diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/builder/app.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/builder/app.ts
index 0fd358b549..d9a6acaa13 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/builder/app.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/builder/app.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 import { resolve } from 'path'
-import globby from 'globby'
 import { Builder } from './builder'
-
-export interface NuxtRoute {
-  name?: string
-  path: string
-  component: string
-  children?: NuxtRoute[]
-}
+import { NuxtRoute, resolvePagesRoutes } from './pages'
 
 export interface NuxtApp {
   srcDir: string
@@ -18,122 +11,21 @@ export interface NuxtApp {
 // Scan project structure
 export async function resolveApp (builder: Builder, srcDir: string): Promise<NuxtApp> {
   const { nuxt } = builder
-  // resolve App.vue
-  const main = nuxt.resolver.tryResolvePath('~/App') ||
+
+  // Create base app object
+  const app: NuxtApp = {
+    srcDir,
+    main: '',
+    routes: []
+  }
+
+  // Resolve App.vue
+  app.main = nuxt.resolver.tryResolvePath('~/App') ||
     nuxt.resolver.tryResolvePath('~/app') ||
     resolve(nuxt.options.appDir, 'app.vue')
 
-  const pagesPattern = `${nuxt.options.dir.pages}/**/*.{${nuxt.options.extensions.join(',')}}`
-  const pages = await resolveFiles(builder, pagesPattern, srcDir)
-  const routes = buildRoutes(pages, srcDir, nuxt.options.dir.pages, nuxt.options.extensions)
+  // Resolve pages/
+  app.routes.push(...await resolvePagesRoutes(builder, app))
 
