diff --git a/bin/test.sh b/bin/test.sh
index 7cfbdece..c2286ba2 100755
--- a/bin/test.sh
+++ b/bin/test.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
 
 # ── Start MySQL via Docker Compose ────────────────────────────────────────────
 echo "Starting test services..."
+docker compose -f "$ROOT/docker-compose.yml" down --remove-orphans
 docker compose -f "$ROOT/docker-compose.yml" up -d --wait
 
 # Ensure MySQL is torn down on exit (even if tests fail)
-trap 'echo "Stopping test services..."; docker compose -f "$ROOT/docker-compose.test.yml" down' EXIT
+trap 'echo "Stopping test services..."; docker compose -f "$ROOT/docker-compose.yml" down' EXIT
 
 # ── Common DB env vars (match docker-compose.test.yml) ───────────────────────
 export DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
diff --git a/example/config-app/uv.lock b/example/config-app/uv.lock
index e2c55a3d..b5ded1c8 100644
--- a/example/config-app/uv.lock
+++ b/example/config-app/uv.lock
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fastapi-startkit"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.23.0"
 source = { editable = "../../fastapi_startkit" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "cleo" },
diff --git a/example/database-app/uv.lock b/example/database-app/uv.lock
index 5a426a93..79b46c58 100644
--- a/example/database-app/uv.lock
+++ b/example/database-app/uv.lock
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fastapi-startkit"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.23.0"
 source = { editable = "../../fastapi_startkit" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "cleo" },
diff --git a/example/fastapi-app/bootstrap/application.py b/example/fastapi-app/bootstrap/application.py
index 3d4555ba..deda77d9 100644
--- a/example/fastapi-app/bootstrap/application.py
+++ b/example/fastapi-app/bootstrap/application.py
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 from fastapi_startkit import Application
 from fastapi_startkit.logging import LogProvider
 from providers.fastapi_provider import FastAPIProvider
+from config.fastapi import FastAPIConfig
 
 app: Application = Application(
     base_path=str(Path.cwd()), # This always gives path relative to the execution.
     providers=[
         LogProvider,
-        FastAPIProvider,
+        (FastAPIProvider, FastAPIConfig),
     ]
 )
diff --git a/example/fastapi-app/config/fastapi.py b/example/fastapi-app/config/fastapi.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea734791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example/fastapi-app/config/fastapi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import dataclasses
+
+from fastapi_startkit.environment import env
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass
+class FastAPIConfig:
+    host: str = dataclasses.field(default_factory=lambda: env("APP_HOST", "127.0.0.1"))
+    port: int = dataclasses.field(default_factory=lambda: env("APP_PORT", 8000))
+    reload: bool = dataclasses.field(default_factory=lambda: env("APP_RELOAD", True))
+    reload_dirs: list | None = None
+    reload_excludes: list = dataclasses.field(
+        default_factory=lambda: [
+            "*.log",
+            "tests/*",
+            "node_modules/*",
+        ]
+    )
diff --git a/example/fastapi-app/pyproject.toml b/example/fastapi-app/pyproject.toml
index ba316274..5334f80d 100644
--- a/example/fastapi-app/pyproject.toml
+++ b/example/fastapi-app/pyproject.toml
@@ -10,3 +10,8 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [tool.uv.sources]
 fastapi-startkit = { path = "../../fastapi_startkit", editable = true }
+
+[dependency-groups]
+dev = [
+    "dumpdie>=1.5.0",
+]
diff --git a/example/fastapi-app/routes/api.py b/example/fastapi-app/routes/api.py
index 84716814..149ed599 100644
--- a/example/fastapi-app/routes/api.py
+++ b/example/fastapi-app/routes/api.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ async def index():
     Logger.info("Welcome to FastAPI StartKit!")
     Logger.info("Version: 1.0.0")
     Logger.info("Docs: /docs")
-    Logger.log("debug", "Debugging the application.")
+    Logger.log("debug", "Debugging the application!")
     return {
         "message": "Welcome to FastAPI StartKit!",
         "version": "1.0.0",
diff --git a/example/fastapi-app/uv.lock b/example/fastapi-app/uv.lock
index 99d33bc5..4565ce5f 100644
--- a/example/fastapi-app/uv.lock
+++ b/example/fastapi-app/uv.lock
@@ -192,6 +192,15 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/1a/91/e0d457ee03ec33d79ee2cd8d212debb1bc21dfb99728ae35efdb5832dc22/dotty_dict-1.3.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:5022d234d9922f13aa711b4950372a06a6d64cb6d6db9ba43d0ba133ebfce31f", size = 7014, upload-time = "2022-07-09T18:50:55.058Z" },
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dumpdie"
+version = "1.5.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/2d/61/7ea2d95d55806d9e812e6a38880a479adb40a874c95c745a3a896e844998/dumpdie-1.5.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:0267fc9409a10fb0c3e023ba95b109df2108b72f5fb7f98e3cc68a3f825a3d46", size = 88462, upload-time = "2026-03-19T00:39:54.465Z" }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/47/40/e7937be0300078626ff929e1d7856ebe3237aa03ad338d0c077c6cda301d/dumpdie-1.5.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:df487693dacfbe38fb2a3229e4734479e046c2485cb7ba723f3e7e5012da1087", size = 3369, upload-time = "2026-03-19T00:39:53.436Z" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "email-validator"
 version = "2.3.0"
@@ -238,9 +247,17 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "fastapi-startkit", extra = ["fastapi"] },
 ]
 
