diff --git a/apps/client/vite.config.mts b/apps/client/vite.config.mts
index 29ee10ef5..a07d6120f 100644
--- a/apps/client/vite.config.mts
+++ b/apps/client/vite.config.mts
@@ -7,12 +7,18 @@ import preact from "@preact/preset-vite";
 
 const assets = [ "assets", "stylesheets", "fonts", "translations" ];
 
-export default defineConfig(() => ({
-    root: __dirname,
-    cacheDir: '../../node_modules/.vite/apps/client',
-    base: "",
-    plugins: [
-        preact(),
+const isDev = process.env.NODE_ENV === "development";
+let plugins: any = [
+    preact({
+        babel: {
+            compact: !isDev
+        }
+    })
+];
+
+if (!isDev) {
+    plugins = [
+        ...plugins,
         viteStaticCopy({
             targets: assets.map((asset) => ({
                 src: `src/${asset}/*`,
@@ -29,7 +35,14 @@ export default defineConfig(() => ({
             ]
         }),
         webpackStatsPlugin()
-    ] as Plugin[],
+    ]
+}
+
+export default defineConfig(() => ({
+    root: __dirname,
+    cacheDir: '../../node_modules/.vite/apps/client',
+    base: "",
+    plugins,
     resolve: {
         alias: [
             {
diff --git a/apps/server/src/routes/assets.ts b/apps/server/src/routes/assets.ts
index 6c8dc6bc3..02e69c449 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/routes/assets.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/routes/assets.ts
@@ -27,17 +27,7 @@ async function register(app: express.Application) {
             appType: "custom",
             cacheDir: path.join(srcRoot, "../../.cache/vite"),
             base: `/${assetUrlFragment}/`,
-            root: path.join(srcRoot, "../client"),
-            plugins: [
-                preact({
-                    babel: {
-                        compact: false
-                    }
-                })
-            ],
-            define: {
-                "process.env.IS_PREACT": JSON.stringify("true"),
-            }
+            root: path.join(srcRoot, "../client")
         });
         app.use(`/${assetUrlFragment}/`, (req, res, next) => {
             req.url = `/${assetUrlFragment}` + req.url;