diff --git a/lib/configs/useExportCommand.ts b/lib/configs/useExportCommand.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..218b3740
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/configs/useExportCommand.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import fs from 'fs-extra'
+import path from 'path'
+import { getNextronConfig } from './getNextronConfig'
+import * as logger from '../logger'
+
+const cwd = process.cwd()
+const pkgPath = path.join(cwd, 'package.json')
+const nextConfigPath = path.join(
+  getNextronConfig().rendererSrcDir || 'renderer',
+  'next.config.js'
+)
+
+export const useExportCommand = async (): Promise<boolean> => {
+  const { dependencies, devDependencies } = await fs.readJSON(pkgPath)
+
+  let nextronVersion: string
+  nextronVersion = dependencies.nextron
+  if (nextronVersion) {
+    logger.info(
+      'To reduce the bundle size of the electron app, we recommend placing nextron in devDependencies instead of dependencies.'
+    )
+  }
+  if (!nextronVersion) {
+    nextronVersion = devDependencies.nextron
+    if (!nextronVersion) {
+      logger.error(
+        'Nextron not found in both dependencies and devDependencies.'
+      )
+      process.exit(1)
+    }
+  }
+
+  const majorVersion = ~~nextronVersion
+    .split('.')
+    .filter((v) => v.trim() !== '')[0]
+  if (majorVersion < 13) {
+    return true
+  }
+  if (majorVersion === 13) {
+    const { output } = await fs.readJSON(nextConfigPath)
+    return output !== 'export'
+  }
+  if (majorVersion > 13) {
+    const { output } = await fs.readJSON(nextConfigPath)
+    if (output !== 'export') {
+      logger.error(
+        'We must export static files so as Electron can handle them. Please set next.config.js#output to "export".'
+      )
+      process.exit(1)
+    }
+    return false
+  }
+
+  logger.error('Unexpected error occerred')
+  process.exit(1)
+}
diff --git a/lib/nextron-build.ts b/lib/nextron-build.ts
index 6a7383d8..6a8373b7 100755
--- a/lib/nextron-build.ts
+++ b/lib/nextron-build.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import chalk from 'chalk'
 import execa from 'execa'
 import * as logger from './logger'
 import { getNextronConfig } from './configs/getNextronConfig'
+import { useExportCommand } from './configs/useExportCommand'
 
 const args = arg({
   '--mac': Boolean,
@@ -39,11 +40,13 @@ const execaOptions: execa.Options = {
 
     logger.info('Building renderer process')
     await execa('next', ['build', path.join(cwd, rendererSrcDir)], execaOptions)
-    await execa(
-      'next',
-      ['export', '-o', appDir, path.join(cwd, rendererSrcDir)],
-      execaOptions
-    )
+    if (await useExportCommand()) {
+      await execa(
+        'next',
+        ['export', '-o', appDir, path.join(cwd, rendererSrcDir)],
+        execaOptions
+      )
+    }
 
     logger.info('Building main process')
     await execa(