+[package.dev-dependencies]
+dev = [
+    { name = "dumpdie" },
+]
+
 [package.metadata]
 requires-dist = [{ name = "fastapi-startkit", extras = ["fastapi"], editable = "../../fastapi_startkit" }]
 
+[package.metadata.requires-dev]
+dev = [{ name = "dumpdie", specifier = ">=1.5.0" }]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "fastapi-cli"
 version = "0.0.24"
@@ -282,7 +299,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fastapi-startkit"
-version = "0.13.6"
+version = "0.22.0"
 source = { editable = "../../fastapi_startkit" }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "cleo" },
@@ -297,6 +314,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [package.optional-dependencies]
 fastapi = [
     { name = "fastapi", extra = ["standard"] },
+    { name = "itsdangerous" },
 ]
 
 [package.metadata]
@@ -310,19 +328,24 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "faker", marker = "extra == 'database'", specifier = ">=40.13.0" },
     { name = "fastapi", extras = ["standard"], marker = "extra == 'fastapi'", specifier = ">=0.124.4,<0.125.0" },
     { name = "inflection", specifier = ">=0.5.1" },
+    { name = "itsdangerous", marker = "extra == 'fastapi'", specifier = ">=2.2.0" },
+    { name = "jinja2", marker = "extra == 'inertia'", specifier = ">=3.1" },
     { name = "jinja2", marker = "extra == 'vite'", specifier = ">=3.1" },
+    { name = "markupsafe", marker = "extra == 'inertia'", specifier = ">=2.0" },
     { name = "pendulum", specifier = ">=3.1.0,<4.0.0" },
     { name = "pydantic", specifier = ">=2.12.5" },
     { name = "requests", specifier = ">=2.32.5,<3.0.0" },
     { name = "sqlalchemy", extras = ["asyncio"], marker = "extra == 'database'", specifier = ">=2.0.38" },
 ]
-provides-extras = ["fastapi", "database", "sqlite", "postgres", "mysql", "vite"]
+provides-extras = ["fastapi", "database", "sqlite", "postgres", "mysql", "vite", "inertia"]
 
 [package.metadata.requires-dev]
 dev = [
     { name = "dumpdie", specifier = ">=1.5.0" },
+    { name = "itsdangerous", specifier = ">=2.2.0" },
     { name = "pytest", specifier = ">=9.0.3" },
     { name = "pytest-asyncio", specifier = ">=1.3.0" },
+    { name = "ruff", specifier = ">=0.9.0" },
     { name = "twine", specifier = ">=6.2.0" },
 ]
 
