diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/module/nuxt2.ts b/packages/nitro/src/module/nuxt2.ts
index 443db1bcd6..7669c623d5 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/module/nuxt2.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/module/nuxt2.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import wpfs from '../utils/wpfs'
 export default function (nuxt, moduleContainer) {
   // Build in node_modules/.cache/nuxt
   const oldBuildDir = nuxt.options.buildDir
-  nuxt.options.buildDir = resolve(nuxt.options.rootDir, 'node_modules/.cache/nuxt')
+  if (!nuxt.options.dev) {
+    nuxt.options.buildDir = resolve(nuxt.options.rootDir, 'node_modules/.cache/nuxt')
+  }
   nuxt.options.build.transpile = nuxt.options.build.transpile || []
   nuxt.options.build.transpile.push(nuxt.options.buildDir)
   nuxt.options.appTemplatePath = nuxt.options.appTemplatePath
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/rollup/config.ts b/packages/nitro/src/rollup/config.ts
index 56491792a0..4723ba03ea 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/rollup/config.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/rollup/config.ts
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ export const getRollupConfig = (sigmaContext: SigmaContext) => {
       'process.env.NUXT_STATIC_VERSION': JSON.stringify(sigmaContext._nuxt.staticAssets.version),
       'process.env.NUXT_FULL_STATIC': sigmaContext._nuxt.fullStatic as unknown as string,
       'process.env.SIGMA_PRESET': JSON.stringify(sigmaContext.preset),
-      'process.env.RUNTIME_CONFIG': JSON.stringify(sigmaContext._nuxt.runtimeConfig)
+      'process.env.RUNTIME_CONFIG': JSON.stringify(sigmaContext._nuxt.runtimeConfig),
+      'process.env.DEBUG': JSON.stringify(sigmaContext._nuxt.dev)
     }
   }))
 
@@ -159,10 +160,12 @@ export const getRollupConfig = (sigmaContext: SigmaContext) => {
 
   // https://github.com/rollup/plugins/tree/master/packages/alias
   const renderer = sigmaContext.renderer || 'vue2'
+  const vueServerRenderer = 'vue-server-renderer/' + (sigmaContext._nuxt.dev ? 'build.dev.js' : 'build.prod.js')
   rollupConfig.plugins.push(alias({
     entries: {
       '~runtime': sigmaContext._internal.runtimeDir,
       '~renderer': require.resolve(resolve(sigmaContext._internal.runtimeDir, 'app', renderer)),
+      '~vueServerRenderer': vueServerRenderer,
       '~build': sigmaContext._nuxt.buildDir,
       ...env.alias
     }