/App.ts b/app/src/App.ts
index 3beec46..ab4b87a 100644
--- a/app/src/App.ts
+++ b/app/src/App.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ export class AppFirstBoot extends AppEvent {
 }
 export const AppEvents = { AppConfigUpdatedEvent, AppBuiltEvent, AppFirstBoot } as const;
 
+export type AppOptions = {
+   plugins?: AppPlugin[];
+   manager?: Omit<ModuleManagerOptions, "initial" | "onUpdated">;
+};
 export type CreateAppConfig = {
    connection?:
       | Connection
@@ -36,8 +40,7 @@ export type CreateAppConfig = {
         }
       | LibSqlCredentials;
    initialConfig?: InitialModuleConfigs;
-   plugins?: AppPlugin[];
-   options?: Omit<ModuleManagerOptions, "initial" | "onUpdated">;
+   options?: AppOptions;
 };
 
 export type AppConfig = InitialModuleConfigs;
@@ -47,32 +50,33 @@ export class App {
    static readonly Events = AppEvents;
    adminController?: AdminController;
    private trigger_first_boot = false;
+   private plugins: AppPlugin[];
 
    constructor(
       private connection: Connection,
       _initialConfig?: InitialModuleConfigs,
-      private plugins: AppPlugin[] = [],
-      moduleManagerOptions?: ModuleManagerOptions
+      private options?: AppOptions
    ) {
+      this.plugins = options?.plugins ?? [];
       this.modules = new ModuleManager(connection, {
-         ...moduleManagerOptions,
+         ...(options?.manager ?? {}),
          initial: _initialConfig,
          onUpdated: async (key, config) => {
             // if the EventManager was disabled, we assume we shouldn't
             // respond to events, such as "onUpdated".
             // this is important if multiple changes are done, and then build() is called manually
             if (!this.emgr.enabled) {
-               console.warn("[APP] config updated, but event manager is disabled, skip.");
+               console.warn("App config updated, but event manager is disabled, skip.");
                return;
             }
 
-            console.log("[APP] config updated", key);
+            console.log("App config updated", key);
             // @todo: potentially double syncing
             await this.build({ sync: true });
             await this.emgr.emit(new AppConfigUpdatedEvent({ app: this }));
          },
          onFirstBoot: async () => {
-            console.log("[APP] first boot");
+            console.log("App first boot");
             this.trigger_first_boot = true;
          },
          onServerInit: async (server) => {
@@ -106,8 +110,6 @@ export class App {
 
       await this.emgr.emit(new AppBuiltEvent({ app: this }));
 
-      server.all("/api/*", async (c) => c.notFound());
-
       // first boot is set from ModuleManager when there wasn't a config table
       if (this.trigger_first_boot) {
          this.trigger_first_boot = false;
@@ -183,7 +185,7 @@ export function createApp(config: CreateAppConfig = {}) {
       } else if (typeof config.connection === "object") {
          if ("type" in config.connection) {
             console.warn(
-               "[WARN] Using deprecated connection type 'libsql', use the 'config' object directly."
+               "Using deprecated connection type 'libsql', use the 'config' object directly."
             );
             connection = new LibsqlConnection(config.connection.config);
          } else {
@@ -191,7 +193,7 @@ export function createApp(config: CreateAppConfig = {}) {
          }
       } else {
          connection = new LibsqlConnection({ url: ":memory:" });
-         console.warn("[!] No connection provided, using in-memory database");
+         console.warn("No connection provided, using in-memory database");
       }
    } catch (e) {
       console.error("Could not create connection", e);
@@ -201,5 +203,5 @@ export function createApp(config: CreateAppConfig = {}) {
       throw new Error("Invalid connection");
    }
 
