diff --git a/packages/framework/framework/package.json b/packages/framework/framework/package.json
index fc005988fc9fb..5e56383078c02 100644
--- a/packages/framework/framework/package.json
+++ b/packages/framework/framework/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "./logger": "./dist/logger/index.js",
     "./database": "./dist/database/index.js",
     "./subscribers": "./dist/subscribers/index.js",
+    "./workflows": "./dist/workflows/index.js",
     "./links": "./dist/links/index.js",
     "./jobs": "./dist/jobs/index.js"
   },
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@medusajs/medusa-cli": "^1.3.22",
     "@medusajs/modules-sdk": "^1.12.11",
+    "@medusajs/orchestration": "^0.5.7",
     "@medusajs/utils": "^1.11.9",
     "@medusajs/workflows-sdk": "^0.1.6",
     "awilix": "^8.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/framework/framework/src/config/__fixtures__/medusa-config-2.js b/packages/framework/framework/src/config/__fixtures__/medusa-config-2.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..49a19698e75c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/framework/framework/src/config/__fixtures__/medusa-config-2.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { defineConfig } from "@medusajs/utils"
+
+export default defineConfig({
+  projectConfig: {
+    databaseName: "foo",
+  },
+})
diff --git a/packages/framework/framework/src/config/__fixtures__/medusa-config.js b/packages/framework/framework/src/config/__fixtures__/medusa-config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..db0232e6e4c09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/framework/framework/src/config/__fixtures__/medusa-config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { defineConfig } from "@medusajs/utils"
+
+export default defineConfig()
diff --git a/packages/framework/framework/src/config/__tests__/index.spec.ts b/packages/framework/framework/src/config/__tests__/index.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..542533eec8db5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/framework/framework/src/config/__tests__/index.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { configLoader } from "../loader"
+import { join } from "path"
+import { container } from "../../container"
+import { ContainerRegistrationKeys } from "@medusajs/utils"
+
+describe("configLoader", () => {
+  const entryDirectory = join(__dirname, "../__fixtures__")
+
+  it("should load the config properly", async () => {
+    let configModule = container.resolve(
+      ContainerRegistrationKeys.CONFIG_MODULE
+    )
+
+    expect(configModule).toBeUndefined()
+
+    configLoader(entryDirectory, "medusa-config.js")
+
+    configModule = container.resolve(ContainerRegistrationKeys.CONFIG_MODULE)
+
+    expect(configModule).toBeDefined()
+    expect(configModule.projectConfig.databaseName).toBeUndefined()
+
+    configLoader(entryDirectory, "medusa-config-2.js")
+
+    configModule = container.resolve(ContainerRegistrationKeys.CONFIG_MODULE)
+
+    expect(configModule).toBeDefined()
+    expect(configModule.projectConfig.databaseName).toBe("foo")
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/framework/framework/src/config/loader.ts b/packages/framework/framework/src/config/loader.ts
index c1c22c066bf2e..9b8a438e27b6b 100644
--- a/packages/framework/framework/src/config/loader.ts
+++ b/packages/framework/framework/src/config/loader.ts
@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@ const handleConfigError = (error: Error): void => {
   process.exit(1)
 }
 
-// TODO: Later on we could store the config manager into the unique container
 export const configManager = new ConfigManager()
 
 container.register(
   ContainerRegistrationKeys.CONFIG_MODULE,
-  asFunction(() => configManager)
+  asFunction(() => configManager.config)
 )
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/framework/framework/src/index.ts b/packages/framework/framework/src/index.ts
index fc71a46e4a858..69978558668bd 100644
--- a/packages/framework/framework/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/framework/framework/src/index.ts
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ export * from "./subscribers"
 export * from "./links"
 export * from "./jobs"
 export * from "./feature-flags"
+export * from "./workflows"
diff --git a/packages/framework/framework/src/subscribers/subscriber-loader.ts b/packages/framework/framework/src/subscribers/subscriber-loader.ts
index be895c26b60c0..322b0e8ba4270 100644
--- a/packages/framework/framework/src/subscribers/subscriber-loader.ts
+++ b/packages/framework/framework/src/subscribers/subscriber-loader.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ export class SubscriberLoader {
    * @private
    */
   #excludes: RegExp[] = [
+    /index\.js/,
+    /index\.ts/,
     /\.DS_Store/,
     /(\.ts\.map|\.js\.map|\.d\.ts|\.md)/,
     /^_[^/\\]*(\.[^/\\]+)?$/,
@@ -129,17 +131,17 @@ export class SubscriberLoader {
       recursive: true,
       withFileTypes: true,
     }).then(async (entries) => {
-      return entries.flatMap(async (entry) => {
-        if (this.#excludes.some((exclude) => exclude.test(entry.name))) {
-          return
-        }
-
-        const fullPath = join(dirPath, entry.name)
+      const fileEntries = entries.filter((entry) => {
+        return (
+          !entry.isDirectory() &&
+          !this.#excludes.some((exclude) => exclude.test(entry.name))
+        )
+      })
 
