diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index c902ecd..460b56e 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ export default new class {
 
 
         console.log();
-        console.log(`${chalk.yellow('exa.js')} by tux - v0.0.5`);
+        console.log(`${chalk.yellow('exa.js')} by tux - v0.0.9`);
         console.log('-----------------------------');
         console.log(`${chalk.green(DateTime.now().toISO())}`);
         console.log('-----------------------------');
diff --git a/license b/license
index 329ed70..b008116 100644
--- a/license
+++ b/license
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 MIT License
 
-Copyright (c) 2022-2024 Brian Seymour
+Copyright (c) 2024-Present Brian Seymour
 
 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9a305b0..8e6411a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     "name": "@exajs/core",
     "type": "module",
     "author": "Brian Seymour <@realtux>",
-    "version": "0.0.8",
+    "version": "0.0.9",
     "description": "modern opinionated node.js framework",
     "license": "MIT",
     "homepage": "https://github.com/realtux/exa",
diff --git a/var/template/config/master.js b/var/template/config/master.js
index 1bc6e9e..d75939b 100644
--- a/var/template/config/master.js
+++ b/var/template/config/master.js
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export default {
 
     /**
      * user defined custom configuration
-     * add anything you'd like
+     * add anything you'd like to be avaiable at exa.config.*
      */
 
 };
diff --git a/var/template/docker.sh b/var/template/docker.sh
index d695532..2f43593 100755
--- a/var/template/docker.sh
+++ b/var/template/docker.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
 . .env
 
 # switch to current directory
-scriptdir=$(dirname "$0")
-cd $scriptdir
+cd $(dirname "$0")
 
 case $* in
     console* )
diff --git a/var/template/http/api/hello.js b/var/template/http/api/hello.js
index 69eec6d..3433e6f 100644
--- a/var/template/http/api/hello.js
+++ b/var/template/http/api/hello.js
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
+import sample from '#app/models/sample.js';
+
 export default new class {
 
     routes = {
         'get /api/hello/world': 'world',
     }
 
-    world(req, res) {
+    async world(req, res) {
+        sample.model_method();
+
         return res
             .status(200)
             .send({
diff --git a/var/template/http/two.js b/var/template/http/home.js
similarity index 88%
rename from var/template/http/two.js
rename to var/template/http/home.js
index 9f6283d..8dee278 100644
--- a/var/template/http/two.js
+++ b/var/template/http/home.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ export default new class {
         'get /home': 'home',
     }
 
-    home(req, res) {
+    async home(req, res) {
         return res
             .status(200)
             .render('sample.html', {
diff --git a/var/template/models/sample.js b/var/template/models/sample.js
index ae7d7c5..eba3633 100644
--- a/var/template/models/sample.js
+++ b/var/template/models/sample.js
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ class sample extends Model {
         }
     }
 
+    static model_method() {
+        console.log('calling sample.model_method()');
+    }
+
 }
 
 export default sample;