diff --git a/eslint.config.js b/eslint.config.js
index d98e7b05..0f1e806c 100644
--- a/eslint.config.js
+++ b/eslint.config.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export default antfu(
       '**/.svelte-kit**',
       '**/package/**',
       '**/src/routes/kitbook/**',
+      '**/src/lib/routes/+layout.ts',
     ],
   },
 )
diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/layout/Layout.svelte b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/layout/Layout.svelte
index ff40f826..24b40ed3 100644
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/layout/Layout.svelte
+++ b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/layout/Layout.svelte
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import '@kitbook/mdsvex-shiki-twoslash/shiki-twoslash.css'
   import '../styles/main.css'
-  import { settings } from 'virtual:kitbook-settings'
   import Header from './sidebar/Header.svelte'
   import Sidebar from './sidebar/Sidebar.svelte'
   import { putPagesIntoFolders } from './parseModules/putPagesIntoFolders'
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@
   import { page } from '$app/stores'
   // import InstrumentPanel from './instrument-panel/InstrumentPanel.svelte';
 
-  const { title, description, expandTree, githubURL } = settings || {}
+  const { title, description, expandTree, githubURL } = $page.data.settings
 
   $: ({ kitbookPath, activePath } = findKitbookPath($page.url.pathname))
   let showSidebar = false
diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/layout/layoutLoad.ts b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/layout/layoutLoad.ts
index beeee478..bbdbe840 100644
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/layout/layoutLoad.ts
+++ b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/layout/layoutLoad.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-import type { GroupedPageMap } from "kitbook";
+import type { GroupedPageMap, KitbookSettings } from 'kitbook'
+import { pagesStore } from '../modules/hmrUpdatedModules'
+
+// import { derived } from 'svelte/store'
 
 /**
  * The default modules glob import used by Kitbook is this
@@ -6,18 +9,33 @@ import type { GroupedPageMap } from "kitbook";
  * const modules = import.meta.glob(['/src/**\/*.{md,svx,svelte,variants.ts}', '/README.md']);
  * ```
  * `{md,svx}` = Kitbook Story Files
- * 
+ *
  * `{svelte,variants.ts}` = Automatically create a default Story for each component w/ variants automatically being populated by colocated files `*.variants.ts` files (Foo.svelte and Foo.variants.ts; +page.svelte and _page.variants.ts)
  */
-export function layoutLoad({ pages }:
-  {
-    pages: GroupedPageMap,
-  }) {
+export function layoutLoad({ pages: initialPages, settings, variantsTemplate }:
+{
+  pages: GroupedPageMap
+  settings: KitbookSettings
+  variantsTemplate: string
+}) {
   return async () => {
-    if (!Object.keys(pages).length) throw new Error('No pages found. Did you import layoutLoad into your Kitbook layout.ts file and you have at least a README.md or one +page.svelte, +layout.svelte, *.svelte, *.md, or *.svx file in your project?')
+    if (!Object.keys(initialPages).length)
+      throw new Error('No pages found. Did you import layoutLoad into your Kitbook layout.ts file and you have at least a README.md or one +page.svelte, +layout.svelte, *.svelte, *.md, or *.svx file in your project?')