-  console.log('routes', routes)
-  // TODO: Read pages/ and create routes
-  // TODO: Detect store
-  // Use hooks?
-  // routes can be resolved with @nuxt/pages module to scan pages/ using a hook
-  // Import plugins
-  // Middleware
-  // Layouts
-  // etc.
-
-  return {
-    srcDir,
-    main,
-    routes: []
-  }
-}
-
-async function resolveFiles (builder: Builder, pattern: string, srcDir: string) {
-  const { nuxt } = builder
-
-  return builder.ignore.filter(await globby(pattern, {
-    cwd: srcDir,
-    followSymbolicLinks: nuxt.options.build.followSymlinks
-  }))
-}
-
-const isDynamicRoute = (s: string) => /^\[.+\]$/.test(s)
-
-export function buildRoutes (
-  files: string[],
-  srcDir: string,
-  pagesDir: string,
-  extensions: string[]
-) {
-  const routes: NuxtRoute[] = []
-
-  for (const file of files) {
-    const pathParts = file
-      .replace(new RegExp(`^${pagesDir}`), '')
-      .replace(new RegExp(`\\.(${extensions.join('|')})$`), '')
-      .split('/')
-      .slice(1) // removing the pagesDir means that the path begins with a '/'
-
-    const route: NuxtRoute = {
-      name: '',
-      path: '',
-      component: resolve(srcDir, file)
-    }
-
-    let parent = routes
-
-    for (let i = 0; i < pathParts.length; i++) {
-      const part = pathParts[i]
-      // Remove square brackets at the start and end.
-      const isDynamicPart = isDynamicRoute(part)
-      const normalizedPart = (isDynamicPart
-        ? part.replace(/^\[(\.{3})?/, '').replace(/\]$/, '')
-        : part
-      ).toLowerCase()
-
-      route.name += route.name ? `-${normalizedPart}` : normalizedPart
-
-      const child = parent.find(
-        parentRoute => parentRoute.name === route.name
-      )
-      if (child) {
-        child.children = child.children || []
-        parent = child.children
-        route.path = ''
-      } else if (normalizedPart === 'index' && !route.path) {
-        route.path += '/'
-      } else if (normalizedPart !== 'index') {
-        if (isDynamicPart) {
-          route.path += `/:${normalizedPart}`
-
-          // Catch-all route
-          if (/^\[\.{3}/.test(part)) {
-            route.path += '(.*)'
-          } else if (i === pathParts.length - 1) {
-            route.path += '?'
-          }
-        } else {
-          route.path += `/${normalizedPart}`
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    parent.push(route)
-  }
-
-  return prepareRoutes(routes)
-}
-
-function prepareRoutes (routes: NuxtRoute[], hasParent = false) {
-  for (const route of routes) {
-    if (route.name) {
-      route.name = route.name.replace(/-index$/, '')
-    }
-
-    if (hasParent) {
-      route.path = route.path.replace(/^\//, '').replace(/\?$/, '')
-    }
-
-    if (route.children) {
-      delete route.name
-      route.children = prepareRoutes(route.children, true)
-    }
-  }
-  return routes
+  return app
 }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/builder/pages.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/builder/pages.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c7f5c07e0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/builder/pages.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+import { resolve, extname, relative } from 'path'
+import { NuxtApp } from './app'
+import { resolveFiles } from './utils'
+
+const isDynamicRoute = (s: string) => /^\[.+\]$/.test(s)
+
+export interface NuxtRoute {
+  name?: string
+  path: string
+  file: string
+  children?: NuxtRoute[]
+}
+
+export async function resolvePagesRoutes (builder, app: NuxtApp) {
+  const { nuxt } = builder
+
+  // TODO: these variables should be overriable by app not global
+  const pagesDirName = nuxt.options.dir.pages
+  const extensions = nuxt.options.extensions
+
+  const pagesDir = resolve(app.srcDir, pagesDirName)
+  const pagesPattern = `${pagesDirName}/**/*.{${extensions.join(',')}}`
+  const files = await resolveFiles(builder, pagesPattern, app.srcDir)
+
+  const routes: NuxtRoute[] = []
+
+  for (const file of files) {
+    const pathParts = relative(pagesDir, file)
+      .replace(new RegExp(`${extname(file)}$`), '')
+      .split('/')
+
+    const route: NuxtRoute = {
+      name: '',
+      path: '',
+      file
+    }
+
+    let parent = routes
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < pathParts.length; i++) {
+      const part = pathParts[i]
+      // Remove square brackets at the start and end.
+      const isDynamicPart = isDynamicRoute(part)
+      const normalizedPart = (isDynamicPart
+        ? part.replace(/^\[(\.{3})?/, '').replace(/\]$/, '')
+        : part
+      ).toLowerCase()
+
+      route.name += route.name ? `-${normalizedPart}` : normalizedPart
+
+      const child = parent.find(
+        parentRoute => parentRoute.name === route.name
+      )
+      if (child) {
+        child.children = child.children || []
+        parent = child.children
+        route.path = ''
+      } else if (normalizedPart === 'index' && !route.path) {
+        route.path += '/'
+      } else if (normalizedPart !== 'index') {
+        if (isDynamicPart) {
+          route.path += `/:${normalizedPart}`
+
+          // Catch-all route
+          if (/^\[\.{3}/.test(part)) {
+            route.path += '(.*)'
+          } else if (i === pathParts.length - 1) {
+            route.path += '?'
+          }
+        } else {
+          route.path += `/${normalizedPart}`
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    parent.push(route)
+  }
+
+  return prepareRoutes(routes)
+}
+
+function prepareRoutes (routes: NuxtRoute[], hasParent = false) {
+  for (const route of routes) {
+    if (route.name) {
+      route.name = route.name.replace(/-index$/, '')
+    }
+
+    if (hasParent) {
+      route.path = route.path.replace(/^\//, '').replace(/\?$/, '')
+    }
+
+    if (route.children) {
+      delete route.name
+      route.children = prepareRoutes(route.children, true)
+    }
+  }
+  return routes
+}
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/builder/utils.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/builder/utils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b42370045
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/builder/utils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { resolve } from 'path'
+import globby from 'globby'
+import { Builder } from './builder'
+
+// TODO: move to core resolver
+export async function resolveFiles (builder: Builder, pattern: string, srcDir: string) {
+  const { nuxt } = builder
+
+  return builder.ignore.filter(await globby(pattern, {
+    cwd: srcDir,
+    followSymbolicLinks: nuxt.options.build.followSymlinks
+  })).map(p => resolve(srcDir, p))
+}