diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6707e08..8ff206d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "type": "module",
   "name": "@atmelmicro/lack",
-  "version": "0.1.3",
+  "version": "0.1.4",
   "dependencies": {
     "@hono/node-server": "^1.8.0",
     "aws-cdk-lib": "^2.127.0",
diff --git a/src/build.ts b/src/build.ts
index 5e10a88..ebbf242 100644
--- a/src/build.ts
+++ b/src/build.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ export async function generateLambda() {
 export async function build() {
   const entries = await getAllEntryPoint("./app");
   // clear out folder
-  await rm("./out/", { recursive: true }).catch();
+  await rm("./out/", { recursive: true }).catch(() => {});
+  await mkdir("./out");
 
   await esbuild.build({
     entryPoints: entries,
diff --git a/src/build_cli.ts b/src/build_cli.ts
index 41daa28..bfee570 100644
--- a/src/build_cli.ts
+++ b/src/build_cli.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if (typeof globalThis.require === "undefined") {
 }
 `;
 
-esbuild.build({
+await esbuild.build({
   entryPoints: ["./src/cli.ts"],
   bundle: true,
   outfile: "./build/cli.js",
diff --git a/src/cli.ts b/src/cli.ts
index 920628f..4d5ca87 100644
--- a/src/cli.ts
+++ b/src/cli.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { bundleAll } from "./build";
 import { deploy as cdkDeploy } from "./deploy";
 import { argv } from "node:process";
 import { startDev } from "./dev";
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+import { writeFile, mkdir } from "node:fs/promises";
 
 const commands = [
   {
@@ -23,8 +25,61 @@ const commands = [
     props: [],
     fn: startDev,
   },
+  {
+    title: "create",
+    props: [],
+    fn: newApp,
+  },
 ];
 
+const sampleConfig = `export const name = "example-app"
+export const llrt = "./llrt.zip"
+`;
+
+const sampleGitignore = `./llrt.zip
+out/
+node_modules/`;
+
+async function newApp() {
+  const log = (text: string) => {
+    console.log(color(" Create ", "Gray"), text);
+  };
+
+  log("creating new lack app");
+
+  log("downloading llrt");
+  const repoRes = await fetch(
+    "https://api.github.com/repos/awslabs/llrt/releases/latest"
+  );
+  const data: {
+    assets: {
+      browser_download_url: string;
+      name: string;
+    }[];
+  } = await repoRes.json();
+
+  const correctVersion = data.assets.find(
+    (x) => x.name === "llrt-lambda-arm64.zip"
+  );
+  if (!correctVersion) {
+    error(
+      "Couldn't download the correct LLRT version, please set up Lack manually"
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const llrtBin = await fetch(correctVersion.browser_download_url);
+  const blob = await llrtBin.blob();
+  await writeFile("./llrt.zip", Buffer.from(await blob.arrayBuffer()));
+  log("downloaded llrt");
+  log("generating config and gitignore");
+  await writeFile(".gitignore", sampleGitignore);
+  await writeFile("lack.config.js", sampleConfig);
+
+  await mkdir("./app");
+  log("done");
+}
+
 async function deploy() {
   const log = (text: string) => {
     console.log(color(" Deploy ", "Green"), text);
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 13b66e8..0c3fa0e 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { readdir } from "fs/promises";
-import { extname } from "path";
+import { extname, resolve } from "path";
 
 export async function getAllEntryPoint(path: string): Promise<string[]> {
   const res = await readdir(path, { withFileTypes: true });
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export async function getAllRoutes() {
   return (
     await Promise.all(
       entries.map((file) =>
-        import(file).then((functions) =>
+        import("file://" + resolve(file)).then((functions) =>
           Object.keys(functions).map((functionName) => {
             const path = file.slice(base.length, -extname(file).length);
             const fullPath = `${path}/${removeMethod(functionName)}`;