-   return new App(connection, config.initialConfig, config.plugins, config.options);
+   return new App(connection, config.initialConfig, config.options);
 }
diff --git a/app/src/adapter/bun/bun.adapter.ts b/app/src/adapter/bun/bun.adapter.ts
index 05eec3c..851c54e 100644
--- a/app/src/adapter/bun/bun.adapter.ts
+++ b/app/src/adapter/bun/bun.adapter.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ export function serve({
    distPath,
    connection,
    initialConfig,
-   plugins,
    options,
    port = config.server.default_port,
    onBuilt,
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ export function serve({
          const app = await createApp({
             connection,
             initialConfig,
-            plugins,
             options,
             onBuilt,
             buildConfig,
diff --git a/app/src/cli/commands/debug.ts b/app/src/cli/commands/debug.ts
index 124d7d2..77a668c 100644
--- a/app/src/cli/commands/debug.ts
+++ b/app/src/cli/commands/debug.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,45 @@
 import path from "node:path";
 import url from "node:url";
+import { createApp } from "App";
+import { getConnectionCredentialsFromEnv } from "cli/commands/run/platform";
 import { getDistPath, getRelativeDistPath, getRootPath } from "cli/utils/sys";
+import { Argument } from "commander";
+import { showRoutes } from "hono/dev";
 import type { CliCommand } from "../types";
 
 export const debug: CliCommand = (program) => {
    program
       .command("debug")
-      .description("debug path resolution")
-      .action(() => {
-         console.log("paths", {
-            rootpath: getRootPath(),
-            distPath: getDistPath(),
-            relativeDistPath: getRelativeDistPath(),
-            cwd: process.cwd(),
-            dir: path.dirname(url.fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)),
-            resolvedPkg: path.resolve(getRootPath(), "package.json")
-         });
-      });
+      .description("debug bknd")
+      .addArgument(new Argument("<subject>", "subject to debug").choices(Object.keys(subjects)))
+      .action(action);
 };
+
+const subjects = {
+   paths: async () => {
+      console.log("[PATHS]", {
+         rootpath: getRootPath(),
+         distPath: getDistPath(),
+         relativeDistPath: getRelativeDistPath(),
+         cwd: process.cwd(),
+         dir: path.dirname(url.fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)),
+         resolvedPkg: path.resolve(getRootPath(), "package.json")
+      });
+   },
+   routes: async () => {
+      console.log("[APP ROUTES]");
+      const credentials = getConnectionCredentialsFromEnv();
+      const app = createApp({ connection: credentials });
+      await app.build();
+      showRoutes(app.server);
+   }
+};
+
+async function action(subject: string) {
+   console.log("debug", { subject });
+   if (subject in subjects) {
+      await subjects[subject]();
+   } else {
+      console.error("Invalid subject: ", subject);
+   }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/cli/commands/run/platform.ts b/app/src/cli/commands/run/platform.ts
index 86758dc..eda86e4 100644
--- a/app/src/cli/commands/run/platform.ts
+++ b/app/src/cli/commands/run/platform.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export async function attachServeStatic(app: any, platform: Platform) {
 
 export async function startServer(server: Platform, app: any, options: { port: number }) {
    const port = options.port;
-   console.log(`(using ${server} serve)`);
+   console.log(`Using ${server} serve`);
 
    switch (server) {
       case "node": {
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export async function startServer(server: Platform, app: any, options: { port: n
    }
 
    const url = `http://localhost:${port}`;
-   console.log(`Server listening on ${url}`);
+   console.info("Server listening on", url);
    await open(url);
 }
 
diff --git a/app/src/cli/commands/run/run.ts b/app/src/cli/commands/run/run.ts
index a34a65c..2f078ad 100644
--- a/app/src/cli/commands/run/run.ts
+++ b/app/src/cli/commands/run/run.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ import type { Config } from "@libsql/client/node";
 import { App, type CreateAppConfig } from "App";
 import { StorageLocalAdapter } from "adapter/node";
 import type { CliBkndConfig, CliCommand } from "cli/types";
+import { replaceConsole } from "cli/utils/cli";
 import { Option } from "commander";
 import { config } from "core";
 import dotenv from "dotenv";
 import { registries } from "modules/registries";
+import c from "picocolors";
 import {
    PLATFORMS,
    type Platform,
@@ -27,6 +29,13 @@ export const run: CliCommand = (program) => {
             .default(config.server.default_port)
             .argParser((v) => Number.parseInt(v))
       )
+      .addOption(
+         new Option("-m, --memory", "use in-memory database").conflicts([
+            "config",
+            "db-url",
+            "db-token"
+         ])
+      )
       .addOption(new Option("-c, --config <config>", "config file"))
       .addOption(
          new Option("--db-url <db>", "database url, can be any valid libsql url").conflicts(
@@ -97,33 +106,44 @@ export async function makeConfigApp(config: CliBkndConfig, platform?: Platform)
 