+
+    // console.log({ initialPages })
+    // const pages = derived(pagesStore, ($pagesStore, set) => {
+    //   console.log({ $pagesStore })
+    //   if (Object.keys($pagesStore).length) {
+    //     console.log('setting pages')
+    //     set($pagesStore)
+    //   }
+    // }, initialPages)
 
     return {
-      pages,
-    };
+      pages: initialPages,
+      pagesStore,
+      settings,
+      variantsTemplate,
+    }
   }
-} 
+}
diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/open/openFiles.ts b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/open/openFiles.ts
index 23882837..899716e6 100644
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/open/openFiles.ts
+++ b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/open/openFiles.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
-import { settings } from 'virtual:kitbook-settings'
-import { variants as variantsTemplate } from 'virtual:kitbook-templates'
+import { get } from 'svelte/store'
 import { removeQuotesFromSerializedFunctions, serialize } from './serialize'
+import { page } from '$app/stores'
 
 // import { generateCode, parseModule } from 'magicast'
 
 export function openComponent(filename: string) {
+  const { data } = get(page)
   const file_loc = `${filename}:1:1`
-  fetch(`${settings.viewer.__internal.viteBase}/__open-in-editor?file=${encodeURIComponent(file_loc)}`)
+  fetch(`${data.settings.viewer.__internal.viteBase}/__open-in-editor?file=${encodeURIComponent(file_loc)}`)
 }
 
 export function openVariantsWithoutProps(path: string) {
-  const modifiedTemplate = variantsTemplate.replace('Template.svelte', path.split('/').pop())
+  const { data } = get(page)
+  const modifiedTemplate = data.variantsTemplate.replace('Template.svelte', path.split('/').pop())
   const variantsPath = path.replace('.svelte', '.variants.ts')
   ensureFileExists(variantsPath, modifiedTemplate)
 }
@@ -25,7 +27,8 @@ export function openVariants(filename: string, variantsFilename: string, compone
   // module.exports.variants[0].props = serializedState
   // const { code } = generateCode(module)
 
-  const code = variantsTemplate.replace('props: {}', `props: ${JSON.stringify(serializedState, null, 2)}`)
+  const { data } = get(page)
+  const code = data.variantsTemplate.replace('props: {}', `props: ${JSON.stringify(serializedState, null, 2)}`)
   const modifiedTemplate = removeQuotesFromSerializedFunctions(code.replace('Template.svelte', filename.split('/').pop()))
   ensureFileExists(variantsFilename, modifiedTemplate)
 }
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@ function ensureFileExists(filename: string, template: string) {
 if (import.meta.hot) {
   import.meta.hot.on('kitbook:open-file', ({ filename }) => {
     const file_loc = `${filename}:1:1`
-    fetch(`${settings.viewer.__internal.viteBase}/__open-in-editor?file=${encodeURIComponent(file_loc)}`)
+    const { data } = get(page)
+    fetch(`${data.settings.viewer.__internal.viteBase}/__open-in-editor?file=${encodeURIComponent(file_loc)}`)
   })
 }
diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/pages/MainPage.svelte b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/pages/MainPage.svelte
index d0b57dc7..be3da35b 100644
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/pages/MainPage.svelte
+++ b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/pages/MainPage.svelte
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import '../styles/kb-prose.css'
-  import type { GroupedPage, GroupedPageMap, LoadedModules, VariantsModule } from 'kitbook'
+  import type { GroupedPage, GroupedPageMap, KitbookSettings, LoadedModules, VariantsModule } from 'kitbook'
   import { Button } from 'svelte-pieces'
-  import { settings } from 'virtual:kitbook-settings'
   import EditInGithub from '../components/EditInGithub.svelte'
   import { pagesStore } from '../modules/hmrUpdatedModules'
   import { openComponent, openSvx, openVariantsWithoutProps } from '../open/openFiles'
@@ -11,6 +10,7 @@
   import { dev } from '$app/environment'
 
   export let data: {
+    settings?: KitbookSettings
     pages?: GroupedPageMap
     page?: GroupedPage
     pageKey?: string
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     error?: string
   } = { loadedModules: {} }
 
-  const { viewports, languages, githubURL } = settings
+  const { viewports, languages, githubURL } = data.settings
 
   $: pageFromUpdatingStore = $pagesStore?.[data.pageKey]
   let variantsModule: VariantsModule
diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/pages/SandboxPage.svelte b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/pages/SandboxPage.svelte
index a01c2d85..c6d7f2d1 100644
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/pages/SandboxPage.svelte
+++ b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/pages/SandboxPage.svelte
