diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index 33b5a41..a00fbf1 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
             "request": "launch",
             "name": "Debug Serve Mode",
             "type": "node",
+            "cwd": "${workspaceFolder}/example",
             "runtimeExecutable": "deno",
             "runtimeArgs": ["task", "debug"],
             "attachSimplePort": 9229
diff --git a/api b/api
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..777ecae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export default (req:Request):Response|false=>
+{
+    return false;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/api.tsx b/app
similarity index 100%
rename from api.tsx
rename to app
diff --git a/app.tsx b/app.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 2308168..0000000
--- a/app.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export default ()=>{};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index 3aa3101..68782be 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
     {
         "react":"https://esm.sh/preact@10.15.1/compat",
         "react-original":"https://esm.sh/preact@10.15.1/compat",
-        ">able/": "https://gitea.hptrow.me/SethTrowbridge/able-baker/raw/branch/master/"
+        ">able/": "http://localhost:4507/"
     },
     "tasks":
     {
-        "local": "deno run -A --no-lock ./run-local.tsx --port=1234",
-        "serve": "deno run -A --no-lock ./run-serve.tsx --port=1234",
-        "debug": "deno run -A --inspect-wait --no-lock ./run-serve.tsx --port=1234"
+        "local": "deno run -A --reload=http://localhost --no-lock ./run-local.tsx --port=1234",
+        "serve": "deno run -A --reload=http://localhost --no-lock ./run-serve.tsx --port=1234",
+        "debug": "deno run -A --reload=http://localhost --inspect-wait --no-lock ./run-serve.tsx --port=1234"
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/api.tsx b/example/api.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75d913f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/api.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+export default (inReq:Request)=>
+{
+    return false;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/example/deno.json b/example/deno.json
index 0b248ee..9155bc1 100644
--- a/example/deno.json
+++ b/example/deno.json
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@
     "imports":
     {
         "react": "https://esm.sh/preact@10.15.1/compat",
-        ">able/app.tsx": "./app.tsx",
-        ">able/": "http://localhost:4507/"
+        ">able/": "http://localhost:4507/",
+        ">able/app": "./app.tsx",
+        ">able/api": "./api.tsx"
     },
     "tasks":
     {
-        "local": "deno run -A --no-lock --reload=http://localhost:4507/ http://localhost:4507/run-local.tsx",
-        "serve": "deno run -A --no-lock --reload=http://localhost:4507/ http://localhost:4507/run-serve.tsx"
+        "local": "deno run --config=deno.json -A --no-lock --reload=http://localhost:4507 http://localhost:4507/run-local.tsx",
+        "serve": "deno run --config=deno.json -A --no-lock --reload=http://localhost:4507 http://localhost:4507/run-serve.tsx",
+        "deploy":"deno run -A --no-lock --reload=http://localhost:4507 http://localhost:4507/run-deploy.tsx",
+        "debug": "deno run --config=deno.json -A --inspect-wait --no-lock --reload=http://localhost:4507 http://localhost:4507/run-serve.tsx"
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/run-deploy.tsx b/run-deploy.tsx
index 478419c..37d7961 100644
--- a/run-deploy.tsx
+++ b/run-deploy.tsx
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ try
                 "run",
                 "-A",
                 "--no-lock",
+                "--config=deno.json",
                 "https://deno.land/x/deploy/deployctl.ts",
                 "deploy",
                 `--project=${useProject}`,
diff --git a/run-serve.tsx b/run-serve.tsx
index ea500b6..3194d42 100644
--- a/run-serve.tsx
+++ b/run-serve.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import * as MIME from "https://deno.land/std@0.180.0/media_types/mod.ts";
 import * as SWCW from "https://esm.sh/@swc/wasm-web@1.3.62";
 
+import Api from ">able/api";
+
+
 export const Root = new URL(`file://${Deno.cwd().replaceAll("\\", "/")}`).toString();
 
 Deno.args.forEach(arg=>
@@ -319,7 +322,6 @@ const server = Deno.serve({port:parseInt(Deno.env.get("port")||"8000")}, async(r
 
         }     
     }
-    console.log("proxy will be", proxy);
 
     // allow for custom handler
     const custom = await Configuration.Serve(req, url, ext, ImportMap, Configuration);
@@ -328,6 +330,12 @@ const server = Deno.serve({port:parseInt(Deno.env.get("port")||"8000")}, async(r
         return custom;
     }
 
+    const api = Api(req);
+    if(api)
+    {
+        return api;
+    }
+
     // transpileable files
     if(Transpile.Check(ext))
     {