diff --git a/zero/ApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs b/zero/ApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
index 29056ed9..0a4e5b1d 100644
--- a/zero/ApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
+++ b/zero/ApplicationBuilderExtensions.cs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ public static class ApplicationBuilderExtensions
   public static IApplicationBuilder UseZero(this IApplicationBuilder app)
   {
     app.UseMiddleware<ZeroContextMiddleware>();
+    app.UseOutputCache();
     ZeroBuilder.Modules.Configure(app, null, app.ApplicationServices);
     return app;
   }
diff --git a/zero/Configuration/ZeroOptions.cs b/zero/Configuration/ZeroOptions.cs
index d469e274..fcd2028c 100644
--- a/zero/Configuration/ZeroOptions.cs
+++ b/zero/Configuration/ZeroOptions.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ public class ZeroOptions : IZeroOptions
   /// <inheritdoc />
   public string Language { get; set; } = "en_US";
 
+  /// <inheritdoc />
+  public string AppName { get; set; }
+
   /// <inheritdoc />
   public TimeSpan TokenExpiration { get; set; }
 
@@ -51,6 +54,11 @@ public interface IZeroOptions
   /// </summary>
   public string Language { get; set; }
 
+  /// <summary>
+  /// Name of the app (used in logging and otehr areas)
+  /// </summary>
+  public string AppName { get; set; }
+
   /// <summary>
   /// Expiration of a generated change token for an entity
   /// </summary>
diff --git a/zero/Metadata/MetadataService.cs b/zero/Metadata/MetadataService.cs
index 51eef65b..3b207194 100644
--- a/zero/Metadata/MetadataService.cs
+++ b/zero/Metadata/MetadataService.cs
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ public class MetadataService : IMetadataService
       Image = options.Image,
       Author = options.Author,
       PageName = pageName,
-      AppVersion = Assembly.GetEntryAssembly().GetCustomAttribute<AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute>().InformationalVersion
-    };
+      AppVersion = Assembly.GetEntryAssembly()!.GetCustomAttribute<AssemblyInformationalVersionAttribute>()?.InformationalVersion.Split('+').FirstOrDefault()};
 
     // generate robots
     bool noIndex = options.NoIndex ?? false;
diff --git a/zero/ZeroBuilder.cs b/zero/ZeroBuilder.cs
index 4ff8173c..4c251191 100644
--- a/zero/ZeroBuilder.cs
+++ b/zero/ZeroBuilder.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using FluentValidation;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Antiforgery;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.DataProtection;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
@@ -36,13 +37,18 @@ public class ZeroBuilder
     _startupOptions.AssemblyDiscoveryRules.Add(new ZeroAssemblyDiscoveryRule());
     setupAction?.Invoke(_startupOptions);
 
+    //string appName = configuration.GetValue<string>("Zero:AppName").Or("zero-app");
+    //services.AddDataProtection();.PersistKeysToRegistry()
+
     services.AddControllers();
+    services.AddOutputCache();
     Mvc = services.AddRazorPages();
 
     Mvc.AddDataAnnotationsLocalization();
 
     services.Configure<AntiforgeryOptions>(opts => opts.Cookie.Name = "zero.antiforgery");
 
+
     // adds and discovers additional and built-in assemblies
     new AssemblyDiscovery(Mvc).Execute(_startupOptions.AssemblyDiscoveryRules);
     
diff --git a/zero/zero.csproj b/zero/zero.csproj
index 9d8b49dd..2f9e77cd 100644
--- a/zero/zero.csproj
+++ b/zero/zero.csproj
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup>
-        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel" Version="8.0.2" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyModel" Version="9.0.4" />
         <PackageReference Include="FluentValidation" Version="11.11.0" />
-        <PackageReference Include="SixLabors.ImageSharp.Web" Version="3.1.3" />
+        <PackageReference Include="SixLabors.ImageSharp.Web" Version="3.1.5" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
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