diff --git a/.changeset/sixty-wombats-collect.md b/.changeset/sixty-wombats-collect.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ebe0f606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sixty-wombats-collect.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"create-webstone-app": minor
+---
+
+add functionality to turn existing sveltekit app to a webstone app
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6300e4d0..67ddd7b6 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "devDependencies": {
     "@changesets/cli": "^2.23.2",
-    "@playwright/test": "^1.23.4",
+    "@playwright/test": "^1.25.0",
     "@types/fs-extra": "^9.0.13",
     "@types/node": "16.11.7",
     "@types/sinon": "^10.0.12",
diff --git a/packages/create-webstone-app/package.json b/packages/create-webstone-app/package.json
index d97a4b04..1ab1f183 100644
--- a/packages/create-webstone-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/create-webstone-app/package.json
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "chalk": "5.0.1",
-    "create-svelte": "2.0.0-next.149",
+    "create-svelte": "2.0.0-next.159",
     "enquirer": "2.3.6",
     "execa": "6.1.0",
     "fs-extra": "10.1.0",
-    "listr2": "4.0.5"
+    "listr2": "4.0.5",
+    "tempy": "^3.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-webstone-app/src/helpers.ts b/packages/create-webstone-app/src/helpers.ts
index 7a35cf89..3993a17b 100644
--- a/packages/create-webstone-app/src/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/create-webstone-app/src/helpers.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 import chalk from "chalk";
+import fs from "fs-extra";
+import path from "path";
 
 import { ListrTaskWrapper, ListrRenderer } from "listr2/dist/index";
 
+const minimalVersion = 405;
+
 export interface Ctx {
   appDir: string;
-  webAppDir?: string;
+  isSveltekit: boolean;
+  tempDir: string;
+  webAppDir: string;
 }
 
 export type WebstoneTask = ListrTaskWrapper<Ctx, typeof ListrRenderer>;
@@ -41,3 +47,26 @@ Next steps:
   - ${chalk.bold(chalk.cyan("pnpm ws dev"))}
     `);
 };
+
+export const isSveltekit = (appDir: string) => {
+  if (fs.existsSync(path.join(appDir, "package.json"))) {
+    const packageJson = fs.readJsonSync(path.join(appDir, "package.json"));
+    if (packageJson.devDependencies["@sveltejs/kit"]) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+};
+
+export const checkCorrectSveltekitVersion = (version: string) => {
+  const versionRegex = /^1\.0\.0-next\.(\d{3})$/;
+  const error = Error(
+    `Please upgrade to a Sveltekit Version greater than 1.0.0-next.${minimalVersion}`
+  );
+  if (version === "next") return true;
+  const matches = version.match(versionRegex);
+  if (!matches) throw error;
+  const [, kitVersion] = matches;
+  if (parseInt(kitVersion) < minimalVersion) throw error;
+  return true;
+};
diff --git a/packages/create-webstone-app/src/tasks/1-create-app-directory/index.ts b/packages/create-webstone-app/src/tasks/1-create-app-directory/index.ts
index 56345154..80eadddb 100644
--- a/packages/create-webstone-app/src/tasks/1-create-app-directory/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-webstone-app/src/tasks/1-create-app-directory/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import fs from "fs-extra";
 import { ListrTask } from "listr2/dist/index";
 
-import { Ctx, WebstoneTask } from "../../helpers";
+import {
+  checkCorrectSveltekitVersion,
+  Ctx,
+  isSveltekit,
+  WebstoneTask,
+} from "../../helpers.js";
 
 const determineAppDirName = async (ctx: Ctx, task: WebstoneTask) => {
   const appName = process.argv[2];
@@ -16,6 +21,24 @@ export const createAppDir = async (ctx: Ctx, task: WebstoneTask) => {
   const appDir = ctx.appDir;
 
