diff --git a/engine/3rdparty/zlib/include/meta/result.h b/engine/3rdparty/zlib/include/meta/result.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8698570
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/3rdparty/zlib/include/meta/result.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <utility>
+#include <variant>
+
+namespace meta
+{
+	// a struct stolen from rust
+	// lets us define a result, or return an error otherwise
+	template<typename Result, typename Error>
+	class result
+		: protected std::variant<Result, Error>
+	{
+	protected:
+		using Base = std::variant<Result, Error>;
+	private:
+		static constexpr auto Success = 0;
+		static constexpr auto Failure = 1;
+		static_assert(std::is_default_constructible_v<Error>, "Error must be default constructible");
+	public:
+		using value_type = Result;
+		using Base::Base;
+		using Base::operator=;
+
+		// accessors
+		Result& value();
+		template<typename U, typename = std::enable_if_t<std::is_constructible_v<Result, U>>>
+		Result value_or(U&& result) const;
+		Error& error();
+		const Result& value() const;
+		const Error& error() const;
+
+		// monadic operators
+		template<class Fn>              auto map(Fn&& visitor) const;
+		template<class Fn>              auto and_then(Fn&& visitor) const;
+		template<class Fn, class ErrFn> auto and_then(Fn&& visitor, ErrFn&& err_visitor) const;
+		template<class ErrFunc>         auto or_else(ErrFunc&& err_visitor) const;
+
+		// operator overloads 
+		explicit operator bool() const;
+		Result& operator*();
+		Result* operator->();
+		const Result& operator*() const;
+		const Result* operator->() const;
+	};
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/engine/3rdparty/zlib/include/meta/result.inl b/engine/3rdparty/zlib/include/meta/result.inl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b789f74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/engine/3rdparty/zlib/include/meta/result.inl
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#include "result.h"
+#pragma once
+
+namespace meta
+{
+	template<typename Result, typename Error>
+	inline Result& result<Result, Error>::value()
+	{
+		return std::get<Success>(*this);
+	}
+	template<typename Result, typename Error>
+	template<typename U, typename>
+	Result result<Result, Error>::value_or(U&& result) const
+	{
+		return bool(*this) ? **this : static_cast<Result>(std::forward<U>(result));
+	}
+	template<typename Result, typename Error>
+	inline Error& result<Result, Error>::error()
+	{
+		return std::get<Failure>(*this);
+	}
+	template<typename Result, typename Error>
+	inline const Result& result<Result, Error>::value() const
+	{
+		return std::get<Success>(*this);
+	}
+	template<typename Result, typename Error>
+	inline const Error& result<Result, Error>::error() const
+	{
+		return std::get<Failure>(*this);
+	}
+	template<typename Result, typename Error>
+	inline result<Result, Error>::operator bool() const
+	{
+		return Base::index() == Success;
+	}
+	template<typename Result, typename Error>
+	inline Result& result<Result, Error>::operator*()
+	{
+		return value();
+	}
+	template<typename Result, typename Error>
+	inline Result* result<Result, Error>::operator->()
+	{
+		return &operator*();
+	}
+	template<typename Result, typename Error>
+	const Result& result<Result, Error>::operator*() const
+	{
+		return value();
+	}
+	template<typename Result, typename Error>
+	const Result* result<Result, Error>::operator->() const
+	{
+		return &operator*();
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/engine/3rdparty/zlib/include/yaml/yaml.h b/engine/3rdparty/zlib/include/yaml/yaml.h
index 8ae2d83..149b783 100644
--- a/engine/3rdparty/zlib/include/yaml/yaml.h
+++ b/engine/3rdparty/zlib/include/yaml/yaml.h
@@ -1,16 +1,28 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "serialize/binary.inl"
 #include "serialize/text.inl"
+#include "meta/result.inl"
 namespace YAML
 {
+	using meta::result;
+	enum class SerializeError : char
+	{
+		TEXT_EMPTY,
+		TYPE_ERROR,
+	};
 	string Text_Serialize(const Any& any) {
 		return Dump(TextArchive::Serialize(any));
 	}
 	template<typename T>
-	T Text_Unserialize(const string& text) {
+	result<T, SerializeError> Text_Unserialize(const string& text) {
+		if (text.empty()) {
+			return SerializeError::TEXT_EMPTY;
+		}
 		char data[sizeof(T)];
 		Any any(&data, &TypeInfo<T>::StaticClass);
-		TextArchive::Unserialize(Load(text), any);
+		if (!TextArchive::Unserialize(Load(text), any)) {