@@ -1,77 +1,58 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-  import { type SvelteComponent, getContext, setContext } from 'svelte'
+  import { type SvelteComponent, setContext } from 'svelte'
   import type { Writable } from 'svelte/store'
   import type { GroupedPage, GroupedPageMap, LoadedModules, Variant } from '../kitbook-types'
   import ErrorBoundary from '../components/errorBoundary/ErrorBoundary.js'
 
   export let data: {
     pages: GroupedPageMap
+    pagesStore: Writable<GroupedPageMap>
     page: GroupedPage
     pageKey: string
     loadedModules: LoadedModules
-    storyId: string
     variant?: Variant<SvelteComponent>
     variantIdx?: string // string is better because it works as an index also and doesn't give false negative on '0'
     editedProps?: Record<string, any>
   // error?: string;
   }
 
-  let { variant } = data
-  const pagesStore = getContext<Writable<GroupedPageMap>>('pages-store')
+  let { variant, pagesStore } = data
   $: page = $pagesStore[data.pageKey]
 
   $: if (page?.loadVariants?.loadModule && data.variantIdx) {
-    page.loadVariants.loadModule().then((module) => {
-      variant = module?.variants[data.variantIdx] || {}
-    }).catch((error) => {
-      console.error(error)
-    })
+    page.loadVariants
+      .loadModule()
+      .then((module) => {
+        variant = module?.variants[data.variantIdx] || {}
+      })
+      .catch((error) => {
+        console.error(error)
+      })
   }
 
-  const isStory = !!data.storyId
-
-  if (isStory) {
-    // `Story` components check the `sandboxId` context to know whether to show when in the sandbox - this is passed to the sandbox originally using the `storyId` query param in iframe url
-    setContext<string>('sandboxId', data.storyId)
-    setContext<Record<string, any>>('sandboxProps', data.editedProps || {})
-  }
-
-  for (const { key, context } of data.variant?.contexts || [])
-    setContext(key, context)
-
+  for (const { key, context } of data.variant?.contexts || []) setContext(key, context)
 </script>
 
 <div class="absolute inset-0 overflow-auto">
-  {#if isStory}
-    <div id="sandbox" style="display: contents;">
-      <svelte:component this={data.loadedModules.svx} />
+  <ErrorBoundary onError={console.error}>
+    <div slot="before">
+      {#if Object.keys(variant.props).length === 0}
+        <b>Kitbook tip</b>: Your component may need props passed in. Create a "{data.page
+          ?.name}.variants.ts" file with at least variant. In the future Kitbook will try to
+        automatically supply default props, but until then they must be supplied manually.
+      {/if}
     </div>
-  {:else}
-    <ErrorBoundary onError={console.error}>
-      <div slot="before">
-        {#if Object.keys(variant.props).length === 0}
-          <b>Kitbook tip</b>: Your component may need props passed in. Create a "{data.page?.name}.variants.ts" file with at least variant. In the future Kitbook will try to
-          automatically supply default props, but until then they must be supplied manually.
+    {#if variant?.slots}
+      {@const defaultSlotContent = variant.slots.default}
+      <svelte:component this={data.loadedModules.component} {...variant.props}>
+        {#if typeof defaultSlotContent === 'string'}
+          {@html defaultSlotContent}
+        {:else}
+          <svelte:component this={defaultSlotContent} />
         {/if}
-      </div>
-      {#if variant?.slots}
-        {@const defaultSlotContent = variant.slots.default}
-        <svelte:component this={data.loadedModules.component} {...variant.props}>
-          {#if typeof defaultSlotContent === 'string'}
-            {@html defaultSlotContent}
-          {:else}
-            <svelte:component this={defaultSlotContent} />
-          {/if}
-        </svelte:component>
-      {:else}
-        <svelte:component this={data.loadedModules.component} {...variant.props} />
-      {/if}
-    </ErrorBoundary>
-  {/if}
+      </svelte:component>
+    {:else}
+      <svelte:component this={data.loadedModules.component} {...variant.props} />
+    {/if}
+  </ErrorBoundary>
 </div>
-
-<style>
-  #sandbox > :global(:not(.show-in-sandbox)) {
-    display: none;
-  }
-</style>
diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/pages/sandboxPageLoad.ts b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/pages/sandboxPageLoad.ts
index 4cc8aa50..54a37355 100644
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/pages/sandboxPageLoad.ts
+++ b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/pages/sandboxPageLoad.ts
@@ -8,18 +8,18 @@ export async function sandboxPageLoad({ params, parent, url }) {
   const page: GroupedPage = pages[pageKey]
   const loadedModules: LoadedModules = {}
 
-  const storyId = url.searchParams.get('storyId') as string
+  // const storyId = url.searchParams.get('storyId') as string