-        if (entry.isDirectory()) {
-          return await this.createMap(fullPath)
-        }
+      logger.debug(`Registering subscribers from ${dirPath}.`)
 
+      return fileEntries.flatMap(async (entry) => {
+        const fullPath = join(entry.path, entry.name)
         return await this.createDescriptor(fullPath)
       })
     })
@@ -237,6 +239,8 @@ export class SubscriberLoader {
       })
     }
 
+    logger.debug(`Subscribers registered.`)
+
     /**
      * Return the file paths of the registered subscribers, to prevent the
      * backwards compatible loader from trying to register them.
diff --git a/packages/framework/framework/src/workflows/__fixtures__/workflows/deep-workflows/product-updater.ts b/packages/framework/framework/src/workflows/__fixtures__/workflows/deep-workflows/product-updater.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..4eab47bebea04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/framework/framework/src/workflows/__fixtures__/workflows/deep-workflows/product-updater.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import {
+  createStep,
+  createWorkflow,
+  WorkflowResponse,
+} from "@medusajs/workflows-sdk"
+
+export const productWorkflowId = "product-notifier-workflow"
+
+const step = createStep("product-step", () => {
+  return {} as any
+})
+
+export const productUpdatedWorkflow = createWorkflow(productWorkflowId, () => {
+  step()
+  return new WorkflowResponse(void 0)
+})
diff --git a/packages/framework/framework/src/workflows/__fixtures__/workflows/order-notifier.ts b/packages/framework/framework/src/workflows/__fixtures__/workflows/order-notifier.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b05b38563c07e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/framework/framework/src/workflows/__fixtures__/workflows/order-notifier.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import {
+  createStep,
+  createWorkflow,
+  WorkflowResponse,
+} from "@medusajs/workflows-sdk"
+
+export const orderWorkflowId = "order-notifier-workflow"
+
+const step = createStep("order-step", () => {
+  return {} as any
+})
+
+export const orderNotifierWorkflow = createWorkflow(orderWorkflowId, () => {
+  step()
+  return new WorkflowResponse(void 0)
+})
diff --git a/packages/framework/framework/src/workflows/__tests__/index.spec.ts b/packages/framework/framework/src/workflows/__tests__/index.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..78c967154c7e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/framework/framework/src/workflows/__tests__/index.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import { join } from "path"
+import { WorkflowLoader } from "../workflow-loader"
+import { WorkflowManager } from "@medusajs/orchestration"
+import { orderWorkflowId } from "../__fixtures__/workflows/order-notifier"
+import { productWorkflowId } from "../__fixtures__/workflows/deep-workflows/product-updater"
+
+describe("WorkflowLoader", () => {
+  const rootDir = join(__dirname, "../__fixtures__", "workflows")
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    await new WorkflowLoader(rootDir).load()
+  })
+
+  it("should register each workflow in the '/workflows' folder and sub folder", async () => {
+    const registeredWorkflows = WorkflowManager.getWorkflows()
+
+    expect(registeredWorkflows.size).toBe(2)
+    expect(registeredWorkflows.has(orderWorkflowId)).toBe(true)
+    expect(registeredWorkflows.has(productWorkflowId)).toBe(true)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/framework/framework/src/workflows/index.ts b/packages/framework/framework/src/workflows/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..17ce03811f2e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/framework/framework/src/workflows/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from "./workflow-loader"
diff --git a/packages/framework/framework/src/workflows/workflow-loader.ts b/packages/framework/framework/src/workflows/workflow-loader.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..cafb9711757e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/framework/framework/src/workflows/workflow-loader.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import { promiseAll } from "@medusajs/utils"
+import { logger } from "../logger"
+import { access, readdir } from "fs/promises"
+import { join } from "path"
+
+export class WorkflowLoader {
+  /**
+   * The directory from which to load the workflows
+   * @private
+   */
+  #sourceDir: string | string[]
+
+  /**
+   * The list of file names to exclude from the subscriber scan
+   * @private
+   */
+  #excludes: RegExp[] = [
+    /index\.js/,
+    /index\.ts/,
+    /\.DS_Store/,
+    /(\.ts\.map|\.js\.map|\.d\.ts|\.md)/,
+    /^_[^/\\]*(\.[^/\\]+)?$/,
+  ]
+
+  constructor(sourceDir: string | string[]) {
+    this.#sourceDir = sourceDir
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Load workflows from the source paths, workflows are registering themselves,
+   * therefore we only need to import them
+   */
+  async load() {
+    const normalizedSourcePath = Array.isArray(this.#sourceDir)
+      ? this.#sourceDir
+      : [this.#sourceDir]
+
+    const promises = normalizedSourcePath.map(async (sourcePath) => {
+      try {
+        await access(sourcePath)
+      } catch {
+        return
+      }
+
+      return await readdir(sourcePath, {
+        recursive: true,
+        withFileTypes: true,
+      }).then(async (entries) => {
+        const fileEntries = entries.filter((entry) => {
+          return (
+            !entry.isDirectory() &&
+            !this.#excludes.some((exclude) => exclude.test(entry.name))
+          )
+        })
+
+        logger.debug(`Registering workflows from ${sourcePath}.`)
+
+        return await promiseAll(
+          fileEntries.map(async (entry) => {
+            const fullPath = join(entry.path, entry.name)
+            return await import(fullPath)
+          })
+        )
+      })
+    })
+
+    await promiseAll(promises)
+
+    logger.debug(`Workflows registered.`)
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/loaders/helpers/register-workflows.ts b/packages/medusa/src/loaders/helpers/register-workflows.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e939c30b29a8c..0000000000000
--- a/packages/medusa/src/loaders/helpers/register-workflows.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import { glob } from "glob"
-import { PluginDetails } from "@medusajs/types"
-
-/**
- * import files from the workflows directory to run the registration of the wofklows
- * @param pluginDetails
- */
-export async function registerWorkflows(
-  plugins: PluginDetails[]
-): Promise<void> {
-  await Promise.all(
-    plugins.map(async (pluginDetails) => {
-      const files = glob.sync(
-        `${pluginDetails.resolve}/workflows/*.{ts,js,mjs,mts}`,
-        {
-          ignore: ["**/*.d.ts", "**/*.map"],
-        }
-      )
-      return Promise.all(files.map(async (file) => import(file)))
-    })
-  )
-}
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/loaders/index.ts b/packages/medusa/src/loaders/index.ts
index d514c9a094faf..d63e8a98f2748 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/loaders/index.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/loaders/index.ts
@@ -13,13 +13,13 @@ import {
   container,
   expressLoader,
   featureFlagsLoader,
-  LinkLoader,
   JobLoader,
+  LinkLoader,
   logger,
   pgConnectionLoader,
   SubscriberLoader,
+  WorkflowLoader,
 } from "@medusajs/framework"
-import { registerWorkflows } from "./helpers/register-workflows"
 import { getResolvedPlugins } from "./helpers/resolve-plugins"
 import loadMedusaApp from "./medusa-app"
 
