diff --git a/client/sw/register.spec.js b/client/sw/register.spec.js
index 5cb98049..47420ba7 100644
--- a/client/sw/register.spec.js
+++ b/client/sw/register.spec.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ test('sw: register: registerSW', async (t, {location, navigator}) => {
     const {register} = navigator.serviceWorker;
     await registerSW('/hello');
     
-    t.calledWith(register, ['/hello/sw.mjs'], 'should call register');
+    t.calledWith(register, ['/hello/sw.js'], 'should call register');
     t.end();
 });
 
@@ -98,6 +98,6 @@ test('sw: register: unregisterSW', async (t, {location, navigator}) => {
     
     await unregisterSW('/hello');
     
-    t.calledWith(register, ['/hello/sw.mjs'], 'should call register');
+    t.calledWith(register, ['/hello/sw.js'], 'should call register');
     t.end();
 });
diff --git a/server/cloudcmd.js b/server/cloudcmd.js
index 996ac5d4..a135b14e 100644
--- a/server/cloudcmd.js
+++ b/server/cloudcmd.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ import * as cloudfunc from '#common/cloudfunc';
 import authentication from './auth.js';
 import {createConfig, configPath} from './config.js';
 import modulas from './modulas.js';
-import userMenu from './user-menu.js';
+import {userMenu} from './user-menu.js';
 import rest from './rest/index.js';
 import route from './route.js';
 import * as validate from './validate.js';
diff --git a/server/user-menu.js b/server/user-menu.js
index 4eaa3a8c..4c56ad9f 100644
--- a/server/user-menu.js
+++ b/server/user-menu.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import {homedir} from 'node:os';
 import {readFile as _readFile} from 'node:fs/promises';
 import {join} from 'node:path';
+import {readFileSync} from 'node:fs';
+// warm up worker cache
 import montag from 'montag';
 import {tryToCatch} from 'try-to-catch';
 import currify from 'currify';
@@ -10,9 +12,8 @@ import {putout, codeframe} from 'putout';
 transpile('');
 
 const PREFIX = '/api/v1/user-menu';
-const DEFAULT_MENU_PATH = new URL('../static/user-menu.js', import.meta.url).pathname;
 
-export default currify(async ({menuName, readFile = _readFile}, req, res, next) => {
+export const userMenu = currify(async ({menuName, readFile = _readFile}, req, res, next) => {
     if (!req.url.startsWith(PREFIX))
         return next();
     
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ async function onGET({req, res, menuName, readFile}) {
     const url = req.url.replace(PREFIX, '');
     
     if (url === '/default')
-        return sendDefaultMenu(res);
+        return await sendDefaultMenu(res);
     
     const {findUp} = await import('find-up');
     
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ async function onGET({req, res, menuName, readFile}) {
             .send(e.message);
     
     if (e)
-        return sendDefaultMenu(res);
+        return await sendDefaultMenu(res);
     
     const [parseError, result] = await transpile(source);
     
@@ -85,10 +86,12 @@ function getError(error, source) {
     `;
 }
 
-function sendDefaultMenu(res) {
-    res.sendFile(DEFAULT_MENU_PATH, {
-        cacheControl: false,
-    });
+async function sendDefaultMenu(res) {
+    const menu = await getDefaultMenu();
+    
+    res
+        .type('js')
+        .send(menu);
 }
 
 async function transpile(source) {
@@ -102,3 +105,11 @@ async function transpile(source) {
         ],
     });
 }
+
+async function getDefaultMenu() {
+    const DEFAULT_MENU_PATH = new URL('../static/user-menu.js', import.meta.url).pathname;
+    const menu = readFileSync(DEFAULT_MENU_PATH, 'utf8');
+    const [, result] = await transpile(menu);
+    
+    return result.code;
+}
diff --git a/server/user-menu.spec.js b/server/user-menu.spec.js
index 976eebd9..b88cb07a 100644
--- a/server/user-menu.spec.js
+++ b/server/user-menu.spec.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import {readFileSync} from 'node:fs';
 import {test, stub} from 'supertape';
 import serveOnce from 'serve-once';
 import {putout} from 'putout';
-import userMenu from './user-menu.js';
+import {userMenu} from './user-menu.js';
 
 const __filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url);
 const __dirname = dirname(__filename);
@@ -54,6 +54,21 @@ test('cloudcmd: user menu: io.mv', async (t) => {
     t.end();
 });
 
+test('cloudcmd: user menu: default menu', async (t) => {
+    const options = {
+        menuName: '111.cloudcmd.menu.js',
+    };
+    
+    const {request} = serveOnce(userMenu);
+    
+    const {body} = await request.get(`/api/v1/user-menu?dir=abcd`, {
+        options,
+    });
+    
+    t.match(body, 'module.exports');
+    t.end();
+});
+
 test('cloudcmd: user menu: io.cp', async (t) => {
     const readFile = stub().returns(fixtureCopy);
     const options = {