   const variantIdx = url.searchParams.get('variantIdx')
 
-  if (storyId)
-    loadedModules.svx = (await page.loadSvx.loadModule() as any).default as typeof SvelteComponent
-  else
-    loadedModules.component = (await page.loadComponent.loadModule() as any).default as typeof SvelteComponent
+  // if (storyId)
+  //   loadedModules.svx = (await page.loadSvx.loadModule() as any).default as typeof SvelteComponent
+  // else
+  loadedModules.component = (await page.loadComponent.loadModule() as any).default as typeof SvelteComponent
 
   let variant: Variant<SvelteComponent>
   if (variantIdx)
     variant = (await page.loadVariants.loadModule()).variants[variantIdx] || {}
 
   const editedProps: Record<string, any> = JSON.parse(decode(url.searchParams.get('props')) || null)
-  return { page, pageKey, loadedModules, storyId, variant, variantIdx, editedProps }
+  return { page, pageKey, loadedModules, variant, variantIdx, editedProps }
 }
diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/plugins/vite/constants.ts b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/plugins/vite/constants.ts
index 7539078a..360defae 100644
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/plugins/vite/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/plugins/vite/constants.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-export enum VirtualModules {
-  KITBOOK_MODULES = 'virtual:kitbook-modules',
-  KITBOOK_SETTINGS = 'virtual:kitbook-settings',
-  KITBOOK_TEMPLATES = 'virtual:kitbook-templates',
-}
+export const DEFAULT_IMPORT_MODULE_GLOBS = [
+  '/src/**/*.{md,svx,svelte,variants.ts}',
+  '/README.md',
+]
 
-export const DEFAULT_IMPORT_MODULE_GLOBS = ['/src/**/*.{md,svx,svelte,variants.ts}', '/README.md']
 export const DEFAULT_VIEWPORTS = [
   { name: 'mobile', width: 375, height: 667 },
   { name: 'tablet', width: 768, height: 800 }, // height should probably be 1024, but until the iframe can automatically decrease height to fit content let's do this
diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/plugins/vite/initKitbook.ts b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/plugins/vite/initKitbook.ts
index 7c3278c9..808544be 100644
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/plugins/vite/initKitbook.ts
+++ b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/plugins/vite/initKitbook.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const red = '\x1B[31m'
 const bold = '\x1B[1m'
 const reset = '\x1B[0m'
 
-const LATEST_VERSION_WITH_ROUTES_UPDATE = 'kitbook@1.0.0-alpha.48^'
+const LATEST_VERSION_WITH_ROUTES_UPDATE = 'kitbook@1.0.0-alpha.50^'
 const FILE_WITH_NOTICE = '[...file]/+page.svelte'
 
 export function initKitbook({ routesDirectory, kitbookRoute }: KitbookSettings) {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export function initKitbook({ routesDirectory, kitbookRoute }: KitbookSettings)
     const src = 'node_modules/kitbook/dist/routes'
     const destination = kitbookDirectory
     fs.cpSync(src, destination, { recursive: true, filter: excludeDocFiles })
-    console.log(`${bold}${green}[Kitbook] Added Kitbook route files to ${kitbookDirectory}. Don't edit these. They will be automatically updated by Kitbook in future versions when needed.\n${reset}`)
+    console.info(`${bold}${green}[Kitbook] Added Kitbook route files to ${kitbookDirectory}. Don't edit these. They will be automatically updated by Kitbook in future versions when needed.\n${reset}`)
   }
   catch (e) {
     console.error(`${bold}${red}[Kitbook] Error copying in needed routes: ${e}\n${reset}`)
diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/plugins/vite/plugin.ts b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/plugins/vite/plugin.ts
index 8a792da4..cb74a80d 100644
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/plugins/vite/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/plugins/vite/plugin.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ import type { Plugin } from 'vite'
 import type { KitbookSettings } from '../../kitbook-types'
 import { initKitbook } from './initKitbook.js'
 import { modifyViteConfigForKitbook } from './modifyViteConfigForKitbook.js'
-import { DEFAULT_IMPORT_MODULE_GLOBS, DEFAULT_KITBOOK_ROUTE, DEFAULT_ROUTES_DIR, DEFAULT_VIEWPORTS, VirtualModules } from './constants.js'
+import { DEFAULT_IMPORT_MODULE_GLOBS, DEFAULT_KITBOOK_ROUTE, DEFAULT_ROUTES_DIR, DEFAULT_VIEWPORTS } from './constants.js'
 import { writeModuleGlobsIntoVirtualModuleCode } from './writeModuleGlobsIntoVirtualModuleCode.js'
 import { kitbookViewer } from './viewer/index.js'
 import { DEFAULT_VIEWER_OPTIONS } from './viewer/options.js'
 
+const LOAD_MODULES_ID = 'virtual:kitbook'
+
 /**
  * Vite plugin to add a Kitbook to SvelteKit projects. Will automatically add Kitbook routes to `src/routes/kitbook` unless you update the `routesDirectory` and `kitbookRoute` settings.
