diff --git a/astro.config.mjs b/astro.config.mjs
index 796c8e0..222a1b3 100644
--- a/astro.config.mjs
+++ b/astro.config.mjs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   site: baseUrl,
   trailingSlash: 'never',
   compressHTML: false,
+  output: 'server',
 
   adapter: node({
     mode: 'standalone',
diff --git a/src/i18n/utils.ts b/src/i18n/utils.ts
index b094369..dd29f5a 100644
--- a/src/i18n/utils.ts
+++ b/src/i18n/utils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { DEFAULT_LOCALE, type Locale, LOCALE_CODES, ui } from '.';
+import { DEFAULT_LOCALE, type Locale, ui } from '.';
 
 export function getLocaleFromUrl(url: URL): Locale {
   const [, lang] = url.pathname.split('/');
@@ -29,9 +29,5 @@ export function removeTrailingSlash(string: string) {
   return string.replace(/(?:\/+(\?))/, '$1').replace(/\/+$/, '');
 }
 
-export function generateLangStaticPaths() {
-  return LOCALE_CODES.map((l) => ({ params: { lang: l } }));
-}
-
 export const getPostSlug = (postId: string) => postId.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/');
 export const getPostLang = (postId: string) => postId.split('/').at(-1)!;
diff --git a/src/middleware.ts b/src/middleware.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0b06c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/middleware.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { DEFAULT_LOCALE, LOCALE_CODES, removeTrailingSlash, useTranslatedPaths } from '@i18n';
+import { defineMiddleware } from 'astro:middleware';
+import { handleRedirect } from './redirects';
+
+export const onRequest = defineMiddleware((context, next) => {
+  const [_, langParam, ...restUrl] = context.url.pathname.split('/');
+
+  const noLangPathname = LOCALE_CODES.includes(langParam)
+    ? `/${restUrl.join('/')}`
+    : context.url.pathname;
+
+  // if it's an astro path / secret path, skip it
+  if (noLangPathname.startsWith('/_')) {
+    return next();
+  }
+
+  // check for redirections first
+  const redirectedUrl = handleRedirect(noLangPathname) ?? handleRedirect(context.url.pathname);
+  if (redirectedUrl) {
+    return context.redirect(removeTrailingSlash(redirectedUrl));
+  }
+
+  // if there's no lang parameter, detect language and redirect
+  if (!langParam || !LOCALE_CODES.includes(langParam)) {
+    const headerLang = context.request.headers.get('Accept-Language');
+    const pathnameWithParams = context.url.href.replace(context.url.origin, '');
+    const path = removeTrailingSlash(pathnameWithParams);
+
+    // if the lang is french, serve the content in french
+    if (headerLang?.includes('fr')) {
+      const translatePaths = useTranslatedPaths('fr');
+      return context.redirect(translatePaths(path));
+    }
+
+    // otherwise serve english
+    const translatePaths = useTranslatedPaths(DEFAULT_LOCALE);
+    return context.redirect(translatePaths(path));
+  }
+
+  return next();
+});
diff --git a/src/pages/404.astro b/src/pages/404.astro
index bfb2d1d..d2a55ee 100644
--- a/src/pages/404.astro
+++ b/src/pages/404.astro
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 ---
-// to enable localization
-export const prerender = false;
-
 import Button from '@components/Button.astro';
 import { getLocaleFromUrl, useTranslations, useTranslatedPaths } from '@i18n';
 import Layout from 'src/layouts/Layout.astro';
diff --git a/src/pages/[...route].astro b/src/pages/[...route].astro
deleted file mode 100644
index 58b3661..0000000
--- a/src/pages/[...route].astro
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
----
-// server route
-export const prerender = false;
-
-import { DEFAULT_LOCALE, LOCALE_CODES, removeTrailingSlash, useTranslatedPaths } from '@i18n';
-import { handleRedirect } from '../redirects';
-
-const [_, langParam, ...restUrl] = Astro.url.pathname.split('/');
-const noLangPathname = LOCALE_CODES.includes(langParam)
-  ? `/${restUrl.join('/')}`
-  : Astro.url.pathname;
-
-// check for redirections first
-const redirectedUrl = handleRedirect(noLangPathname) ?? handleRedirect(Astro.url.pathname);
-
-if (redirectedUrl) {
-  return Astro.redirect(removeTrailingSlash(redirectedUrl));
-}
-
-// if there's no lang parameter, detect language and redirect
-if (!langParam || !LOCALE_CODES.includes(langParam)) {
-  const headerLang = Astro.request.headers.get('Accept-Language');
-  const pathnameWithParams = Astro.url.href.replace(Astro.url.origin, '');
-  const path = removeTrailingSlash(pathnameWithParams);
-
-  // if the lang is french, serve the content in french
-  if (headerLang?.includes('fr')) {
-    const translatePaths = useTranslatedPaths('fr');
-    return Astro.redirect(translatePaths(path));
-  }
-
-  // otherwise serve english
-  const translatePaths = useTranslatedPaths(DEFAULT_LOCALE);
-  return Astro.redirect(translatePaths(path));
-}
-
-// if the page isnt found, return 404 lol
-return new Response(null, {
-  status: 404,
-});
----
diff --git a/src/pages/[lang]/blog/[...slug].astro b/src/pages/[lang]/blog/[...slug].astro
index ef0fe2f..579105d 100644
--- a/src/pages/[lang]/blog/[...slug].astro
+++ b/src/pages/[lang]/blog/[...slug].astro
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
 ---
-// generate all possible slugs for both langs (if either is unavailable, fallback)
-export async function getStaticPaths() {
-  const posts = await getCollection('blog');
-
-  const slugs = new Set(posts.map((post) => getPostSlug(post.id)));
-
-  return Array.from(slugs).flatMap((slug) => {
-    return LOCALE_CODES.map((lang) => ({
-      params: { lang, slug },
-    }));
-  });
-}
-
 import Callout from '@components/Callout.astro';
-import { getLocaleFromUrl, getPostLang, getPostSlug, LOCALE_CODES, useTranslations } from '@i18n';
+import { getLocaleFromUrl, getPostLang, getPostSlug, useTranslations } from '@i18n';
 import { getCollection, render } from 'astro:content';
 import Blog from '../../../layouts/Blog.astro';
 
