diff --git a/src/events/install.php b/src/events/install.php
index 378840b..562b11f 100644
--- a/src/events/install.php
+++ b/src/events/install.php
@@ -94,12 +94,11 @@
 
     //setup the configs
     $cwd = getcwd();
-    if(!$request->hasStage('skip-configs')) {
+    if (!$request->hasStage('skip-configs')) {
         CommandLine::system('Setting up config files...');
 
-
         $paths = scandir(__DIR__ . '/../template/config');
-        foreach($paths as $path) {
+        foreach ($paths as $path) {
             if($path === '.' || $path === '..' || substr($path, -4) !== '.php') {
                 continue;
             }
@@ -107,7 +106,12 @@
             $source = __DIR__ . '/../template/config/' . $path;
             $destination = $cwd . '/config/' . $path;
 
-            if (file_exists($destination) && !$force) {
+            if (file_exists($destination)) {
+                //by default dont override existing configs
+                if ($force) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
                 $answer = CommandLine::input('Overwrite config/' . $path . '?(y)', 'y');
                 if ($answer !== 'y') {
                     CommandLine::system('Skipping...');
@@ -115,6 +119,24 @@
                 }
             }
 
+            //check for sample files
+            $fileName = basename($path, '.php');
+            $sampleFile = $fileName . '.sample.php';
+            $sampleFilePath = $cwd . '/config/' . $sampleFile;
+
+            if (file_exists($sampleFilePath)) {
+                CommandLine::system('Sample file found for '. $path);
+                //by default use sample configs
+                if ($force) {
+                    $source = $sampleFilePath;
+                } else {
+                    $answer = CommandLine::input('Use sample file for ' . $path . '?(y)', 'y');
+                    if ($answer === 'y') {
+                        $source = $sampleFilePath;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
             $contents = file_get_contents($source);
             $contents = str_replace('<DATABASE HOST>', $host, $contents);
             $contents = str_replace('<DATABASE NAME>', $name, $contents);
@@ -122,11 +144,16 @@
             $contents = str_replace('<DATABASE PASS>', $pass, $contents);
 
             file_put_contents($destination, $contents);
+
+            $config = include $destination;
+
+            $this->package('global')->service(null);
+            $this->package('global')->config(basename($path, '.php'), $config);
         }
     }
 
     //create compiled, log, public/upload, config/schema
-    if(!$request->hasStage('skip-mkdir')) {
+    if (!$request->hasStage('skip-mkdir')) {
         if (!is_dir($cwd . '/compiled')) {
             CommandLine::system('Making ' . $cwd . '/compiled');
             mkdir($cwd . '/compiled', 0777);
@@ -154,12 +181,12 @@
     }
 
     //chmod compiled, log, config, public/upload
-    if(!$request->hasStage('skip-chmod')) {
+    if (!$request->hasStage('skip-chmod')) {
         // special case for config folder
         $configDirectories = glob($cwd . '/config/*', GLOB_ONLYDIR);
 
         // map each directories
-        foreach($configDirectories as $directory) {
+        foreach ($configDirectories as $directory) {
             CommandLine::system('chmoding ' . $directory);
             chmod($directory, 0777);
         }
@@ -180,7 +207,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    if(!$request->hasStage('skip-sql')) {
+    if (!$request->hasStage('skip-sql')) {
         //SQL
         CommandLine::system('Setting up SQL...');
 
@@ -211,7 +238,7 @@
         }
     }
 
-    if(!$request->hasStage('skip-versioning')) {
+    if ($request->hasStage('reinstall-packages')) {
         // copy the default packages if it doesn't exists
         if (!$this->package('global')->config('packages')) {
             // get sample package config
@@ -226,7 +253,7 @@
             $packages = $this->package('global')->config('packages');
 
             // on each packages
-            foreach($packages as $package => $config) {
+            foreach ($packages as $package => $config) {
                 // reset the version so we can re-install again
                 if (isset($config['version'])) {
                     unset($packages[$package]['version']);
@@ -236,12 +263,16 @@
             // update the config
             $this->package('global')->config('packages', $packages);
         }
+    }
 
-        //now run the update
+    if  (!$request->hasStage('skip-versioning')) {
+        //run the update
         $this->trigger('update', $request, $response);
     }
 
-    CommandLine::info('Recommended actions:');
-    CommandLine::info(' - bin/cradle sql populate');
-    CommandLine::info(' - yarn build');
+    if (!$response->isError()) {
+        CommandLine::info('Recommended actions:');
+        CommandLine::info(' - bin/cradle sql populate');
+        CommandLine::info(' - yarn build');
+    }
 };
diff --git a/src/events/server.php b/src/events/server.php
index 79e45d6..9fd079d 100644
--- a/src/events/server.php
+++ b/src/events/server.php
@@ -38,5 +38,6 @@
     CommandLine::info('Press Ctrl-C to quit.');
 
     $cwd = getcwd();
-    system('php -S ' . $host . ':' . $port . ' -t ' . $cwd . '/public');
+    $router = dirname(__DIR__) . '/router.php';
+    system('php -S ' . $host . ':' . $port . ' -t ' . $cwd . '/public ' . $router);
 };
diff --git a/src/events/update.php b/src/events/update.php
index 8d9fc8a..7605a29 100644
--- a/src/events/update.php
+++ b/src/events/update.php
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     //these are the installed packages
     $installed = $this->package('global')->config('packages');
 
