diff --git a/demo/nextjs/app/page.tsx b/demo/nextjs/app/page.tsx
index 65130f4e2c..1e3cf5da39 100644
--- a/demo/nextjs/app/page.tsx
+++ b/demo/nextjs/app/page.tsx
@@ -18,10 +18,15 @@ export default async function Home() {
           <p className="text-center break-words">
             Official demo to showcase <span className="italic underline">better-auth.</span> features and capabilities. <br />
             <span className="text-xs text-muted-foreground text-center">
-              * All auth related features implemented on this demo are natively supported by <span className="italic">better-auth. (btw)</span>
+              * All auth related features implemented on this demo are natively supported by <span className="italic">better-auth. (
+                no custom backend code is written
+                )</span>
             </span>
           </p>
         </div>
+        <div>
+
+        </div>
 
         <div className="gap-4 w-full flex items-center justify-center">
           {
diff --git a/demo/nextjs/next.config.ts b/demo/nextjs/next.config.ts
index a9d12d53b9..288058bd48 100644
--- a/demo/nextjs/next.config.ts
+++ b/demo/nextjs/next.config.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 import type { NextConfig } from "next";
 
 const nextConfig: NextConfig = {
-	webpack: (config) => {
-		config.externals.push("@libsql/client");
-		return config;
-	},
+	serverExternalPackages: ["@libsql/client"],
 	/* config options here */
 };
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0187571584..ca74eb13d7 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
     "packageManager": "pnpm@9.1.1",
     "scripts": {
         "build": "turbo --filter \"./packages/*\" build",
-        "dev": "dotenv turbo --filter \"./packages/*\" dev",
-        "dev:example": "dotenv turbo --filter next-js-example dev",
+        "dev": "turbo --filter \"./packages/*\" dev",
+        "dev:example": "turbo --filter next-js-example dev",
         "clean": "turbo --filter \"./packages/*\" clean && rm -rf node_modules",
         "format": "biome format . --write",
         "lint": "biome check .",