diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fc3e82ae..cc121d92 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@module-federation/aegis",
-  "version": "1.3.8-beta",
+  "version": "1.3.9-beta",
   "module": "lib/index.js",
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "repository": "git@github.com:module-federation/aegis.git",
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
     "cors": "^2.8.5",
     "dotenv": "16.0.1",
     "express": "4.18.1",
+    "express-fileupload": "^1.4.0",
     "express-jwt": "7.7.5",
     "import-fresh": "3.3.0",
     "ipfs": "^0.63.0",
diff --git a/src/domain/util/app-error.js b/src/domain/util/app-error.js
index 20b30abc..cc6fc4d6 100644
--- a/src/domain/util/app-error.js
+++ b/src/domain/util/app-error.js
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 /**
- *
+ * Wrap {@link Error}'s for quick identification as
+ * errors after deserialization crossing thread boundary
  * @param {Error} error
  * @returns
  */
-export function AppError (error, code = null) {
+export function AppError (error, code = 400, cause = null) {
   return {
     name: error.name,
-    message: error.message,
     stack: error.stack,
-    cause: error.cause,
-    code: code, // set http status code
+    code: error.code || code, // set http status code
+    cause: error.cause || cause,
+    message: error.message,
     hasError: true
   }
 }
diff --git a/wasmedge-nodejs-starter b/wasmedge-nodejs-starter
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..3c3b11f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wasmedge-nodejs-starter
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 3c3b11f4f1f0258826b71575e372e88b35353518