diff --git a/src/ikarus/persistence/project.cpp b/src/ikarus/persistence/project.cpp
index 0028486..692e8f8 100644
--- a/src/ikarus/persistence/project.cpp
+++ b/src/ikarus/persistence/project.cpp
@@ -18,11 +18,8 @@
 constexpr char const * DB_PROJECT_ID_KEY = "project_id";
 constexpr char const * DB_PROJECT_NAME_KEY = "project_name";
 
-auto create_impl(
-	std::string_view path,
-	std::string_view name,
-	IkarusErrorData * error_out
-) -> std::unique_ptr<sqlitecpp::Connection> {
+auto create_impl(std::string_view path, std::string_view name, IkarusErrorData * error_out)
+	-> std::unique_ptr<sqlitecpp::Connection> {
 	IKARUS_VTRYRV_OR_FAIL(
 		auto db,
 		nullptr,
@@ -65,65 +62,46 @@ auto create_impl(
 		nullptr,
 		"failed to set project id",
 		IkarusErrorInfo_Database_QueryFailed,
-		db->execute(
-			  "INSERT INTO `metadata`(`key`, `value`) VALUES(?, ?)",
-			  DB_PROJECT_NAME_KEY,
-			  name
-		)
-			.on_error(close_db)
+		db->execute("INSERT INTO `metadata`(`key`, `value`) VALUES(?, ?)", DB_PROJECT_NAME_KEY, name).on_error(close_db)
 	);
 
-	db->create_function(
-		"ikarus_default_value",
-		1,
-		SQLITE_UTF8 | SQLITE_DETERMINISTIC,
+	IKARUS_TRYRV_OR_FAIL(
 		nullptr,
-		[](sqlite3_context * ctx, int argc, sqlite3_value ** argv) {
-			if (sqlite3_value_type(argv[0]) != SQLITE_TEXT) {
-				sqlite3_result_error(
-					ctx,
-					"expected the 'schema' parameter to be of type text",
-					SQLITE_MISMATCH
-				);
-				return;
+		"failed to create custom `ikarus_default_value` SQLite function: {}",
+		IkarusErrorInfo_Database_QueryFailed,
+		db->create_function(
+			"ikarus_default_value",
+			1,
+			SQLITE_UTF8 | SQLITE_DETERMINISTIC,
+			nullptr,
+			[](sqlite3_context * ctx, int argc, sqlite3_value ** argv) {
+				if (sqlite3_value_type(argv[0]) != SQLITE_TEXT) {
+					sqlite3_result_error(ctx, "expected the 'schema' parameter to be of type text", SQLITE_MISMATCH);
+					return;
+				}
+
+				auto const schema_json = reinterpret_cast<char const *>(sqlite3_value_text(argv[0]));
+
+				auto schema_res = IkarusValueSchema::from_json_str(schema_json);
+
+				if (schema_res.is_error()) {
+					sqlite3_result_error(ctx, "failed to parse schema", SQLITE_ERROR);
+					return;
+				}
+
+				auto schema = std::move(schema_res).unwrap_value();
+
+				auto default_value_json = IkarusValue::to_json(schema.default_value()).dump();
+
+				sqlite3_result_text(ctx, default_value_json.data(), default_value_json.size(), SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
 			}
-
-			auto const schema_json =
-				reinterpret_cast<char const *>(sqlite3_value_text(argv[0]));
-
-			auto schema_res = IkarusValueSchema::from_json_str(schema_json);
-
-			if (schema_res.is_error()) {
-				sqlite3_result_error(
-					ctx,
-					"failed to parse schema",
-					SQLITE_ERROR
-				);
-				return;
-			}
-
-			auto schema = std::move(schema_res).unwrap_value();
-
-			auto default_value_json =
-				IkarusValue::to_json(schema.default_value()).dump();
-
-			sqlite3_result_text(
-				ctx,
-				default_value_json.data(),
-				default_value_json.size(),
-				SQLITE_TRANSIENT
-			);
-		}
+		)
 	);
 
