diff --git a/packages/create-app/src/cli.js b/packages/create-app/src/cli.js
index 18602616a..a40f76252 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/src/cli.js
+++ b/packages/create-app/src/cli.js
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ const TEMPLATES = {
 
 // Banner
 console.log()
-console.log(kleur.bold().cyan('✨ Create SonicJS App'))
+console.log(kleur.bold().cyan('✨ Create SonicJS App'))
 console.log(kleur.dim(`   v${VERSION}`))
 console.log()
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ async function main() {
       await shutdown()
 
       console.log()
-      console.log(kleur.yellow('⚠ Cancelled'))
+      console.log(kleur.yellow('⚠ Cancelled'))
       process.exit(0)
     }
 
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ async function main() {
     await shutdown()
 
     console.error()
-    console.error(kleur.red('✖ Error:'), error.message)
+    console.error(kleur.red('✖ Error:'), error.message)
     console.error()
     process.exit(1)
   }
@@ -376,7 +376,7 @@ async function createProject(answers, flags) {
       answers.adminSeeded = false
     }
 
-    spinner.succeed(kleur.bold().green('✓ Project created successfully!'))
+    spinner.succeed(kleur.bold().green('✓ Project created successfully!'))
 
   } catch (error) {
     spinner.fail('Failed to create project')
@@ -434,6 +434,17 @@ async function copyTemplate(templateName, targetDir, options) {
     if (fs.existsSync(examplePath)) {
       await fs.remove(examplePath)
     }
+
+    // Also remove the blog post import and registration from index.ts
+    const indexPath = path.join(targetDir, 'src/index.ts')
+    if (fs.existsSync(indexPath)) {
+      let indexContent = await fs.readFile(indexPath, 'utf-8')
+      // Remove the import line
+      indexContent = indexContent.replace(/^import blogPostsCollection from ['"]\.\/collections\/blog-posts\.collection['"];?\n/m, '')
+      // Remove the registration entry from registerCollections array
+      indexContent = indexContent.replace(/\s*blogPostsCollection,?\n/, '\n')
+      await fs.writeFile(indexPath, indexContent, 'utf-8')
+    }
   }
 
   // Create admin seed script with provided credentials (only if creating admin user)
@@ -468,7 +479,7 @@ async function seed() {
   const { env, dispose } = await getPlatformProxy()
 
   if (!env?.DB) {
-    console.error('❌ Error: DB binding not found')
+    console.error('❌ Error: DB binding not found')
     console.error('')
     console.error('Make sure you have:')
     console.error('1. Created your D1 database: wrangler d1 create <database-name>')
@@ -489,7 +500,7 @@ async function seed() {
       .get()
 
     if (existingUser) {
-      console.log('✓ Admin user already exists')
+      console.log('✓ Admin user already exists')
       console.log(\`  Email: ${email}\`)
       console.log(\`  Role: \${existingUser.role}\`)
       return
@@ -518,13 +529,13 @@ async function seed() {
       })
       .run()
 
-    console.log('✓ Admin user created successfully')
+    console.log('✓ Admin user created successfully')
     console.log(\`  Email: ${email}\`)
     console.log(\`  Role: admin\`)
     console.log('')
     console.log('You can now login at: http://localhost:8787/auth/login')
   } catch (error) {
-    console.error('❌ Error creating admin user:', error)
+    console.error('❌ Error creating admin user:', error)
     await dispose()
     process.exit(1)
   }
@@ -537,11 +548,11 @@ async function seed() {
 seed()
   .then(() => {
     console.log('')
-    console.log('✓ Seeding complete')
+    console.log('✓ Seeding complete')
     process.exit(0)
   })
   .catch((error) => {
-    console.error('❌ Seeding failed:', error)
+    console.error('❌ Seeding failed:', error)
     process.exit(1)
   })
 `
@@ -620,12 +631,12 @@ async function createCloudflareResources(databaseName, bucketName, targetDir) {
       dbCreated = true
     } else {
       console.log('')
-      console.log(kleur.yellow('⚠ Warning: Could not parse database_id from wrangler output'))
+      console.log(kleur.yellow('⚠ Warning: Could not parse database_id from wrangler output'))
       console.log(kleur.dim('  You may need to manually update wrangler.toml'))
     }
   } catch (error) {
     console.log('')
-    console.log(kleur.yellow('⚠ D1 database creation failed:'))
+    console.log(kleur.yellow('⚠ D1 database creation failed:'))
     console.log(kleur.dim(`  ${error.message}`))
     if (error.stderr) {
       console.log(kleur.dim(`  ${error.stderr}`))
@@ -643,7 +654,7 @@ async function createCloudflareResources(databaseName, bucketName, targetDir) {
     bucketCreated = true
   } catch (error) {
     console.log('')
-    console.log(kleur.yellow('⚠ R2 bucket creation failed:'))
+    console.log(kleur.yellow('⚠ R2 bucket creation failed:'))
     console.log(kleur.dim(`  ${error.message}`))
     if (error.stderr) {
       console.log(kleur.dim(`  ${error.stderr}`))
@@ -761,7 +772,7 @@ function printSuccessMessage(answers) {
   const { projectName, createResources, skipInstall, resourcesCreated, databaseIdSet, migrationsRan, adminSeeded, seedAdmin } = answers
 
   console.log()
-  console.log(kleur.bold().green('🎉 Success!'))
+  console.log(kleur.bold().green('🎉 Success!'))
   console.log()
   console.log(kleur.bold('Next steps:'))
   console.log()
@@ -770,7 +781,7 @@ function printSuccessMessage(answers) {
   if (skipInstall) {
     console.log(kleur.cyan('  npm install'))
     console.log()
-    console.log(kleur.yellow('⚠ Important: After npm install, copy migrations:'))
+    console.log(kleur.yellow('⚠ Important: After npm install, copy migrations:'))
     console.log(kleur.dim('  cp -r node_modules/@sonicjs-cms/core/migrations ./'))
   }
 
@@ -802,7 +813,7 @@ function printSuccessMessage(answers) {
 
   console.log()
   if (migrationsRan && (!seedAdmin || adminSeeded)) {
-    console.log(kleur.bold().green('✓ Database is ready! Start development:'))
+    console.log(kleur.bold().green('✓ Database is ready! Start development:'))
   } else {
     console.log(kleur.bold('Start development:'))
   }
@@ -817,7 +828,7 @@ function printSuccessMessage(answers) {
 
   if (migrationsRan && (!seedAdmin || adminSeeded)) {
     console.log()
-    console.log(kleur.green('✓ Everything is set up! Just run npm run dev and login.'))
+    console.log(kleur.green('✓ Everything is set up! Just run npm run dev and login.'))
   }
 
   console.log()