+    $hasErrors = false;
     foreach ($active as $name => $package) {
         $type = $package->getPackageType();
         //skip pseudo packages
@@ -64,6 +65,12 @@
             $action = 'update';
         }
 
+        if ($action === 'install') {
+            CommandLine::system(sprintf('Installing %s', $name));
+        } else {
+            CommandLine::system(sprintf('Updating %s', $name));
+        }
+
         //trigger event
         $event = sprintf('%s-%s-%s', $vendor, $package, $action);
         $this->trigger($event, $request, $response);
@@ -71,12 +78,51 @@
         //if no event was triggered
         $status = $this->getEventHandler()->getMeta();
         if($status === EventHandler::STATUS_NOT_FOUND) {
+            CommandLine::warning(sprintf('No actions needed on %s', $name));
             continue;
         }
 
+        $logs = $response->getResults('logs');
+        if (!empty($logs)) {
+            foreach ($logs as $package => $group) {
+                foreach ($group as $version => $messages) {
+                    foreach ($messages as $log) {
+                        CommandLine::$brand = '[' . $package . ' ' . $version . ']';
+                        if (!isset($log['message'])) {
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
+                        if (!isset($log['type'])) {
+                            $log['type'] = 'info';
+                        }
+
+                        switch ($log['type']) {
+                            case 'warning':
+                                CommandLine::warning($log['message']);
+                                break;
+                            case 'error':
+                                CommandLine::error($log['message'], false);
+                                break;
+                            case 'system':
+                            case 'info':
+                            default:
+                                CommandLine::system($log['message']);
+                                break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            CommandLine::$brand = '[cradle]';
+            $response->removeResults('logs');
+        }
+
         //if error
         if ($response->isError()) {
-            CommandLine::error($response->getMessage(), false);
+            $message = sprintf('%s did not correctly install.', $name);
+            CommandLine::error($message, false);
+            $response->remove('json');
+            $hasErrors = true;
             continue;
         }
 
@@ -119,12 +165,7 @@
 
         //run an update
         $payload = $this->makePayload();
-        $payload['request']->setStage($schema);
-        $this->trigger(
-            'system-schema-update',
-            $payload['request'],
-            $payload['response']
-        );
+        $this->method('system-schema-update', $schema, $payload['response']);
 
         //if error
         if ($payload['response']->isError()) {
@@ -132,10 +173,16 @@
             continue;
         }
 
-        //it's update
-        $message = sprintf('Updated %s', $schema['name']);
+        //it's updated
+        $message = sprintf('Updated schema %s', $schema['name']);
         CommandLine::success($message, false);
     }
 
+    if ($hasErrors) {
+        $message = 'There were some errors in the packages being installed/updated.';
+        CommandLine::error($message, false);
+        $response->setError(true, $message);
+    }
+
     $response->setResults($schemas);
 };
diff --git a/src/router.php b/src/router.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f99d63e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/router.php
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<?php //-->
+
+return (function() {
+    //are we in php server?
+    if (php_sapi_name() !== 'cli-server') {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    $root = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'];
+    $path = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
+
+    if (file_exists($root . $path) && !is_dir($root . $path)) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    return include $root . '/index.php';
+})();
diff --git a/src/template/config/deploy.php b/src/template/config/deploy.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..028e443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/template/config/deploy.php
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+<?php //-->
+return [
+    //see: https://gist.github.com/cblanquera/3ff60b4c9afc92be1ac0a9d57afceb17#file-instructions-md
+    'key' => '/tmp/travis_rsa',
+    //see: https://github.com/visionmedia/deploy for config
+    'servers' => [
+        'app' => [
+            'deploy' => false,
+            'user' => 'root',
+            'host' =>  '<SERVER IP>',
+            'repo' => 'git@github.com:<AUTHOR>/vendor.git',
+            'path' => '/path/to/public/on/live/server',
+            'ref' => 'origin/<BRANCH>'
+        ],
+        'mysql' => [
+            'deploy' => false,
+            'user' => 'root',
+            'host' =>  '<SERVER IP>'
+        ],
+    ]
+];
diff --git a/src/template/config/packages.php b/src/template/config/packages.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8618eec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/template/config/packages.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php //-->
+return [
+    'cradlephp/cradle-developer' => [
+        'active' => true
+    ],
+    'cradlephp/cradle-queue' => [
+        'active' => true
+    ],
+    'cradlephp/cradle-captcha' => [
+        'active' => true
+    ],
+    'cradlephp/cradle-csrf' => [
+        'active' => true
+    ],
+    'cradlephp/cradle-system' => [
+        'active' => true
+    ],
+    'cradlephp/cradle-install' => [
+        'active' => true
+    ],
+    'cradlephp/cradle-profile' => [
+        'active' => true
+    ],
+    'cradlephp/cradle-auth' => [
+        'active' => true
+    ],
+    'cradlephp/cradle-history' => [
+        'active' => true
+    ],
+    'cradlephp/cradle-role' => [
+        'active' => true
+    ],
+    'cradlephp/cradle-api' => [
+        'active' => true
+    ],
+    'cradlephp/cradle-admin' => [
+        'active' => true
+    ],
+    'cradlephp/cradle-website' => [
+        'active' => true
+    ],
+    '/module/utility' => [
+        'active' => true
+    ]
+];