   if (fs.existsSync(appDir)) {
+    if (isSveltekit(appDir)) {
+      ctx.isSveltekit = true;
+      const isSveltekitResponse = await task.prompt({
+        type: "Confirm",
+        message:
+          "This directory already contains a Sveltekit project. Do you want to turn the existing project to a webstone app?",
+        initial: false,
+      });
+      if (!isSveltekitResponse) {
+        throw new Error("Exiting, app is already a Sveltekit project");
+      }
+      checkCorrectSveltekitVersion(
+        fs.readJsonSync(`${appDir}/package.json`).devDependencies[
+          "@sveltejs/kit"
+        ]
+      );
+      return appDir;
+    }
     if (fs.readdirSync(appDir).length > 0) {
       const response = await task.prompt({
         type: "confirm",
diff --git a/packages/create-webstone-app/src/tasks/2-prepare-project-structure/index.ts b/packages/create-webstone-app/src/tasks/2-prepare-project-structure/index.ts
index b4c5fc3b..5c3906de 100644
--- a/packages/create-webstone-app/src/tasks/2-prepare-project-structure/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-webstone-app/src/tasks/2-prepare-project-structure/index.ts
@@ -2,12 +2,31 @@ import fs from "fs-extra";
 import path, { dirname } from "path";
 import { ListrTask } from "listr2/dist/index";
 import { fileURLToPath } from "url";
+import { temporaryDirectory } from "tempy";
+
+const ignorePaths = [
+  "node_modules",
+  "build",
+  ".svelte-kit",
+  "package",
+  "package-lock.json",
+  "yarn.lock",
+];
 
 import { Ctx } from "../../helpers";
 
 const __dirname = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 
 export const copyTemplate = (ctx: Ctx) => {
+  ctx.webAppDir = `${ctx.appDir}/services/web`;
+  if (ctx.isSveltekit) {
+    ctx.tempDir = temporaryDirectory({ prefix: "webstone" });
+    ignorePaths.forEach((pathString: string) => {
+      fs.existsSync(path.join(ctx.appDir, pathString)) &&
+        fs.rmdirSync(path.join(ctx.appDir, pathString));
+    });
+    fs.moveSync(ctx.appDir, ctx.tempDir, { overwrite: true });
+  }
   const templateDir = path.join(__dirname, "../../..", "template");
   fs.copySync(templateDir, ctx.appDir);
 };
diff --git a/packages/create-webstone-app/src/tasks/3-install-app-dependencies/index.ts b/packages/create-webstone-app/src/tasks/3-install-app-dependencies/index.ts
index c36d0e54..f532b08a 100644
--- a/packages/create-webstone-app/src/tasks/3-install-app-dependencies/index.ts
+++ b/packages/create-webstone-app/src/tasks/3-install-app-dependencies/index.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,13 @@ import { Ctx } from "../../helpers";
 
 const initWebApp = async (ctx: Ctx) => {
   const webAppDir = `${ctx.appDir}/services/web`;
-  ctx.webAppDir = webAppDir;
   console.log(`Installing web app in ${webAppDir}...`);
-
+  if (ctx.isSveltekit) {
+    fs.emptyDirSync(ctx.webAppDir);
+    fs.moveSync(ctx.tempDir, ctx.webAppDir, { overwrite: true });
+    fs.removeSync(ctx.tempDir);
+    return;
+  }
   try {
     fs.removeSync(`${webAppDir}/.keep`);
 
diff --git a/packages/create-webstone-app/tests/helpers/create-app-dir.ts b/packages/create-webstone-app/tests/helpers/create-app-dir.ts
index ee975fde..cc246cc0 100644
--- a/packages/create-webstone-app/tests/helpers/create-app-dir.ts
+++ b/packages/create-webstone-app/tests/helpers/create-app-dir.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ test("app dir does not exist, no app dir provided", async () => {
     output: "",
   };
 
-  const fakeContext: Ctx = {
+  const fakeContext: Partial<Ctx> = {
     appDir: ".",
   };
 
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ test("app dir does not exist, app dir with space", async () => {
     output: "",
   };
 
-  const fakeContext: Ctx = {
+  const fakeContext: Partial<Ctx> = {
     appDir: "test-app",
   };
   const fakeFsExistsSync = sinon.fake.returns(false);
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ test("app dir does not exist", async () => {
     output: "",
   };
 
