diff --git a/packages/core/event-handler.js b/packages/core/event-handler.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 12f1382..0000000
--- a/packages/core/event-handler.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-import { consola } from 'consola'
-import { eventHandler } from 'h3'
-import { createHooks } from 'hookable'
-import { hooks as mcflyHooks } from './hooks.mjs'
-import { evaluateServerScripts } from './evaluate-scripts.mjs'
-import { injectHtmlFragments } from './inject-fragments.mjs'
-import { injectCustomElements } from './inject-elements.mjs'
-import defaultMcflyConfig from './default-mcfly-config.mjs'
-import { loadConfig } from 'c12'
-
-/**
- * @typedef {import('../config').McFlyConfig} Config
- * @typedef {import('unstorage').Storage} Storage
- * @typedef {import('unstorage').StorageValue} StorageValue
- * @typedef {import('h3').EventHandler} EventHandler
- */
-
-/**
- * Intercepts all routes and assembles the correct HTML to return
- * @deprecated
- * @param {{
- *  storage: Storage
- * }} param0
- * @returns {EventHandler}
- */
-export function useMcFlyRoute({ storage }) {
-  return eventHandler(async (event) => {
-    const hooks = createHooks()
-    Object.keys(mcflyHooks).forEach((hookName) => hooks.addHooks(hookName))
-    const { path } = event
-    let { config } = await loadConfig({ name: 'mcfly' })
-
-    if (!config || Object.keys(config).length === 0) {
-      config = defaultMcflyConfig
-      consola.warn(`[WARN]: McFly configuration not loaded, using defaults...`)
-    }
-
-    const plugins = config.plugins
-
-    plugins.forEach((plugin) => {
-      const pluginHooks = Object.keys(plugin)
-      pluginHooks.forEach((pluginHook) => {
-        hooks.hook(pluginHook, plugin[pluginHook])
-      })
-    })
-
-    const { components: componentType } = config
-    let html = await getHtml(path, storage)
-
-    if (html) {
-      const transforms = [
-        {
-          fn: evaluateServerScripts,
-          args: [''],
-          hook: mcflyHooks.serverScriptsEvaluated,
-        },
-        {
-          fn: injectHtmlFragments,
-          args: [storage],
-          hook: mcflyHooks.fragmentsInjected,
-        },
-        {
-          fn: injectCustomElements,
-          args: [componentType, storage],
-          hook: mcflyHooks.customElementsInjected,
-        },
-      ]
-
-      if (!!componentType && !!html) {
-        for (const transform of transforms) {
-          html = await transform.fn(html.toString(), ...transform.args)
-
-          // call hook
-          if (transform.hook) {
-            hooks.callHook(transform.hook)
-          }
-        }
-      } else {
-        consola.error('[ERR]: Failed to insert registry', {
-          componentType: !componentType ? 'missing' : 'okay',
-          html: !html ? 'missing' : 'okay',
-        })
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (html) {
-      hooks.callHook(mcflyHooks.pageRendered)
-    }
-
-    return (
-      html ??
-      new Response(
-        '😱 ERROR 404: Not found. You can put a 404.html on the ./src/pages directory to customize this error page.',
-        { status: 404 }
-      )
-    )
-  })
-}
-
-function getPurePath(path) {
-  return path.split('?')[0]
-}
-/**
- * Gets the correct HTML depending on the path requested
- * @param {string} path
- * @param {Storage} storage
- * @returns {Promise<StorageValue>}
- */
-async function getHtml(path, storage) {
-  const purePath = getPurePath(path)
-  const rawPath =
-    purePath[purePath.length - 1] === '/' ? purePath.slice(0, -1) : purePath
-  const filename = rawPath === '' ? '/index.html' : `${rawPath}.html`
-  const fallback = getPath(rawPath + '/index.html')
-  const filePath = getPath(filename)
-  let html = await storage.getItem(filePath)
-  if (!html) html = await storage.getItem(fallback)
-  if (!html) html = await storage.getItem(getPath('/404.html'))
-
-  return html
-}
-
-/**
- * Gets the storage path for a file
- * @param {string} filename
- * @returns {string}
- */
-function getPath(filename) {
-  return `assets:pages${filename}`
-}
diff --git a/packages/core/index.js b/packages/core/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 107cd90..0000000
--- a/packages/core/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export { useMcFlyRoute } from './event-handler.js'
diff --git a/packages/core/package.json b/packages/core/package.json
index a0b4c7e..a688c33 100644
--- a/packages/core/package.json
+++ b/packages/core/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@mcflyjs/core",
-  "version": "0.7.0",
+  "version": "0.7.1",
   "description": "McFly core package",
   "type": "module",
   "main": "index.js",
diff --git a/packages/core/route-middleware.js b/packages/core/route-middleware.js
index a419a63..dcb0d13 100644
--- a/packages/core/route-middleware.js
+++ b/packages/core/route-middleware.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export default eventHandler(async (event) => {
     consola.warn(`[WARN]: McFly configuration not loaded, using defaults...`)
   }
 