 async function action(options: {
    port: number;
+   memory?: boolean;
    config?: string;
    dbUrl?: string;
    dbToken?: string;
    server: Platform;
 }) {
+   replaceConsole();
    const configFilePath = await getConfigPath(options.config);
 
    let app: App | undefined = undefined;
    if (options.dbUrl) {
+      console.info("Using connection from", c.cyan("--db-url"));
       const connection = options.dbUrl
          ? { url: options.dbUrl, authToken: options.dbToken }
          : undefined;
       app = await makeApp({ connection, server: { platform: options.server } });
    } else if (configFilePath) {
-      console.log("[INFO] Using config from:", configFilePath);
+      console.info("Using config from", c.cyan(configFilePath));
       const config = (await import(configFilePath).then((m) => m.default)) as CliBkndConfig;
       app = await makeConfigApp(config, options.server);
+   } else if (options.memory) {
+      console.info("Using", c.cyan("in-memory"), "connection");
+      app = await makeApp({ server: { platform: options.server } });
    } else {
       const credentials = getConnectionCredentialsFromEnv();
       if (credentials) {
-         console.log("[INFO] Using connection from environment");
+         console.info("Using connection from env", c.cyan(credentials.url));
          app = await makeConfigApp({ app: { connection: credentials } }, options.server);
       }
    }
 
    if (!app) {
-      app = await makeApp({ server: { platform: options.server } });
+      const connection = { url: "file:data.db" } as Config;
+      console.info("Using connection", c.cyan(connection.url));
+      app = await makeApp({
+         connection,
+         server: { platform: options.server }
+      });
    }
 
    await startServer(options.server, app, { port: options.port });
diff --git a/app/src/cli/utils/cli.ts b/app/src/cli/utils/cli.ts
index 5b0d8e7..6e3a284 100644
--- a/app/src/cli/utils/cli.ts
+++ b/app/src/cli/utils/cli.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+import { isDebug } from "core";
+import c from "picocolors";
+import type { Formatter } from "picocolors/types";
 const _SPEEDUP = process.env.LOCAL;
 
