diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 13a05d6..ad4bd87 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -37,3 +37,5 @@
     - [ ] Plugin support
 - [ ] Add option to reject content negotiation params with `406 Not Acceptable`
 - [ ] Add `fast-check` for property-based checking
+- [X] Split HTTP server from backend core
+  - [ ] Add HTTP entrypoint (package?)
diff --git a/packages/core/src/backend/common.ts b/packages/core/src/backend/common.ts
index f31da14..80cfdec 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/backend/common.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/backend/common.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export interface Backend<T extends DataSource = DataSource> {
 	checksSerializersOnDelete(b?: boolean): this;
 	throwsErrorOnDeletingNotFound(b?: boolean): this;
 	use<BackendExtended extends this>(extender: (state: BackendState, t: this) => BackendExtended): BackendExtended;
-	createServer<T extends Server>(type: string, options?: {}): T;
+	createServer<T extends Server = Server>(type: string, options?: {}): T;
 	dataSource?: (resource: Resource) => T;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/backend/core.ts b/packages/core/src/backend/core.ts
index b63b188..7b5155f 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/backend/core.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/backend/core.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ export const createBackend = (params: CreateBackendParams) => {
 			backendState.checksSerializersOnDelete = b;
 			return this;
 		},
-		createServer(): Server {
+		createServer(_type: string, _options = {}): Server {
 			return {
 				requestDecorator() {
 					return this;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/backend/index.ts b/packages/core/src/backend/index.ts
index 1243f85..126256a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/backend/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/backend/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 export * from './core';
 export * from './common';
 export * from './data-source';
+
+// where to put these? we should be publishing them as a separate entry point
+export * as http from '../servers/http';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/common/resource.ts b/packages/core/src/common/resource.ts
index 6dc8f86..424aec4 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/common/resource.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/common/resource.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as v from 'valibot';
 import {PatchContentType} from './media-type';
-import {DataSource, ResourceIdConfig} from '../backend';
+import {DataSource, ResourceIdConfig} from '../backend/data-source';
 
 export const CAN_PATCH_VALID_VALUES = ['merge', 'delta'] as const;
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/servers/http/core.ts b/packages/core/src/servers/http/core.ts
index 7d80dfd..7371eee 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/servers/http/core.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/servers/http/core.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ import {
 	RequestDecorator,
 	Response,
 	Server,
-	DataSource,
-} from '../../backend';
+} from '../../backend/common';
+import {
+	DataSource
+} from '../../backend/data-source';
 import {
 	BaseResourceType,
 	CanPatchSpec,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/backend/content-negotiation.ts b/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/backend/content-negotiation.ts
index 4c6a9f0..dcffaa7 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/backend/content-negotiation.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/backend/content-negotiation.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import {ContentNegotiation} from '../../../../common';
-import {RequestDecorator} from '../../../../backend';
+import {RequestDecorator} from '../../../../backend/common';
 import Negotiator from 'negotiator';
 
-declare module '../../../../backend' {
+declare module '../../../../backend/common' {
 	interface RequestContext {
 		cn: Partial<ContentNegotiation>;
 	}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/backend/index.ts b/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/backend/index.ts
index 94f7406..a20178e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/backend/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/backend/index.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import {BackendState, ParamRequestDecorator} from '../../../../backend';
+import {BackendState, ParamRequestDecorator} from '../../../../backend/common';
 import {decorateRequestWithContentNegotiation} from './content-negotiation';
 import {decorateRequestWithResource} from './resource';
 
-declare module '../../../../backend' {
+declare module '../../../../backend/common' {
 	interface RequestContext {
 		backend: BackendState;
 	}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/backend/resource.ts b/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/backend/resource.ts
index 353b0f5..7ccfc32 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/backend/resource.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/backend/resource.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import {Resource} from '../../../../common';
-import {RequestDecorator} from '../../../../backend';
+import {RequestDecorator} from '../../../../backend/common';
 
-declare module '../../../../backend' {
+declare module '../../../../backend/common' {
 	interface RequestContext {
 		resource?: Resource;
 		resourceId?: string;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/method/index.ts b/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/method/index.ts
index 960ea0e..f39778a 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/method/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/method/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {RequestDecorator} from '../../../../backend';
+import {RequestDecorator} from '../../../../backend/common';
 
 const METHOD_SPOOF_HEADER_NAME = 'x-original-method' as const;
 const METHOD_SPOOF_ORIGINAL_METHOD = 'POST' as const;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/url/base-path.ts b/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/url/base-path.ts
index 507dfbb..7a0274c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/url/base-path.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/url/base-path.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import {ParamRequestDecorator} from '../../../../backend';
+import {ParamRequestDecorator} from '../../../../backend/common';
 
-declare module '../../../../backend' {
+declare module '../../../../backend/common' {
 	interface RequestContext {
 		basePath: string;
 	}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/url/host.ts b/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/url/host.ts
index fe79483..465dc84 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/url/host.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/url/host.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import {ParamRequestDecorator} from '../../../../backend';
+import {ParamRequestDecorator} from '../../../../backend/common';
 