+			return SerializeError::TYPE_ERROR;
+		}
 		return *any.CastTo<T*>();
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/engine/3rdparty/zlib/test/yaml/guid.h b/engine/3rdparty/zlib/test/yaml/guid.h
index fec60e3..fd863b8 100644
--- a/engine/3rdparty/zlib/test/yaml/guid.h
+++ b/engine/3rdparty/zlib/test/yaml/guid.h
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #include "refl/refl.h"
-#include <objbase.h>  
+#include <objbase.h> 
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+using std::string;
+using std::vector;
 struct Guid
 {
 	using MyMeta = class Guid_Meta;
@@ -61,4 +65,19 @@ struct Guid
 		return guid;
 	}
 };
+struct SerializedMeta
+{
+	Guid   guid;
+	string name;
+	string t_hash{};
+	string metadata;
+};
+struct ResourceBundle;
+
+struct MetaBundle
+{
+	vector<SerializedMeta> metadatas;
+
+	MetaBundle() = default;
+};
 #include "guid_gen.inl"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/engine/3rdparty/zlib/test/yaml/main.cpp b/engine/3rdparty/zlib/test/yaml/main.cpp
index e997266..55a47a4 100644
--- a/engine/3rdparty/zlib/test/yaml/main.cpp
+++ b/engine/3rdparty/zlib/test/yaml/main.cpp
@@ -11,8 +11,13 @@ int main() {
 	string rx = YAML::Text_Serialize(x);
 	string rg1 = YAML::Text_Serialize(g1);
 	YAML::Node rg2 = YAML::Load(rg1);
-	Guid g2 = YAML::Text_Unserialize<Guid>(rg1);
+	auto res1 = YAML::Text_Unserialize<Guid>(rg1);
+	Guid g2 = res1.value();
 	assert(g1 == g2);
+	auto res2 = YAML::Text_Unserialize<MetaBundle>(rg1);
+	if (res2) {
+		MetaBundle aa = res2.value();
+	}
 	std::cout << rg1 << std::endl;
 	YAML::Node primes = YAML::Load("[2, 3, 5, 7, 11]");
 	for (std::size_t i = 0; i < primes.size(); i++) {
diff --git a/engine/3rdparty/zlog/test/01file.cpp b/engine/3rdparty/zlog/test/01file.cpp
index b5b0d8f..2bc7556 100644
--- a/engine/3rdparty/zlog/test/01file.cpp
+++ b/engine/3rdparty/zlog/test/01file.cpp
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include "zlog.h"
-#include "singleton.h"
-#include "assetmanager.h"
 int main() {
     zlog::info("hello info");
     zlog::warn("hello {}", "warn");
     zlog::error("hello {}", "error");
-    AssetManager re;
-    AssetManager::GetSingleton().GetSingleton();
     return 0;
 }
diff --git a/engine/3rdparty/zlog/test/assetmanager.cpp b/engine/3rdparty/zlog/test/assetmanager.cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 4ebd015..0000000
--- a/engine/3rdparty/zlog/test/assetmanager.cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-#include "assetmanager.h"
diff --git a/engine/3rdparty/zlog/test/assetmanager.h b/engine/3rdparty/zlog/test/assetmanager.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 251896d..0000000
--- a/engine/3rdparty/zlog/test/assetmanager.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-#include "singleton.h"
-class AssetManager :public ISingleton<AssetManager> {
-
-};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/engine/3rdparty/zlog/test/singleton.h b/engine/3rdparty/zlog/test/singleton.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 6532128..0000000
--- a/engine/3rdparty/zlog/test/singleton.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-template <typename T>
-class Singleton {
-protected:
-    static T* ms_Singleton;
-public:
-    explicit Singleton() {
-        ms_Singleton = static_cast<T*>(this);
-    }
-    ~Singleton() {
-        ms_Singleton = nullptr;
-    }
-    static T& GetSingleton(void) {
-        return *ms_Singleton;
-    }
-    static T* GetSingletonPtr(void) {
-        return ms_Singleton;
-    }
-};
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/engine/3rdparty/zlog/xmake.lua b/engine/3rdparty/zlog/xmake.lua
index 76e86f0..75662bb 100644
--- a/engine/3rdparty/zlog/xmake.lua
+++ b/engine/3rdparty/zlog/xmake.lua
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ target("zlog")
     add_files("src/*.cpp")
     add_headerfiles("include/*.h")
 
-target("zlog_test01_file")
-    set_languages("cxx20")
-    set_kind("binary")
-    add_deps("zlog")
-    add_files("test/*.cpp")
-    add_headerfiles("test/*.h")
\ No newline at end of file
+-- target("zlog_test01_file")
+--     set_languages("cxx20")
+--     set_kind("binary")
+--     add_deps("zlog")
+--     add_files("test/*.cpp")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/engine/src/engine/asset/resource_manager.cpp b/engine/src/engine/asset/resource_manager.cpp
index 697ff3d..765c1f4 100644
--- a/engine/src/engine/asset/resource_manager.cpp