  */
@@ -41,23 +43,22 @@ export function kitbook(userSettings: Partial<KitbookSettings> = {}): Plugin[] {
     config: modifyViteConfigForKitbook,
 
     resolveId(id) {
-      if (Object.values(VirtualModules).includes(id as VirtualModules))
-        return addVirtualFilePrefix(id)
+      if (id === LOAD_MODULES_ID)
+        return addVirtualFilePrefix(LOAD_MODULES_ID)
     },
 
     load(id) {
-      if (id === addVirtualFilePrefix(VirtualModules.KITBOOK_SETTINGS))
-        return `export const settings = ${JSON.stringify(settings)}`
-
-      if (id === addVirtualFilePrefix(VirtualModules.KITBOOK_MODULES)) {
+      if (id === addVirtualFilePrefix(LOAD_MODULES_ID)) {
         const _dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url))
         const filepath = resolve(_dirname, './virtual/importModules.js')
         const content = readFileSync(filepath, 'utf-8')
-        return writeModuleGlobsIntoVirtualModuleCode(content, settings.importModuleGlobs || DEFAULT_IMPORT_MODULE_GLOBS)
-      }
+        const pageModulesCode = writeModuleGlobsIntoVirtualModuleCode(content, settings.importModuleGlobs || DEFAULT_IMPORT_MODULE_GLOBS)
 
-      if (id === addVirtualFilePrefix(VirtualModules.KITBOOK_TEMPLATES))
-        return `export const variants = \`${getVariantsTemplate()}\``
+        return `${pageModulesCode}
+        export const settings = ${JSON.stringify(settings)}
+        export const variantsTemplate = \`${getVariantsTemplate()}\`
+        `
+      }
     },
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/plugins/vite/virtual/virtual-module.d.ts b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/plugins/vite/virtual/virtual-module.d.ts
index edb83281..0566bb8a 100644
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/plugins/vite/virtual/virtual-module.d.ts
+++ b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/plugins/vite/virtual/virtual-module.d.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,7 @@
-declare module 'virtual:kitbook-modules' {
-  import type { GroupedPageMap } from 'kitbook'
+declare module 'virtual:kitbook' {
+  import type { GroupedPageMap, KitbookSettings, Variant } from 'kitbook'
 
   export const pages: GroupedPageMap
-}
-
-declare module 'virtual:kitbook-settings' {
-  import type { KitbookSettings } from 'kitbook'
-
   export const settings: KitbookSettings
-}
-
-declare module 'virtual:kitbook-templates' {
-  import type { KitbookSettings } from 'kitbook'
-
-  export const variants: string
+  export const variantsTemplate: string
 }
diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/+layout.svelte b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/+layout.svelte
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b87e6f7..00000000
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/+layout.svelte
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<script>
-  import { pagesStore } from 'kitbook'
-  import { setContext } from 'svelte'
-
-  setContext('pages-store', pagesStore)
-</script>
-
-<slot />
diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/+layout.ts b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/+layout.ts
index 6a187727..ef1af9ea 100644
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/+layout.ts
+++ b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/+layout.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+// @ts-ignore - virtual import
+import { pages, settings, variantsTemplate } from 'virtual:kitbook'
 import { layoutLoad } from 'kitbook'
-import { pages } from 'virtual:kitbook-modules'
 import type { LayoutLoad } from './$types'
 
-export const load = layoutLoad({ pages }) satisfies LayoutLoad
+export const load = layoutLoad({ pages, settings, variantsTemplate }) satisfies LayoutLoad
diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/[...file]/+page.svelte b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/[...file]/+page.svelte
index 13580f70..25224e6d 100644
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/[...file]/+page.svelte
+++ b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/[...file]/+page.svelte
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 
 <MainPage {data} />
 
-<!-- kitbook route files auto-generated by kitbook@1.0.0-alpha.48^ - do not edit as they will be overwritten next time kitbook updates routing -->
+<!-- kitbook route files auto-generated by kitbook@1.0.0-alpha.50^ - do not edit as they will be overwritten next time kitbook updates routing -->