 const DEFAULT_WAIT = _SPEEDUP ? 0 : 250;
@@ -54,3 +57,31 @@ export async function* typewriter(
       }
    }
 }
+
+function ifString(args: any[], c: Formatter) {
+   return args.map((a) => (typeof a === "string" ? c(a) : a));
+}
+
+const originalConsole = {
+   log: console.log,
+   info: console.info,
+   debug: console.debug,
+   warn: console.warn,
+   error: console.error
+};
+
+export const $console = {
+   log: (...args: any[]) => originalConsole.info(c.gray("[LOG]  "), ...ifString(args, c.dim)),
+   info: (...args: any[]) => originalConsole.info(c.cyan("[INFO] "), ...args),
+   debug: (...args: any[]) => isDebug() && originalConsole.info(c.yellow("[DEBUG]"), ...args),
+   warn: (...args: any[]) => originalConsole.info(c.yellow("[WARN] "), ...ifString(args, c.yellow)),
+   error: (...args: any[]) => originalConsole.info(c.red("[ERROR]"), ...ifString(args, c.red))
+};
+
+export function replaceConsole() {
+   console.log = $console.log;
+   console.info = $console.info;
+   console.debug = $console.debug;
+   console.warn = $console.warn;
+   console.error = $console.error;
+}
diff --git a/app/src/data/api/DataController.ts b/app/src/data/api/DataController.ts
index c7eea9b..bd78f68 100644
--- a/app/src/data/api/DataController.ts
+++ b/app/src/data/api/DataController.ts
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ export class DataController extends Controller {
                //console.log("request", c.req.raw);
                const { entity, context } = c.req.param();
                if (!this.entityExists(entity)) {
-                  console.log("not found", entity, definedEntities);
+                  console.warn("not found:", entity, definedEntities);
                   return c.notFound();
                }
                const _entity = this.em.entity(entity);
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ export class DataController extends Controller {
                //console.log("request", c.req.raw);
                const { entity } = c.req.param();
                if (!this.entityExists(entity)) {
-                  console.log("not found", entity, definedEntities);
+                  console.warn("not found:", entity, definedEntities);
                   return c.notFound();
                }
                const options = c.req.valid("query") as RepoQuery;
diff --git a/app/src/flows/AppFlows.ts b/app/src/flows/AppFlows.ts
index 4f75cbf..c31e051 100644
--- a/app/src/flows/AppFlows.ts
+++ b/app/src/flows/AppFlows.ts
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ export class AppFlows extends Module<typeof flowsConfigSchema> {
          });
       });
 
+      hono.all("*", (c) => c.notFound());
+
       this.ctx.server.route(this.config.basepath, hono);
 
       // register flows
diff --git a/app/src/modules/server/AdminController.tsx b/app/src/modules/server/AdminController.tsx
index 32c0c4e..c31bad0 100644
--- a/app/src/modules/server/AdminController.tsx
+++ b/app/src/modules/server/AdminController.tsx
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { html } from "hono/html";
 import { Fragment } from "hono/jsx";
 import { Controller } from "modules/Controller";
 import * as SystemPermissions from "modules/permissions";
+import type { AppTheme } from "modules/server/AppServer";
 
 const htmlBkndContextReplace = "<!-- BKND_CONTEXT -->";
 
@@ -246,7 +247,7 @@ export class AdminController extends Controller {
    }
 }
 
-const style = (theme: "light" | "dark" = "light") => {
+const style = (theme: AppTheme) => {
    const base = {
       margin: 0,
       padding: 0,
@@ -271,6 +272,6 @@ const style = (theme: "light" | "dark" = "light") => {
 
    return {
       ...base,
-      ...styles[theme]
+      ...styles[theme === "light" ? "light" : "dark"]
    };
 };
diff --git a/app/src/modules/server/AppServer.ts b/app/src/modules/server/AppServer.ts
index c189262..9b4e6bf 100644
--- a/app/src/modules/server/AppServer.ts
+++ b/app/src/modules/server/AppServer.ts
@@ -4,12 +4,15 @@ import { cors } from "hono/cors";
 import { Module } from "modules/Module";
 
 const serverMethods = ["GET", "POST", "PATCH", "PUT", "DELETE"];
+const appThemes = ["dark", "light", "system"] as const;
+export type AppTheme = (typeof appThemes)[number];
+
 export const serverConfigSchema = Type.Object(
    {
       admin: Type.Object(
          {
             basepath: Type.Optional(Type.String({ default: "", pattern: "^(/.+)?$" })),
-            color_scheme: Type.Optional(StringEnum(["dark", "light"], { default: "light" })),
+            color_scheme: Type.Optional(StringEnum(["dark", "light", "system"])),
             logo_return_path: Type.Optional(
                Type.String({
                   default: "/",
diff --git a/app/src/ui/Admin.tsx b/app/src/ui/Admin.tsx
index d966266..38d6cec 100644
--- a/app/src/ui/Admin.tsx
+++ b/app/src/ui/Admin.tsx
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function AdminInternal() {
    const { theme } = useTheme();
 