 	return std::move(db);
 }
 
-IkarusProject * ikarus_project_create(
-	char const * path,
-	char const * name,
-	IkarusErrorData * error_out
-) {
+IkarusProject * ikarus_project_create(char const * path, char const * name, IkarusErrorData * error_out) {
 	IKARUS_FAIL_IF_NULL(path, nullptr);
 	IKARUS_FAIL_IF_NULL(name, nullptr);
 	IKARUS_FAIL_IF(
@@ -147,18 +125,10 @@ IkarusProject * ikarus_project_create(
 		IKARUS_FAIL_IF(
 			ec && ec != boost::system::errc::no_such_file_or_directory,
 			nullptr,
-			fmt::format(
-				"unable to check whether path is occupied: {}",
-				ec.message()
-			),
-			IkarusErrorInfo_Filesystem_AlreadyExists
-		);
-		IKARUS_FAIL_IF(
-			exists,
-			nullptr,
-			"path is already occupied",
+			fmt::format("unable to check whether path is occupied: {}", ec.message()),
 			IkarusErrorInfo_Filesystem_AlreadyExists
 		);
+		IKARUS_FAIL_IF(exists, nullptr, "path is already occupied", IkarusErrorInfo_Filesystem_AlreadyExists);
 	}
 
 	if (auto db = create_impl(fs_path.c_str(), name, error_out); !db) {
@@ -167,18 +137,9 @@ IkarusProject * ikarus_project_create(
 		boost::system::error_code ec;
 		boost::filesystem::remove(fs_path, ec);
 
-		IKARUS_FAIL_IF(
-			ec,
-			nullptr,
-			"failed to remove project db",
-			IkarusErrorInfo_Filesystem_MissingPermissions
-		);
+		IKARUS_FAIL_IF(ec, nullptr, "failed to remove project db", IkarusErrorInfo_Filesystem_MissingPermissions);
 
-		IKARUS_FAIL(
-			nullptr,
-			"failed to insert project name into metadata: {}",
-			IkarusErrorInfo_Database_QueryFailed
-		);
+		IKARUS_FAIL(nullptr, "failed to insert project name into metadata: {}", IkarusErrorInfo_Database_QueryFailed);
 
 		return nullptr;
 	} else {
@@ -186,10 +147,7 @@ IkarusProject * ikarus_project_create(
 	}
 }
 
-IkarusProject * ikarus_project_create_in_memory(
-	char const * name,
-	IkarusErrorData * error_out
-) {
+IkarusProject * ikarus_project_create_in_memory(char const * name, IkarusErrorData * error_out) {
 	IKARUS_FAIL_IF_NULL(name, nullptr);
 	IKARUS_FAIL_IF(
 		cppbase::is_empty_or_blank(name),
@@ -212,18 +170,13 @@ IkarusProject * ikarus_project_create_in_memory(
 			nullptr,
 			"failed to insert project name into metadata: {}",
 			IkarusErrorInfo_Database_QueryFailed,
-			db->execute(
-				"INSERT INTO `metadata`(`key`, `value`) VALUES(?, ?)",
-				DB_PROJECT_NAME_KEY,
-				name
-			)
+			db->execute("INSERT INTO `metadata`(`key`, `value`) VALUES(?, ?)", DB_PROJECT_NAME_KEY, name)
 		);
 		return new IkarusProject{name, ":memory:", std::move(db)};
 	}
 }
 
