diff --git a/src/assets.ts b/src/assets.ts
index f62fc15..8a7e3d9 100644
--- a/src/assets.ts
+++ b/src/assets.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import * as path from 'node:path';
 import { cwd } from 'node:process';
-import { stat, readFile, writeFile, mkdir } from 'node:fs/promises';
+import { stat } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import { getVideoConfig } from './config.js';
 import { deepMerge, camelCase, isRemote, toSafePath } from './utils/utils.js';
 import * as transformers from './providers/transformers.js';
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 3f747f6..4b9e31a 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,10 @@
 import { cwd } from 'node:process';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
-import nextConfig from 'next/config.js';
 import type { NextConfig } from 'next';
 import { Asset } from './assets';
 import { mkdir, readFile, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 
-// @ts-ignore
-const getConfig = nextConfig.default;
-
 /**
  * Video configurations
  */
@@ -101,21 +97,20 @@ export const videoConfigDefault: VideoConfigComplete = {
 /**
  * The video config is set in `next.config.js` and passed to the `withNextVideo` function.
  * The video config is then stored in `serverRuntimeConfig`.
+ * Import `next.config.js` ourselves because Next.js serializes the config and
+ * we need the raw object with functions.
  */
 export async function getVideoConfig(): Promise<VideoConfigComplete> {
-  let nextConfig: NextConfig | undefined = getConfig();
-  if (!nextConfig?.serverRuntimeConfig?.nextVideo) {
+  let nextConfig: NextConfig | undefined;
+  try {
+    nextConfig = await importConfig('next.config.js');
+  } catch (err) {
     try {
-      nextConfig = await importConfig('next.config.js');
-    } catch (err) {
-      try {
-        nextConfig = await importConfig('next.config.mjs');
-      } catch {
-        console.error('Failed to load next-video config.');
-      }
+      nextConfig = await importConfig('next.config.mjs');
+    } catch {
+      console.error('Failed to load next-video config.');
     }
   }
-
   return nextConfig?.serverRuntimeConfig?.nextVideo;
 }