    return (
-      <MantineProvider {...createMantineTheme(theme ?? "light")}>
+      <MantineProvider {...createMantineTheme(theme as any)}>
          <Notifications />
          <FlashMessage />
          <BkndModalsProvider>
diff --git a/app/src/ui/client/ClientProvider.tsx b/app/src/ui/client/ClientProvider.tsx
index c81e5cb..b24d1f9 100644
--- a/app/src/ui/client/ClientProvider.tsx
+++ b/app/src/ui/client/ClientProvider.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Api, type ApiOptions, type TApiUser } from "Api";
 import { isDebug } from "core";
+import type { AppTheme } from "modules/server/AppServer";
 import { createContext, useContext } from "react";
 
 const ClientContext = createContext<{ baseUrl: string; api: Api }>({
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ export const useBaseUrl = () => {
 type BkndWindowContext = {
    user?: TApiUser;
    logout_route: string;
-   color_scheme?: "light" | "dark";
+   color_scheme?: AppTheme;
 };
 export function useBkndWindowContext(): BkndWindowContext {
    if (typeof window !== "undefined" && window.__BKND__) {
diff --git a/app/src/ui/client/use-theme.ts b/app/src/ui/client/use-theme.ts
index 5fce405..935c1c1 100644
--- a/app/src/ui/client/use-theme.ts
+++ b/app/src/ui/client/use-theme.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,26 @@
+import type { AppTheme } from "modules/server/AppServer";
 import { useBkndWindowContext } from "ui/client/ClientProvider";
 import { useBknd } from "ui/client/bknd";
 
-export type Theme = "light" | "dark";
-
-export function useTheme(fallback: Theme = "light"): { theme: Theme } {
+export function useTheme(fallback: AppTheme = "system"): { theme: AppTheme } {
    const b = useBknd();
    const winCtx = useBkndWindowContext();
-   if (b) {
-      if (b?.adminOverride?.color_scheme) {
-         return { theme: b.adminOverride.color_scheme };
-      } else if (!b.fallback) {
-         return { theme: b.config.server.admin.color_scheme ?? fallback };
-      }
+
+   // 1. override
+   // 2. config
+   // 3. winCtx
+   // 4. fallback
+   // 5. default
+   const override = b?.adminOverride?.color_scheme;
+   const config = b?.config.server.admin.color_scheme;
+   const win = winCtx.color_scheme;
+   const prefersDark = window.matchMedia("(prefers-color-scheme: dark)").matches;
+
+   const theme = override ?? config ?? win ?? fallback;
+
+   if (theme === "system") {
+      return { theme: prefersDark ? "dark" : "light" };
    }
 
-   return { theme: winCtx.color_scheme ?? fallback };
+   return { theme };
 }
diff --git a/app/src/ui/routes/index.tsx b/app/src/ui/routes/index.tsx
index c1e5919..db1fb0f 100644
--- a/app/src/ui/routes/index.tsx
+++ b/app/src/ui/routes/index.tsx
@@ -10,12 +10,6 @@ import MediaRoutes from "./media";
 import { Root, RootEmpty } from "./root";
 import SettingsRoutes from "./settings";
 
-/*const DataRoutes = lazy(() => import("./data"));
-const AuthRoutes = lazy(() => import("./auth"));
-const MediaRoutes = lazy(() => import("./media"));
-const FlowRoutes = lazy(() => import("./flows"));
-const SettingsRoutes = lazy(() => import("./settings"));*/
-
 // @ts-ignore
 const TestRoutes = lazy(() => import("./test"));
 
diff --git a/app/tailwind.config.js b/app/tailwind.config.js
index fa735bd..cf7879c 100644
--- a/app/tailwind.config.js
+++ b/app/tailwind.config.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import tailwindCssAnimate from "tailwindcss-animate";
+
 /** @type {import("tailwindcss").Config} */
 export default {
    content: ["./index.html", "./src/ui/**/*.tsx", "./src/ui/lib/mantine/theme.ts"],
@@ -13,5 +15,5 @@ export default {
          }
       }
    },
-   plugins: [require("tailwindcss-animate")]
+   plugins: [tailwindCssAnimate]
 };
diff --git a/app/vite.dev.ts b/app/vite.dev.ts
index 9dfb3a1..cf95359 100644
--- a/app/vite.dev.ts
+++ b/app/vite.dev.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 import { serveStatic } from "@hono/node-server/serve-static";
+import { showRoutes } from "hono/dev";
 import { App, registries } from "./src";
 import { StorageLocalAdapter } from "./src/media/storage/adapters/StorageLocalAdapter";
 