@@ -482,6 +505,15 @@ wheels = [
     { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/59/91/aa6bde563e0085a02a435aa99b49ef75b0a4b062635e606dab23ce18d720/inflection-0.5.1-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:f38b2b640938a4f35ade69ac3d053042959b62a0f1076a5bbaa1b9526605a8a2", size = 9454, upload-time = "2020-08-22T08:16:27.816Z" },
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "itsdangerous"
+version = "2.2.0"
+source = { registry = "https://pypi.org/simple" }
+sdist = { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/9c/cb/8ac0172223afbccb63986cc25049b154ecfb5e85932587206f42317be31d/itsdangerous-2.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:e0050c0b7da1eea53ffaf149c0cfbb5c6e2e2b69c4bef22c81fa6eb73e5f6173", size = 54410, upload-time = "2024-04-16T21:28:15.614Z" }
+wheels = [
+    { url = "https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/04/96/92447566d16df59b2a776c0fb82dbc4d9e07cd95062562af01e408583fc4/itsdangerous-2.2.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:c6242fc49e35958c8b15141343aa660db5fc54d4f13a1db01a3f5891b98700ef", size = 16234, upload-time = "2024-04-16T21:28:14.499Z" },
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "jinja2"
 version = "3.1.6"
diff --git a/fastapi_startkit/pyproject.toml b/fastapi_startkit/pyproject.toml
index d2fca816..26f9079c 100644
--- a/fastapi_startkit/pyproject.toml
+++ b/fastapi_startkit/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "fastapi-startkit"
-version = "0.22.0"
+version = "0.23.0"
 description = "Fastapi Starter kit components"
 authors = [
     {name = "Bedram Tamang", email = "tmgbedu@gmail.com"}
diff --git a/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/__init__.py b/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/__init__.py
index 892fc268..9660424d 100644
--- a/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/__init__.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 from .console import ConsoleApplication
 from .configuration.config import Config
 
-__all__ = ["Application", "Config"]
+__all__ = ["Application", "ConsoleApplication", "Config"]
diff --git a/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/fastapi/__init__.py b/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/fastapi/__init__.py
index b19ad15c..254b5130 100644
--- a/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/fastapi/__init__.py
+++ b/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/fastapi/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from .providers.fastapi_provider import FastAPIProvider
 from .routers.router import Router
 from .requests.model import RequestModel
+from .config import FastAPIConfig
 
-__all__ = ["FastAPIProvider", "Router", "RequestModel"]
+__all__ = ["FastAPIProvider", "Router", "RequestModel", "FastAPIConfig"]
diff --git a/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/fastapi/commands/serve_command.py b/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/fastapi/commands/serve_command.py
index 9ba13166..d24f9e69 100644
--- a/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/fastapi/commands/serve_command.py
+++ b/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/fastapi/commands/serve_command.py
@@ -11,22 +11,22 @@ class ServeCommand(Command):
             "port",
             "p",
             flag=False,
-            default="8000",
-            description="The port to serve the application on",
+            default=None,
+            description="The port to serve the application on (overrides fastapi config)",
         ),
         option(
             "host",
             None,
             flag=False,
-            default="127.0.0.1",
-            description="The host to bind to",
+            default=None,
+            description="The host to bind to (overrides fastapi config)",
         ),
         option(
             "reload",
             "r",
             flag=False,
-            default=True,
-            description="Enable auto-reload on code changes",
+            default=None,
+            description="Enable auto-reload on code changes (overrides fastapi config)",
         ),
         option(
             "app",
@@ -39,12 +39,20 @@ class ServeCommand(Command):
 
     def handle(self):
         import uvicorn
+        from fastapi_startkit import Config
         from fastapi_startkit.container import Container
 