-IkarusProject *
-ikarus_project_open(char const * path, IkarusErrorData * error_out) {
+IkarusProject * ikarus_project_open(char const * path, IkarusErrorData * error_out) {
 	IKARUS_FAIL_IF_NULL(path, nullptr);
 	IKARUS_FAIL_IF(
 		cppbase::is_empty_or_blank(path),
@@ -252,29 +205,19 @@ ikarus_project_open(char const * path, IkarusErrorData * error_out) {
 		nullptr,
 		"failed to retrieve project name from metadata: {}",
 		IkarusErrorInfo_Database_QueryFailed,
-		db->query_one<std::string>(
-			"SELECT `value` FROM `metadata` WHERE `key` = ?",
-			DB_PROJECT_NAME_KEY
-		)
+		db->query_one<std::string>("SELECT `value` FROM `metadata` WHERE `key` = ?", DB_PROJECT_NAME_KEY)
 	);
 
 	return new IkarusProject{name, path, std::move(db)};
 }
 
-char const * ikarus_project_get_name(
-	IkarusProject const * project,
-	IkarusErrorData * error_out
-) {
+char const * ikarus_project_get_name(IkarusProject const * project, IkarusErrorData * error_out) {
 	IKARUS_FAIL_IF_NULL(project, nullptr);
 
 	return project->name.data();
 }
 
-void ikarus_project_set_name(
-	IkarusProject * project,
-	char const * new_name,
-	IkarusErrorData * error_out
-) {
+void ikarus_project_set_name(IkarusProject * project, char const * new_name, IkarusErrorData * error_out) {
 	IKARUS_FAIL_IF_NULL(project, IKARUS_VOID_RETURN);
 	IKARUS_FAIL_IF_NULL(new_name, IKARUS_VOID_RETURN);
 
@@ -289,18 +232,11 @@ void ikarus_project_set_name(
 		IKARUS_VOID_RETURN,
 		"failed to update project name: {}",
 		IkarusErrorInfo_Database_QueryFailed,
-		project->db->execute(
-			"UPDATE `metadata` SET `value` = ? WHERE `key` = ?",
-			new_name,
-			DB_PROJECT_NAME_KEY
-		)
+		project->db->execute("UPDATE `metadata` SET `value` = ? WHERE `key` = ?", new_name, DB_PROJECT_NAME_KEY)
 	);
 }
 
-char const * ikarus_project_get_path(
-	IkarusProject const * project,
-	IkarusErrorData * error_out
-) {
+char const * ikarus_project_get_path(IkarusProject const * project, IkarusErrorData * error_out) {
 	IKARUS_FAIL_IF_NULL(project, nullptr);
 
 	return project->path.c_str();
@@ -323,18 +259,11 @@ void ikarus_project_get_entities(
 		IKARUS_VOID_RETURN,
 		"unable to fetch project entities from database: {}",
 		IkarusErrorInfo_Database_QueryFailed,
-		project->db->query_many_buffered<int64_t>(
-			"SELECT `id` FROM `entities`",
-			ids_out,
-			ids_out_size
-		)
+		project->db->query_many_buffered<int64_t>("SELECT `id` FROM `entities`", ids_out, ids_out_size)
 	);
 }
 
-size_t ikarus_project_get_entity_count(
-	IkarusProject const * project,
-	IkarusErrorData * error_out
-) {
+size_t ikarus_project_get_entity_count(IkarusProject const * project, IkarusErrorData * error_out) {
 	IKARUS_FAIL_IF_NULL(project, 0);
 
 	IKARUS_VTRYRV_OR_FAIL(
@@ -365,18 +294,11 @@ void ikarus_project_get_blueprints(
 		,
 		"unable to fetch project blueprints from database: {}",
 		IkarusErrorInfo_Database_QueryFailed,
-		project->db->query_many_buffered<int64_t>(
-			"SELECT `id` FROM `blueprints`",
-			ids_out,
-			ids_out_size
-		)
+		project->db->query_many_buffered<int64_t>("SELECT `id` FROM `blueprints`", ids_out, ids_out_size)
 	);
 }
 
-size_t ikarus_project_get_blueprint_count(
-	IkarusProject const * project,
-	IkarusErrorData * error_out
-) {
+size_t ikarus_project_get_blueprint_count(IkarusProject const * project, IkarusErrorData * error_out) {
 	IKARUS_FAIL_IF_NULL(project, 0);
 
 	IKARUS_VTRYRV_OR_FAIL(