diff --git a/zero.Core/Entities/Sections/Section.cs b/zero.Core/Entities/Sections/Section.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b722632e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zero.Core/Entities/Sections/Section.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace zero.Core.Entities
+{
+  /// <summary>
+  /// A section is a main part of the backoffice application
+  /// </summary>
+  public class Section : ISection
+  {
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public string Alias { get; }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public string Name { get; }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public string Icon { get; }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc />
+    public IList<IChildSection> Children { get; } = new List<IChildSection>();
+
+
+    public Section() { }
+
+    public Section(string alias, string name, string icon)
+    {
+      Alias = alias;
+      Name = name;
+      Icon = icon;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/zero.Core/Entities/Sections/SectionCollection.cs b/zero.Core/Entities/Sections/SectionCollection.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9144424e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zero.Core/Entities/Sections/SectionCollection.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace zero.Core.Entities.Sections
+{
+  public class SectionCollection : List<ISection>
+  {
+    public void Add<T>() where T : ISection, new()
+    {
+      Add(new T());
+    }
+
+    public void Add(string alias, string name, string icon)
+    {
+      Add(new Section(alias, name, icon));
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/zero.Core/ZeroOptions.cs b/zero.Core/ZeroOptions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5b1a1f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zero.Core/ZeroOptions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using zero.Core.Entities.Sections;
+
+namespace zero.Core
+{
+  public class ZeroOptions
+  {
+    public SectionCollection Sections { get; private set; } = new SectionCollection();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/zero.Web/Controllers/IndexController.cs b/zero.Web/Controllers/IndexController.cs
index 061c1b47..c57a9975 100644
--- a/zero.Web/Controllers/IndexController.cs
+++ b/zero.Web/Controllers/IndexController.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
+using Microsoft.Extensions.Options;
 using zero.Core;
 using zero.Core.Extensions;
 
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ namespace zero.Web.Controllers
   [AllowAnonymous]
   public class IndexController : BackofficeController
   {
-    public IndexController(IZeroConfiguration config) : base(config)
+    public IndexController(IZeroConfiguration config, IOptionsMonitor<ZeroOptions> options) : base(config)
     {
 
     }
diff --git a/zero.Web/Controllers/SetupController.cs b/zero.Web/Controllers/SetupController.cs
index d56210a6..b7ce349c 100644
--- a/zero.Web/Controllers/SetupController.cs
+++ b/zero.Web/Controllers/SetupController.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authorization;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
 using System;
 using System.Linq;
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ namespace zero.Web.Setup
     protected IWebHostEnvironment Environment { get; private set; }
 
 
-    public SetupController(IZeroConfiguration config, ISetupApi api, IWebHostEnvironment env) : base(config)
+    public SetupController(IZeroConfiguration config, ISetupApi api, IWebHostEnvironment env) : base(config) //  UserManager<User> userManager
     {
       Api = api;
       Environment = env;
diff --git a/zero.Web/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs b/zero.Web/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a6afd2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/zero.Web/ServiceCollectionExtensions.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
+using System;
+using zero.Core;
+using zero.Web.Sections;
+
+namespace zero.Web
+{
+  public static class ServiceCollectionExtensions
+  {
+    public static IServiceCollection AddZero(this IServiceCollection services)
+    {
+      services.AddOptions<ZeroOptions>()
+        .Configure(opts =>
+        {
+          opts.Sections.Add<DashboardSection>();
+          opts.Sections.Add<PagesSection>();
+          opts.Sections.Add<ListsSection>();
+          opts.Sections.Add<MediaSection>();
+          opts.Sections.Add<SettingsSection>();
+        });
+
+      return services;
+    }
+
+    public static IServiceCollection AddZero(this IServiceCollection services, Action<ZeroOptions> setupAction)
+    {
+      return services.AddZero().PostConfigure(setupAction);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/zero.Web/Startup.cs b/zero.Web/Startup.cs
index f456e6a7..756845ad 100644
--- a/zero.Web/Startup.cs
+++ b/zero.Web/Startup.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using zero.Core;
 using zero.Core.Api;
+using zero.Web.Sections;
 
 namespace zero.Web
 {
@@ -51,6 +52,11 @@ namespace zero.Web
 
       // add zero core
       //services.AddCore(appConfig, env);
+      services.AddZero(opts =>
+      {
+        //opts.Sections.RemoveAt(1);
+        //opts.Sections.Add("ecommerce", "E-Commerce", "shopping-bag");
+      });
 
       // add cookie-based authentication
       services.AddAuthentication(CookieAuthenticationDefaults.AuthenticationScheme)