diff --git a/app/i18next.server.ts b/app/i18next.server.ts
index a05e6e58..52762671 100644
--- a/app/i18next.server.ts
+++ b/app/i18next.server.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import i18n from '~/i18n'; // your i18n configuration file
 import HttpBackend from 'i18next-http-backend';
 import {
   IS_CF_PAGES,
+  IS_VERCEL,
   safeRequireNodeDependency,
 } from '~/utils/platform-adapter';
 import { RemixI18NextOption } from 'remix-i18next/build/server';
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ import { findLanguageJSON } from '~/languages.server';
 export async function getPlatformBackend() {
   if (IS_CF_PAGES) {
     return HttpBackend;
+  } else if (IS_VERCEL) {
+    return await import('i18next-fs-backend').then((module) => module.default);
   } else {
     return await safeRequireNodeDependency('i18next-fs-backend').then(
       (module) => module.default,
diff --git a/app/utils/platform-adapter.ts b/app/utils/platform-adapter.ts
index acb0b7bf..e0a368bb 100644
--- a/app/utils/platform-adapter.ts
+++ b/app/utils/platform-adapter.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 export const IS_CF_PAGES = typeof process === 'undefined';
 
+export const IS_VERCEL = 'VERCEL' in process.env;
+
 // This hack is to prevent `node` modules/packages being bundled in the
 // Cloudflare Pages context, which causes an error.
 export async function safeRequireNodeDependency(module: string) {
diff --git a/remix.config.js b/remix.config.js
index ceca95ec..b807b5ae 100644
--- a/remix.config.js
+++ b/remix.config.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const cloudflarePagesConfig = {
  */
 const vercelConfig = {
   ignoredRouteFiles: ['**/.*'],
+  ...bareConfig,
 };
 /**
  * @type {import('@remix-run/dev').AppConfig}
@@ -85,5 +86,4 @@ function selectConfig() {
   throw new Error(`Cannot select config`);
 }
 
-// export default selectConfig();
-module.exports = selectConfig();
+export default selectConfig();