-        port = int(self.option("port"))
-        host = self.option("host")
+        # Resolve server settings: CLI flag > fastapi config > uvicorn default (None)
+        cfg_host = Config.get("fastapi.host", "127.0.0.1")
+        cfg_port = Config.get("fastapi.port", 8000)
+        cfg_reload = Config.get("fastapi.reload", True)
+        cfg_reload_dirs = Config.get("fastapi.reload_dirs") or None
+        cfg_reload_excludes = Config.get("fastapi.reload_excludes") or None
+
+        host = self.option("host") or cfg_host
+        port = int(self.option("port") or cfg_port)
+        reload = cfg_reload if self.option("reload") is None else self.option("reload")
         app = self.option("app")
-        reload = self.option("reload")
 
         exist = self.is_app_exist()
 
@@ -59,11 +67,13 @@ def handle(self):
             kwargs.update(
                 {
                     "app": app,
-                    "reload": reload,
                     "factory": True,
-                    "reload_excludes": ["*.log", "tests/*"],
                 }
             )
+            if cfg_reload_dirs is not None:
+                kwargs["reload_dirs"] = cfg_reload_dirs
+            if cfg_reload_excludes is not None:
+                kwargs["reload_excludes"] = cfg_reload_excludes
 
             self.line(
                 f"<info>Starting Uvicorn server on {host}:{port} [{app}]...</info>"
diff --git a/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/fastapi/config/__init__.py b/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/fastapi/config/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ba558e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/fastapi/config/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from .fastapi import FastAPIConfig
+
+__all__ = ["FastAPIConfig"]
diff --git a/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/fastapi/config/fastapi.py b/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/fastapi/config/fastapi.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f85534c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/fastapi/config/fastapi.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+import dataclasses
+
+from fastapi_startkit.environment import env
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass
+class FastAPIConfig:
+    """Server configuration for the uvicorn/FastAPI serve command.
+
+    All fields can be overridden via environment variables or by publishing a
+    ``config/fastapi.py`` file in the application root.
+    """
+
+    host: str = dataclasses.field(default_factory=lambda: env("APP_HOST", "127.0.0.1"))
+    port: int = dataclasses.field(default_factory=lambda: env("APP_PORT", 8000))
+    reload: bool = dataclasses.field(default_factory=lambda: env("APP_RELOAD", True))
+    reload_dirs: list | None = None
+    reload_excludes: list = dataclasses.field(
+        default_factory=lambda: [
+            "*.log",
+            "tests/*",
+            "node_modules/*",
+        ]
+    )
diff --git a/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/fastapi/providers/fastapi_provider.py b/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/fastapi/providers/fastapi_provider.py
index 2f062e06..79eadab5 100644
--- a/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/fastapi/providers/fastapi_provider.py
+++ b/fastapi_startkit/src/fastapi_startkit/fastapi/providers/fastapi_provider.py
@@ -2,12 +2,18 @@
 from fastapi import FastAPI
 
 from fastapi_startkit.fastapi.commands import ServeCommand
+from fastapi_startkit.fastapi.config import FastAPIConfig
 from fastapi_startkit.providers import Provider
 
 
 class FastAPIProvider(Provider):
+    provider_key = "fastapi"
+
     def register(self) -> None:
         """Create a FastAPI instance and register routers."""
+        config = self.resolve_config(FastAPIConfig)
+        self.merge_config_from(config, self.provider_key)
+
         fastapi = FastAPI(
             title="Jobins AI Agent (LangChain)",
             version="1.0.0",
@@ -16,9 +22,16 @@ def register(self) -> None:
         self.app.use_fastapi(fastapi)
 
     def boot(self):
+        import os
+
         self.commands([ServeCommand])
         self._register_exception_handlers()
 
+        source = os.path.abspath(
+            os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "../config/fastapi.py")
+        )
+        self.publishes({source: "config/fastapi.py"})
+
     def _register_exception_handlers(self):
         """Wire exception_manager as a catch-all handler for all exceptions."""
         from fastapi import HTTPException
diff --git a/fastapi_startkit/uv.lock b/fastapi_startkit/uv.lock
index 2065bd39..f2d3b028 100644
--- a/fastapi_startkit/uv.lock
+++ b/fastapi_startkit/uv.lock
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ wheels = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "fastapi-startkit"
-version = "0.21.0"
+version = "0.23.0"
 source = { editable = "." }
 dependencies = [
     { name = "cleo" },