+++ b/engine/src/engine/asset/resource_manager.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #include "resource_manager.inl"
 #include "file_manager.h"
-#include "yaml/yaml.h"
 namespace engineapi {
 	void ResourceManager::Init()
 	{
@@ -19,7 +18,7 @@ namespace engineapi {
 			return nullptr;
 		return itr->second;
 	}
-	ResourceBundle ResourceManager::Load(PackagePath path, bool reload_resource)
+	LoadResult<ResourceBundle> ResourceManager::Load(PackagePath path, bool reload_resource)
 	{
 		auto ext = path.GetExtension();
 		auto* loader = GetLoader(ext);
@@ -30,9 +29,7 @@ namespace engineapi {
 
 	MetaBundle ResourceManager::GetMeta(PackagePath path)
 	{
-		auto bundlestream = FileManager::LoadTextFile(path.AbsolutePath() + ".meta");
-		auto meta = YAML::Text_Unserialize<MetaBundle>(bundlestream);
-		return meta;
+		return {};
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/engine/src/engine/asset/resource_manager.h b/engine/src/engine/asset/resource_manager.h
index a345b62..39770b2 100644
--- a/engine/src/engine/asset/resource_manager.h
+++ b/engine/src/engine/asset/resource_manager.h
@@ -4,14 +4,32 @@
 #include "res/resource_bundle.h"
 #include "res/package_path.h"
 #include "res/meta_bundle.h"
+#include "meta/result.inl"
 #include <memory>
 #include <optional>
 namespace engineapi {
     using std::array;
     using std::shared_ptr;
     class IFileLoader;
+    enum class ResourceLoadError : char
+    {
+        ExtensionNotRegistered,
+        FileDoesNotExist,
+        FailedToLoadResource,
+    };
+    template<typename Res>
+    using LoadResult = result<Res, ResourceLoadError>;
     class ResourceManager : public ISingleton<ResourceManager>
     {
+    public:
+        template<typename R>
+        struct ResourceControlBlock;
+        template<typename R>
+        using ResourceStorage = hash_table<Guid, ResourceControlBlock<R>>;
+        using GenericPtr = shared_ptr<void>;
+    private:
+        array<GenericPtr, ResourceCount> mResourceTable;
+        hash_table<Name, IFileLoader*>   mFileLoader;
     public:
         void Init() override;
         void Shutdown() override;
@@ -26,18 +44,9 @@ namespace engineapi {
         FLoader& RegisterLoader(Name ext, Args&& ... args);
 
         template<typename Res>  
-        Res* Load(PackagePath path, bool reload_resource = true);
-        ResourceBundle  Load(PackagePath path, bool reload_resource = true);
+        LoadResult<Res> Load(PackagePath path, bool reload_resource = true);
+        LoadResult<ResourceBundle>  Load(PackagePath path, bool reload_resource = true);
         MetaBundle GetMeta(PackagePath path);
-        template<typename R>
-        struct ResourceControlBlock;
-        template<typename R>
-        using ResourceStorage = hash_table<Guid, ResourceControlBlock<R>>;
-        
-        using GenericPtr = shared_ptr<void>;
-    private:
-        array<GenericPtr, ResourceCount> mResourceTable;
-        hash_table<Name, IFileLoader*>   mFileLoader;
     };
     template<typename R>
     struct ResourceManager::ResourceControlBlock
diff --git a/engine/src/engine/asset/resource_manager.inl b/engine/src/engine/asset/resource_manager.inl
index 4e9f3dd..e1cbbb7 100644
--- a/engine/src/engine/asset/resource_manager.inl
+++ b/engine/src/engine/asset/resource_manager.inl
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace engineapi {
 		return *ptr;
 	}
 	template<typename Res>
-	inline Res* ResourceManager::Load(PackagePath path, bool reload_resource)
+	inline LoadResult<Res> ResourceManager::Load(PackagePath path, bool reload_resource)
 	{
 		auto res = Load(path, reload_resource);
 		if (!res)
diff --git a/engine/src/main.cpp b/engine/src/main.cpp
index 349e943..0cb765b 100644
--- a/engine/src/main.cpp
+++ b/engine/src/main.cpp
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include "asset/resource_manager.h"
 #include "vulkanapi/loader/vulkan_glsl_loader.h"
 #include "zlog.h"
+#include "yaml/yaml.h"
 using namespace engineapi;
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
diff --git a/engine/xmake.lua b/engine/xmake.lua
index 3048e66..cf64687 100644
--- a/engine/xmake.lua
+++ b/engine/xmake.lua
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ target("zengine")
     add_rules("c++.codegen",{
         files = {"src/engine/render/meta/*.h", "src/engine/asset/res/guid.h"}
     })
-    add_deps("zlib","zlog")
+    add_deps("zlog","zlib")
     add_defines("VULKAN_API")
     add_packages("vulkansdk","tinyobjloader","assimp","nlohmann_json")
     add_includedirs("src/engine")