diff --git a/lib/config.js b/lib/config.js
index 120f1dc..18e3732 100644
--- a/lib/config.js
+++ b/lib/config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 const path = require('path');
+const mkdirp = require('mkdirp');
+const rimraf = require('rimraf');
 
 exports.dev = process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production';
 
@@ -11,4 +13,7 @@ exports.dest = path.resolve(
 	process.env.SAPPER_DEST || '.sapper'
 );
 
+mkdirp(exports.dest);
+rimraf.sync(path.join(exports.dest, '**/*'));
+
 exports.server_routes = path.resolve(exports.dest, 'server-routes.js');
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diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 573367f..24a6144 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ const escape_html = require('escape-html');
 const { src, dest, dev } = require('./config.js');
 
 module.exports = function connect(opts) {
-	mkdirp(dest);
-	rimraf.sync(path.join(dest, '**/*'));
-
 	let routes = create_routes(
 		glob.sync('**/*.+(html|js|mjs)', { cwd: src })
 	);