diff --git a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/sandbox/[...file]/_page.variants.ts b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/sandbox/[...file]/_page.variants.ts
index d9c5d8c1..e4a9714c 100644
--- a/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/sandbox/[...file]/_page.variants.ts
+++ b/packages/kitbook/src/lib/routes/sandbox/[...file]/_page.variants.ts
@@ -5,28 +5,8 @@ import type Component from './+page.svelte'
 import IndividualComponent from './mockComponents/IndividualComponent.svelte'
 
 export const variants: Variant<Component>[] = [
-  {
-    name: 'Individual Story',
-    description: 'If there is a params.id (story ID), find the corresponding module matching params.file from data.modules, pass props being pulled from the query params, and hide all other content outside that Story using CSS',
-    props: {
-      data: {
-        variant: {
-          props: { age: 42 },
-        },
-        variantIdx: '0',
-        pageKey: '',
-        editedProps: null,
-        loadedModules: {
-        },
-        storyId: 'showMe',
-        page: null,
-        pages: null,
-      },
-    },
-  },
   {
     name: 'Component Variant',
-    description: 'if no storyId query param, find the module matching params.file from data.modules and pass props found in the query params',
     props: {
       data: {
         variant: {
@@ -37,9 +17,11 @@ export const variants: Variant<Component>[] = [
         editedProps: null,
         loadedModules: {
         },
-        storyId: null,
         page: null,
         pages: null,
+        settings: null,
+        variantsTemplate: null,
+        pagesStore: null,
       },
     },
   },
@@ -55,9 +37,11 @@ export const variants: Variant<Component>[] = [
         loadedModules: {
           component: IndividualComponent as typeof SvelteComponent,
         },
-        storyId: null,
         page: null,
         pages: null,
+        settings: null,
+        variantsTemplate: null,
+        pagesStore: null,
       },
     },
   },
diff --git a/packages/template/package.json b/packages/template/package.json
index 137843ac..cebadcd9 100644
--- a/packages/template/package.json
+++ b/packages/template/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "template",
   "type": "module",
+  "version": "1.0.0-alpha.49",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "dev": "vite dev",
@@ -24,6 +25,5 @@
   "stackblitz": {
     "installDependencies": false,
     "startCommand": "node .stackblitz.js && npm install && npm run dev"
-  },
-  "version": "1.0.0-alpha.49"
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/template/src/routes/kitbook/+layout.js b/packages/template/src/routes/kitbook/+layout.js
index fd6b7ed8..7c10b725 100644
--- a/packages/template/src/routes/kitbook/+layout.js
+++ b/packages/template/src/routes/kitbook/+layout.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// @ts-ignore - virtual import
+import { pages, settings, variantsTemplate } from 'virtual:kitbook';
 import { layoutLoad } from 'kitbook';
-import { pages } from 'virtual:kitbook-modules';
-export const load = layoutLoad({ pages });
+export const load = layoutLoad({ pages, settings, variantsTemplate });
diff --git a/packages/template/src/routes/kitbook/+layout.svelte b/packages/template/src/routes/kitbook/+layout.svelte
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b87e6f7..00000000
--- a/packages/template/src/routes/kitbook/+layout.svelte
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<script>
-  import { pagesStore } from 'kitbook'
-  import { setContext } from 'svelte'
-
-  setContext('pages-store', pagesStore)
-</script>
-
-<slot />
diff --git a/packages/template/src/routes/kitbook/[...file]/+page.svelte b/packages/template/src/routes/kitbook/[...file]/+page.svelte
index f9d55e76..3774fc13 100644
--- a/packages/template/src/routes/kitbook/[...file]/+page.svelte
+++ b/packages/template/src/routes/kitbook/[...file]/+page.svelte
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ export let data;
 
 <MainPage {data} />
 
-<!-- kitbook route files auto-generated by kitbook@1.0.0-alpha.48^ - do not edit as they will be overwritten next time kitbook updates routing -->
+<!-- kitbook route files auto-generated by kitbook@1.0.0-alpha.50^ - do not edit as they will be overwritten next time kitbook updates routing -->