-  const plugins = config.plugins
+  const plugins = config.plugins ?? []
 
   plugins.forEach((plugin) => {
     const pluginHooks = Object.keys(plugin)
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 22db933..6cbedd5 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -121,15 +121,9 @@ importers:
       '@mcflyjs/cli':
         specifier: ^0.1.1
         version: 0.1.1(magicast@0.3.5)
-      '@mcflyjs/config':
-        specifier: ^0.2.1
-        version: link:../../packages/config
       '@mcflyjs/core':
-        specifier: ^0.6.1
-        version: 0.6.1(magicast@0.3.5)(typescript@5.7.2)
-      nitropack:
-        specifier: ~2.10.4
-        version: 2.10.4(typescript@5.7.2)
+        specifier: ^0.7.1
+        version: link:../../packages/core
 
 packages:
 
@@ -607,9 +601,6 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-YT0XVwbUO9SscfoCrNY1Tz92SwLrCKbvHYrPUWjC8UAVaaX8tekdfRDF7DiIr8PX5me3YIZUBnQw0/loFNPhvQ==}
     hasBin: true
 
-  '@mcflyjs/core@0.6.1':
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-ozgpIRpNix7gyuFlB8ofEm+iENMvxQsgyzxMTbIrOM69QYiEV1GsjxWyUqH3QuCwA4UB1KHdyWS+PNaCWSepOQ==}
-
   '@netlify/functions@2.8.2':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-DeoAQh8LuNPvBE4qsKlezjKj0PyXDryOFJfJKo3Z1qZLKzQ21sT314KQKPVjfvw6knqijj+IO+0kHXy/TJiqNA==}
     engines: {node: '>=14.0.0'}
@@ -3126,44 +3117,6 @@ snapshots:
     transitivePeerDependencies:
       - magicast
 
-  '@mcflyjs/core@0.6.1(magicast@0.3.5)(typescript@5.7.2)':
-    dependencies:
-      c12: 2.0.1(magicast@0.3.5)
-      esbuild: 0.24.2
-      esprima: 4.0.1
-      h3: 1.13.0
-      nitropack: 2.10.4(typescript@5.7.2)
-      ultrahtml: 1.5.3
-    transitivePeerDependencies:
-      - '@azure/app-configuration'
-      - '@azure/cosmos'
-      - '@azure/data-tables'
-      - '@azure/identity'
-      - '@azure/keyvault-secrets'
-      - '@azure/storage-blob'
-      - '@capacitor/preferences'
-      - '@deno/kv'
-      - '@electric-sql/pglite'
-      - '@libsql/client'
-      - '@netlify/blobs'
-      - '@planetscale/database'
-      - '@upstash/redis'
-      - '@vercel/blob'
-      - '@vercel/kv'
-      - aws4fetch
-      - better-sqlite3
-      - drizzle-orm
-      - encoding
-      - idb-keyval
-      - magicast
-      - mysql2
-      - rolldown
-      - supports-color
-      - typescript
-      - uWebSockets.js
-      - uploadthing
-      - xml2js
-
   '@netlify/functions@2.8.2':
     dependencies:
       '@netlify/serverless-functions-api': 1.26.1