-declare module '../../../../backend' {
+declare module '../../../../backend/common' {
 	interface RequestContext {
 		host: string;
 	}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/url/index.ts b/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/url/index.ts
index a92abcf..efe4f0c 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/url/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/url/index.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import {ParamRequestDecorator} from '../../../../backend';
+import {ParamRequestDecorator} from '../../../../backend/common';
 import {CreateServerParams} from '../../core';
 import {decorateRequestWithScheme} from './scheme';
 import {decorateRequestWithHost} from './host';
 import {decorateRequestWithBasePath} from './base-path';
 
-declare module '../../../../backend' {
+declare module '../../../../backend/common' {
 	interface RequestContext {
 		rawUrl?: string;
 		query: URLSearchParams;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/url/scheme.ts b/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/url/scheme.ts
index 5729490..3e92c70 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/url/scheme.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/servers/http/decorators/url/scheme.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import {ParamRequestDecorator} from '../../../../backend';
+import {ParamRequestDecorator} from '../../../../backend/common';
 
-declare module '../../../../backend' {
+declare module '../../../../backend/common' {
 	interface RequestContext {
 		scheme: string;
 	}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/servers/http/handlers/default.ts b/packages/core/src/servers/http/handlers/default.ts
index 5e0bebc..2717c2e 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/servers/http/handlers/default.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/servers/http/handlers/default.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {constants} from 'http2';
-import {AllowedMiddlewareSpecification, getAllowString, Middleware} from '../../../backend';
+import {AllowedMiddlewareSpecification, getAllowString, Middleware} from '../../../backend/common';
 import {LinkMap} from '../utils';
 import {PlainResponse, ErrorPlainResponse} from '../response';
 import {getAcceptPatchString, getAcceptPostString} from '../../../common';
diff --git a/packages/core/src/servers/http/handlers/resource.ts b/packages/core/src/servers/http/handlers/resource.ts
index 8427511..d5a8524 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/servers/http/handlers/resource.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/servers/http/handlers/resource.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { constants } from 'http2';
 import * as v from 'valibot';
 import assert from 'assert';
-import {Middleware} from '../../../backend';
+import {Middleware} from '../../../backend/common';
 import {
 	applyDelta, Query,
 	Delta,
diff --git a/packages/core/src/servers/http/response.ts b/packages/core/src/servers/http/response.ts
index ad0ef7c..f38218d 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/servers/http/response.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/servers/http/response.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import {Language, LanguageStatusMessageMap} from '../../common';
-import {MiddlewareResponseError, Response} from '../../backend';
+import {MiddlewareResponseError, Response} from '../../backend/common';
 
 interface PlainResponseParams<T = unknown, U extends NodeJS.EventEmitter = NodeJS.EventEmitter> extends Response {
 	body?: T;
diff --git a/packages/core/test/features/decorators.test.ts b/packages/core/test/features/decorators.test.ts
index 4582ea4..e93b9ac 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/features/decorators.test.ts
+++ b/packages/core/test/features/decorators.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import {describe, afterAll, beforeAll, it} from 'vitest';
 import {Application, application, resource, Resource, validation as v} from '../../src/common';
-import {Backend, DataSource, RequestContext, Server} from '../../src/backend';
+import {Backend, DataSource, RequestContext} from '../../src/backend';
 import {createTestClient, DummyDataSource, dummyGenerationStrategy, TEST_LANGUAGE, TestClient} from '../utils';
 import {httpExtender, HttpServer} from '../../src/servers/http';
 
diff --git a/packages/examples/cms-web-api/src/index.ts b/packages/examples/cms-web-api/src/index.ts
index 284a5d9..05ec750 100644
--- a/packages/examples/cms-web-api/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/cms-web-api/src/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { application, resource, validation as v } from '@modal-sh/yasumi';
 import { http } from '@modal-sh/yasumi/backend';
 import { randomUUID } from 'crypto';
-import {JsonLinesDataSource} from '@modal-sh/yasumi-data-source-file-jsonl';
+import { JsonLinesDataSource } from '@modal-sh/yasumi-data-source-file-jsonl';
 import { constants } from 'http2';
 import TAGALOG from './languages/tl';
 
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ const User = resource(
   v.object({
     email: v.string([v.email()]),
     password: v.string(),
-    createdAt: v.datelike(),
-    updatedAt: v.datelike(),
+    createdAt: v.date(),
+    updatedAt: v.date(),
   })
 )
   .name('User')
@@ -59,9 +59,10 @@ const app = application({
 const backend = app.createBackend({
   dataSource: new JsonLinesDataSource(),
 })
+  .use(http.httpExtender)
   .throwsErrorOnDeletingNotFound();
 
-const server = backend.createHttpServer({
+const server = backend.createServer('http', {
   basePath: '/api',
 })
   .defaultErrorHandler((_req, res) => () => {
diff --git a/packages/examples/cms-web-api/src/languages/tl.ts b/packages/examples/cms-web-api/src/languages/tl.ts
index f80bbcc..b096fb5 100644
--- a/packages/examples/cms-web-api/src/languages/tl.ts
+++ b/packages/examples/cms-web-api/src/languages/tl.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ export default {
 		badRequest: 'Maling Paghiling',
 		ok: 'OK',
 		provideOptions: 'Magbigay ng mga Pagpipilian',
+		resourceCollectionQueried: 'Hinanapan ang $RESOURCE Collection',
 		resourceCollectionFetched: 'Nakuha ang $RESOURCE Collection',
 		resourceFetched: 'Nakuha ang $RESOURCE',
 		resourceNotFound: 'Hindi Nahanap ang $RESOURCE',