-  const fakeContext: Ctx = {
+  const fakeContext: Partial<Ctx> = {
     appDir: "test-app",
   };
 
@@ -94,11 +94,13 @@ test("app dir exists and is empty", async () => {
     output: "",
   };
 
-  const fakeContext: Ctx = {
+  const fakeContext: Partial<Ctx> = {
     appDir: "test-app",
   };
 
-  const fakeFsExistsSync = sinon.fake.returns(true);
+  const fakeFsExistsSync = sinon.stub();
+  fakeFsExistsSync.onFirstCall().returns(true);
+  fakeFsExistsSync.onSecondCall().returns(false);
   sinon.replace(fs, "existsSync", fakeFsExistsSync);
 
   const fakeFsReaddirSync = sinon.fake.returns([]);
@@ -121,10 +123,12 @@ test("app dir exists and is not empty, overwrite it", async () => {
     prompt: fakeListrPrompt,
   };
 
-  const fakeContext: Ctx = {
+  const fakeContext: Partial<Ctx> = {
     appDir: "test-app",
   };
-  const fakeFsExistsSync = sinon.fake.returns(true);
+  const fakeFsExistsSync = sinon.stub();
+  fakeFsExistsSync.onFirstCall().returns(true);
+  fakeFsExistsSync.onSecondCall().returns(false);
   sinon.replace(fs, "existsSync", fakeFsExistsSync);
 
   const fakeFsReaddirSync = sinon.fake.returns([
@@ -153,10 +157,12 @@ test("app dir exists and is not empty, do not overwrite it", async () => {
     prompt: fakeListrPrompt,
   };
 
-  const fakeContext: Ctx = {
+  const fakeContext: Partial<Ctx> = {
     appDir: "test-app",
   };
-  const fakeFsExistsSync = sinon.fake.returns(true);
+  const fakeFsExistsSync = sinon.stub();
+  fakeFsExistsSync.onFirstCall().returns(true);
+  fakeFsExistsSync.onSecondCall().returns(false);
   sinon.replace(fs, "existsSync", fakeFsExistsSync);
 