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ if (example) {
 
 let app: App;
 const recreate = import.meta.env.VITE_APP_DISABLE_FRESH !== "1";
+let routesShown = false;
 export default {
    async fetch(request: Request) {
       if (!app || recreate) {
@@ -44,6 +46,14 @@ export default {
             "sync"
          );
          await app.build();
+
+         // log routes
+         if (!routesShown) {
+            routesShown = true;
+            console.log("\n\n[APP ROUTES]");
+            showRoutes(app.server);
+            console.log("-------\n\n");
+         }
       }
 
       return app.fetch(request);
diff --git a/bun.lockb b/bun.lockb
index 63c76bc..2fa9b69 100755
Binary files a/bun.lockb and b/bun.lockb differ
diff --git a/docs/usage/database.mdx b/docs/usage/database.mdx
index a6464e1..04f3a62 100644
--- a/docs/usage/database.mdx
+++ b/docs/usage/database.mdx
@@ -17,10 +17,7 @@ The easiest to get started is using SQLite in-memory. When serving the API in th
 the function accepts an object with connection details. To use an in-memory database, you can either omit the object completely or explicitly use it as follows:
 ```json
 {
-   "type": "libsql",
-   "config": {
-      "url": ":memory:"
-   }
+   "url": ":memory:"
 }
 ```
 
@@ -29,10 +26,7 @@ Just like the in-memory option, using a file is just as easy:
 
 ```json
 {
-   "type": "libsql",
-   "config": {
-      "url": "file:<path/to/your/database.db>"
-   }
+   "url": "file:<path/to/your/database.db>"
 }
 ```
 Please note that using SQLite as a file is only supported in server environments.
@@ -47,10 +41,7 @@ turso dev
 The command will yield a URL. Use it in the connection object:
 ```json
 {
-   "type": "libsql",
-   "config": {
-      "url": "http://localhost:8080"
-   }
+   "url": "http://localhost:8080"
 }
 ```
 
@@ -59,11 +50,8 @@ If you want to use LibSQL on Turso, [sign up for a free account](https://turso.t
 connection object to your new database:
 ```json
 {
-   "type": "libsql",
-   "config": {
-      "url": "libsql://your-database-url.turso.io",
-      "authToken": "your-auth-token"
-   }
+   "url": "libsql://your-database-url.turso.io",
+   "authToken": "your-auth-token"
 }
 ```
 
diff --git a/docs/usage/introduction.mdx b/docs/usage/introduction.mdx
index 7758ce2..985be99 100644
--- a/docs/usage/introduction.mdx
+++ b/docs/usage/introduction.mdx
@@ -44,18 +44,21 @@ import type { Connection } from "bknd/data";
 import type { Config } from "@libsql/client";
 
 type AppPlugin = (app: App) => Promise<void> | void;
+type ManagerOptions = {
+   basePath?: string;
+   trustFetched?: boolean;
+   onFirstBoot?: () => Promise<void>;
+   seed?: (ctx: ModuleBuildContext) => Promise<void>;
+};
 
 type CreateAppConfig = {
    connection?:
       | Connection
       | Config;
    initialConfig?: InitialModuleConfigs;
-   plugins?: AppPlugin[];
    options?: {
-      basePath?: string;
-      trustFetched?: boolean;
-      onFirstBoot?: () => Promise<void>;
-      seed?: (ctx: ModuleBuildContext) => Promise<void>;
+      plugins?: AppPlugin[];
+      manager?: ManagerOptions
    };
 };
 ```