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ async function subscribersLoader(plugins: PluginDetails[]) {
    */
   await new SubscriberLoader(join(__dirname, "../subscribers")).load()
 
+  // TODO: make it the same as the other loaders, taking an array of paths to load from
   /**
    * Load subscribers from all the plugins.
    */
@@ -121,15 +122,11 @@ async function loadEntrypoints(
 export async function initializeContainer(
   rootDirectory: string
 ): Promise<MedusaContainer> {
-  const configModule = configLoader(rootDirectory, "medusa-config.js")
-  const featureFlagRouter = await featureFlagsLoader(
-    join(__dirname, "feature-flags")
-  )
+  configLoader(rootDirectory, "medusa-config.js")
+  await featureFlagsLoader(join(__dirname, "feature-flags"))
 
   container.register({
     [ContainerRegistrationKeys.LOGGER]: asValue(logger),
-    [ContainerRegistrationKeys.FEATURE_FLAG_ROUTER]: asValue(featureFlagRouter),
-    [ContainerRegistrationKeys.CONFIG_MODULE]: asValue(configModule),
     [ContainerRegistrationKeys.REMOTE_QUERY]: asValue(null),
   })
 
@@ -164,7 +161,10 @@ export default async ({
     container,
   })
 
-  await registerWorkflows(plugins)
+  const workflowsSourcePaths = plugins.map((p) => join(p.resolve, "workflows"))
+  const workflowLoader = new WorkflowLoader(workflowsSourcePaths)
+  await workflowLoader.load()
+
   const entrypointsShutdown = await loadEntrypoints(
     plugins,
     container,
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c2a8b53385e16..b39027d39dfb3 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4611,6 +4611,7 @@ __metadata:
   dependencies:
     "@medusajs/medusa-cli": ^1.3.22
     "@medusajs/modules-sdk": ^1.12.11
+    "@medusajs/orchestration": ^0.5.7
     "@medusajs/types": ^1.11.16
     "@medusajs/utils": ^1.11.9
     "@medusajs/workflows-sdk": ^0.1.6