   const fakeFsReaddirSync = sinon.fake.returns([
diff --git a/packages/create-webstone-app/tests/helpers/helpers.ts b/packages/create-webstone-app/tests/helpers/helpers.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5228a074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/create-webstone-app/tests/helpers/helpers.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import sinon from "sinon";
+import { test } from "uvu";
+import * as assert from "uvu/assert";
+import fs from "fs-extra";
+import { isSveltekit, checkCorrectSveltekitVersion } from "../../src/helpers";
+
+test.before.each(() => {
+  sinon.replace(console, "log", sinon.fake());
+});
+
+test.after.each(() => {
+  sinon.restore();
+});
+
+test("successfully recognize Sveltekit app", async () => {
+  const fakePackageJson = {
+    devDependencies: {
+      "@sveltejs/kit": "1.0.0-next.999",
+    },
+  };
+  const fakeReadJsonSync = sinon.fake.returns(fakePackageJson);
+  const fakeExists = sinon.fake.returns(true);
+
+  sinon.replace(fs, "readJsonSync", fakeReadJsonSync);
+  sinon.replace(fs, "existsSync", fakeExists);
+
+  assert.equal(isSveltekit("testapp"), true);
+});
+
+test("recognize, that project is not a sveltekit app", async () => {
+  const fakePackageJson = {
+    devDependencies: {
+      react: "16.8.6",
+    },
+  };
+
+  const fakeExists = sinon.fake.returns(true);
+  const fakeReadJsonSync = sinon.fake.returns(fakePackageJson);
+  sinon.replace(fs, "readJsonSync", fakeReadJsonSync);
+  sinon.replace(fs, "existsSync", fakeExists);
+
+  assert.equal(isSveltekit("testapp"), false);
+});
+
+test("no package.json provided", async () => {
+  const fakeExists = sinon.fake.returns(false);
+  sinon.replace(fs, "existsSync", fakeExists);
+
+  assert.equal(isSveltekit("testapp"), false);
+});
+
+test("wrong version of sveltekit", async () => {
+  try {
+    checkCorrectSveltekitVersion("1.0.0.next.0");
+  } catch (e) {
+    assert.match(
+      e.message,
+      /Please upgrade to a Sveltekit Version greater than 1.0.0-next.\d{3}/
+    );
+  }
+});
+
+test("correct version of sveltekit", async () => {
+  assert.ok(checkCorrectSveltekitVersion("1.0.0-next.999"));
+});
+
+test.run();
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index bf485921..31422a5d 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ importers:
   .:
     specifiers:
       '@changesets/cli': ^2.23.2
-      '@playwright/test': ^1.23.4
+      '@playwright/test': ^1.25.0
       '@types/fs-extra': ^9.0.13
       '@types/node': 16.11.7
       '@types/sinon': ^10.0.12
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ importers:
       uvu: ^0.5.6
     devDependencies:
       '@changesets/cli': 2.23.2
-      '@playwright/test': 1.23.4
+      '@playwright/test': 1.25.2
       '@types/fs-extra': 9.0.13
       '@types/node': 16.11.7
       '@types/sinon': 10.0.12
@@ -63,19 +63,21 @@ importers:
     specifiers:
       '@types/node': 16.11.7
       chalk: 5.0.1
-      create-svelte: 2.0.0-next.149
+      create-svelte: 2.0.0-next.159
       enquirer: 2.3.6
       execa: 6.1.0
       fs-extra: 10.1.0
       listr2: 4.0.5
+      tempy: ^3.0.0
       typescript: ^4.7.4
     dependencies:
       chalk: 5.0.1
-      create-svelte: 2.0.0-next.149
+      create-svelte: 2.0.0-next.159
       enquirer: 2.3.6
       execa: 6.1.0
       fs-extra: 10.1.0
       listr2: 4.0.5_enquirer@2.3.6
+      tempy: 3.0.0
     devDependencies:
       '@types/node': 16.11.7
       typescript: 4.7.4
@@ -483,13 +485,13 @@ packages:
       fastq: 1.13.0
     dev: true
 
-  /@playwright/test/1.23.4:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-iIsoMJDS/lyuhw82FtcV/B3PXikgVD3hNe5hyvOpRM0uRr1OIpN3LgPeRbBjhzBWmyf6RgRg5fqK5sVcpA03yA==}
+  /@playwright/test/1.25.2:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-6qPznIR4Fw02OMbqXUPMG6bFFg1hDVNEdihKy0t9K0dmRbus1DyP5Q5XFQhGwEHQkLG5hrSfBuu9CW/foqhQHQ==}
     engines: {node: '>=14'}
     hasBin: true
     dependencies:
       '@types/node': 16.11.7
-      playwright-core: 1.23.4
+      playwright-core: 1.25.2
     dev: true
 
   /@sinonjs/commons/1.8.3:
@@ -1216,8 +1218,8 @@ packages:
     dev: true
     optional: true
 
-  /create-svelte/2.0.0-next.149:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-Oi2rNryn02ZkmqcihtcQMbqWqb1L3FODrZNYZgyaGLm+4lrJL1NVI7sef43N8+qc1ArMXM61qdbEz9SL3Rn8Ag==}
+  /create-svelte/2.0.0-next.159:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-zM6L7k9jS7h0LV21qIl3k1ovywzUok78aNQ7VYmdZvBGS4kde/V/bsHX1kfCJ3FghEALyn4rJmhSqVaH2MMFWQ==}
     hasBin: true
     dependencies:
       kleur: 4.1.5
@@ -1240,6 +1242,13 @@ packages:
       shebang-command: 2.0.0
       which: 2.0.2
 
+  /crypto-random-string/4.0.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-x8dy3RnvYdlUcPOjkEHqozhiwzKNSq7GcPuXFbnyMOCHxX8V3OgIg/pYuabl2sbUPfIJaeAQB7PMOK8DFIdoRA==}
+    engines: {node: '>=12'}
+    dependencies:
+      type-fest: 1.4.0
+    dev: false
+
   /csv-generate/3.4.3:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-w/T+rqR0vwvHqWs/1ZyMDWtHHSJaN06klRqJXBEpDJaM/+dZkso0OKh1VcuuYvK3XM53KysVNq8Ko/epCK8wOw==}
     dev: true
@@ -3297,8 +3306,8 @@ packages:
       find-up: 4.1.0
     dev: true
 
