diff --git a/deno.json b/deno.json
index e8ccaa9..7e2b7de 100644
--- a/deno.json
+++ b/deno.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@subql/ai-app-framework",
-  "version": "1.0.0-4",
+  "version": "1.0.0-11",
   "exports": {
     "./cli": "./src/index.ts",
     ".": "./src/mod.ts"
diff --git a/deno.lock b/deno.lock
index c86826e..5297492 100644
--- a/deno.lock
+++ b/deno.lock
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
     "jsr:@std/streams@^1.0.5": "1.0.6",
     "jsr:@std/tar@~0.1.1": "0.1.1",
     "jsr:@subql/ai-app-framework@1.0.0-1": "1.0.0-1",
+    "jsr:@subql/ai-app-framework@1.0.0-3": "1.0.0-3",
     "npm:@lancedb/lancedb@0.10": "0.10.0_apache-arrow@17.0.0",
     "npm:@sinclair/typebox@*": "0.33.11",
     "npm:@sinclair/typebox@~0.33.11": "0.33.11",
@@ -272,6 +273,9 @@
         "npm:vscode-jsonrpc",
         "npm:yargs"
       ]
+    },
+    "@subql/ai-app-framework@1.0.0-3": {
+      "integrity": "e3754a07ab39b02a4fd7d875d6af800659a5c773a64d0c77a1ef57d320d9fd81"
     }
   },
   "npm": {
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 9c53cb6..b2ab328 100755
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -43,6 +43,20 @@ const sharedArgs = {
   },
 } satisfies Record<string, Options>;
 
+const debugArgs = {
+  debug: {
+    description: "Enable debug logging",
+    type: "boolean",
+    default: false,
+  },
+  logFmt: {
+    description: "Set the logger format",
+    type: "string",
+    choices: ["json", "pretty"],
+    default: "pretty",
+  },
+} satisfies Record<string, Options>;
+
 function ipfsFromArgs(
   argv: ArgumentsCamelCase<InferredOptionTypes<typeof sharedArgs>>,
 ): IPFSClient {
@@ -60,6 +74,7 @@ yargs(Deno.args)
     "Run a SubQuery AI app",
     {
       ...sharedArgs,
+      ...debugArgs,
       host: {
         alias: "h",
         description: "The ollama RPC host",
@@ -91,17 +106,6 @@ yargs(Deno.args)
         type: "number",
         default: 10_000, // 10s
       },
-      debug: {
-        description: "Enable debug logging",
-        type: "boolean",
-        default: false,
-      },
-      logFmt: {
-        description: "Set the logger format",
-        type: "string",
-        choices: ["json", "pretty"],
-        default: "pretty",
-      },
     },
     async (argv) => {
       try {
@@ -132,6 +136,7 @@ yargs(Deno.args)
     "Get information on a project",
     {
       ...sharedArgs,
+      ...debugArgs,
       json: {
         description: "Log the project in JSON format",
         default: false,
@@ -140,6 +145,10 @@ yargs(Deno.args)
     },
     async (argv) => {
       try {
+        await initLogger(
+          argv.logFmt as "json" | "pretty",
+          argv.debug ? "debug" : undefined,
+        );
         const { projectInfo } = await import("./subcommands/info.ts");
         await projectInfo(argv.project, ipfsFromArgs(argv), argv.json);
         Deno.exit(0);
@@ -214,6 +223,7 @@ yargs(Deno.args)
     "Publishes a project to IPFS so it can be easily distributed",
     {
       ...sharedArgs,
+      ...debugArgs,
       silent: {
         description: "Disable all logging except for the output",
         type: "boolean",
@@ -221,6 +231,13 @@ yargs(Deno.args)
     },
     async (argv) => {
       try {
+        if (!argv.silent) {
+          await initLogger(
+            argv.logFmt as "json" | "pretty",
+            argv.debug ? "debug" : undefined,
+          );
+        }
+
         const { publishProject } = await import("./subcommands/bundle.ts");
         if (argv.silent) {
           setSpinner(ora({ isSilent: true }));
diff --git a/src/loader.ts b/src/loader.ts
index 617bf61..d8913be 100644
--- a/src/loader.ts
+++ b/src/loader.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { dirname } from "@std/path/dirname";
-import { CIDReg, type IPFSClient } from "./ipfs.ts";
 import { resolve } from "@std/path/resolve";
+import { fromFileUrl } from "@std/path/from-file-url";
+import { CIDReg, type IPFSClient } from "./ipfs.ts";
+
 import { UntarStream } from "@std/tar";
 import { ensureDir, exists } from "@std/fs";
 import type { Source } from "./util.ts";
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ async function loadScript(path: string): Promise<unknown> {
 /**
  * Loads a local manifest file (either json, ts or js)
  */
-export async function loadManfiest(path: string): Promise<ProjectManifest> {
+async function loadManfiest(path: string): Promise<ProjectManifest> {
   let manifest: unknown;
   try {
     manifest = await loadJson(path);
@@ -104,7 +106,11 @@ export async function pullContent(
 
   try {
     // This should throw if the project is not a valid URL. This allows loading lancedb from gcs/s3
-    new URL(path);
+    const url = new URL(path);
+
+    if (url.protocol === "file:") {
+      return [fromFileUrl(path), "local"];
+    }
 
     return [path, "remote"];
   } catch (_e) {
@@ -118,12 +124,18 @@ export class Loader {
   #ipfs: IPFSClient;
   #force: boolean;
 
+  readonly projectPath: string;
+
   constructor(
-    readonly projectPath: string,
+    projectPath: string,
     ipfs: IPFSClient,
     readonly tmpDir?: string,
     force?: boolean,
   ) {
+    this.projectPath = projectPath.startsWith("file://")
+      ? fromFileUrl(projectPath)
+      : projectPath;
+
     this.#ipfs = ipfs;
     this.#force = force ?? false;
   }
@@ -154,10 +166,13 @@ export class Loader {
     const [manifestPath, source] = await this.pullContent(
       this.projectPath,
       "manifest.json",
+      undefined,
+      Deno.cwd(),
     );
 
-    const manifest = await loadManfiest(manifestPath);
     logger.debug(`getManifest [${source}] ${manifestPath}`);
+    const manifest = await loadManfiest(manifestPath);
+
     return [manifestPath, manifest, source];
   }
 
diff --git a/subquery-delegator b/subquery-delegator
index c72c4f2..f859358 160000
--- a/subquery-delegator
+++ b/subquery-delegator
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c72c4f248834ecae21fbe28af58a7199ebc81135
+Subproject commit f859358a75737101c7615a28339e3337010d9d7b