-  /playwright-core/1.23.4:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-h5V2yw7d8xIwotjyNrkLF13nV9RiiZLHdXeHo+nVJIYGVlZ8U2qV0pMxNJKNTvfQVT0N8/A4CW6/4EW2cOcTiA==}
+  /playwright-core/1.25.2:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-0yTbUE9lIddkEpLHL3u8PoCL+pWiZtj5A/j3U7YoNjcmKKDGBnCrgHJMzwd2J5vy6l28q4ki3JIuz7McLHhl1A==}
     engines: {node: '>=14'}
     hasBin: true
     dev: true
@@ -3855,6 +3864,21 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>= 0.4'}
     dev: true
 
+  /temp-dir/2.0.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-aoBAniQmmwtcKp/7BzsH8Cxzv8OL736p7v1ihGb5e9DJ9kTwGWHrQrVB5+lfVDzfGrdRzXch+ig7LHaY1JTOrg==}
+    engines: {node: '>=8'}
+    dev: false
+
+  /tempy/3.0.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-B2I9X7+o2wOaW4r/CWMkpOO9mdiTRCxXNgob6iGvPmfPWgH/KyUD6Uy5crtWBxIBe3YrNZKR2lSzv1JJKWD4vA==}
+    engines: {node: '>=14.16'}
+    dependencies:
+      is-stream: 3.0.0
+      temp-dir: 2.0.0
+      type-fest: 2.18.0
+      unique-string: 3.0.0
+    dev: false
+
   /term-size/2.2.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-wK0Ri4fOGjv/XPy8SBHZChl8CM7uMc5VML7SqiQ0zG7+J5Vr+RMQDoHa2CNT6KHUnTGIXH34UDMkPzAUyapBZg==}
     engines: {node: '>=8'}
@@ -4018,6 +4042,16 @@ packages:
     engines: {node: '>=8'}
     dev: true
 
+  /type-fest/1.4.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-yGSza74xk0UG8k+pLh5oeoYirvIiWo5t0/o3zHHAO2tRDiZcxWP7fywNlXhqb6/r6sWvwi+RsyQMWhVLe4BVuA==}
+    engines: {node: '>=10'}
+    dev: false
+
+  /type-fest/2.18.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-pRS+/yrW5TjPPHNOvxhbNZexr2bS63WjrMU8a+VzEBhUi9Tz1pZeD+vQz3ut0svZ46P+SRqMEPnJmk2XnvNzTw==}
+    engines: {node: '>=12.20'}
+    dev: false
+
   /typescript/4.7.4:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-C0WQT0gezHuw6AdY1M2jxUO83Rjf0HP7Sk1DtXj6j1EwkQNZrHAg2XPWlq62oqEhYvONq5pkC2Y9oPljWToLmQ==}
     engines: {node: '>=4.2.0'}
@@ -4037,6 +4071,13 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-WxONCrssBM8TSPRqN5EmsjVrsv4A8X12J4ArBiiayv3DyyG3ZlIg6yysuuSYdZsVz3TKcTg2fd//Ujd4CHV1iA==}
     dev: true
 
+  /unique-string/3.0.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-VGXBUVwxKMBUznyffQweQABPRRW1vHZAbadFZud4pLFAqRGvv/96vafgjWFqzourzr8YonlQiPgH0YCJfawoGQ==}
+    engines: {node: '>=12'}
+    dependencies:
+      crypto-random-string: 4.0.0
+    dev: false
+
   /universalify/0.1.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-rBJeI5CXAlmy1pV+617WB9J63U6XcazHHF2f2dbJix4XzpUF0RS3Zbj0FGIOCAva5P/d/GBOYaACQ1w+0azUkg==}
     engines: {node: '>= 4.0.0'}