diff --git a/src/pages/[lang]/blog/index.astro b/src/pages/[lang]/blog/index.astro
index 44a8a68..2c6f1d1 100644
--- a/src/pages/[lang]/blog/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/[lang]/blog/index.astro
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 ---
-export const getStaticPaths = generateLangStaticPaths;
-
 import Globe from '@assets/icons/globe.svg';
 import RSS from '@assets/icons/rss.svg';
 import MetaImageBlog from '@assets/meta-images/blog.webp';
 import Button from '@components/Button.astro';
 import {
-  generateLangStaticPaths,
   getLocaleFromUrl,
   getPostLang,
   getPostSlug,
diff --git a/src/pages/[lang]/blog/rss.xml.ts b/src/pages/[lang]/blog/rss.xml.ts
index 5e64a20..8963c09 100644
--- a/src/pages/[lang]/blog/rss.xml.ts
+++ b/src/pages/[lang]/blog/rss.xml.ts
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ import {
 } from '@i18n';
 import { getCollection } from 'astro:content';
 
-export const prerender = false;
-
 export async function GET(context: Astro) {
   const lang = getLocaleFromUrl(context.url);
   const t = useTranslations(lang);
diff --git a/src/pages/[lang]/contact/index.astro b/src/pages/[lang]/contact/index.astro
index 5cd409b..6c2f886 100644
--- a/src/pages/[lang]/contact/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/[lang]/contact/index.astro
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 ---
-export const prerender = false;
-
 import Bluesky from '@assets/icons/bluesky.svg';
 import Codeberg from '@assets/icons/codeberg.svg';
 import Email from '@assets/icons/email.svg';
diff --git a/src/pages/[lang]/index.astro b/src/pages/[lang]/index.astro
index d815bf7..e82005f 100644
--- a/src/pages/[lang]/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/[lang]/index.astro
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 ---
-export const getStaticPaths = generateLangStaticPaths;
-
 import Briefcase from '@assets/icons/briefcase.svg';
 import MetaImageEn from '@assets/meta-images/index-en.webp';
 import MetaImageFr from '@assets/meta-images/index-fr.webp';
@@ -26,12 +24,7 @@ import sifaProfile, { type Main as SifaProfile } from '@atp/lexicons/id/sifa/pro
 import AvailabilityCTA from '@components/AvailabilityCTA.astro';
 import Button from '@components/Button.astro';
 import ProjectCard from '@components/ProjectCard.astro';
-import {
-  generateLangStaticPaths,
-  getLocaleFromUrl,
-  useTranslatedPaths,
-  useTranslations,
-} from '@i18n';
+import { getLocaleFromUrl, useTranslatedPaths, useTranslations } from '@i18n';
 import Layout from '../../layouts/Layout.astro';
 import Avatar from './_Avatar.astro';
 
diff --git a/src/pages/[lang]/login/callback.ts b/src/pages/[lang]/login/callback.ts
index 76d8277..9207afb 100644
--- a/src/pages/[lang]/login/callback.ts
+++ b/src/pages/[lang]/login/callback.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 import { authedAtp, oauthClient } from '@atp/client';
 import type { APIRoute } from 'astro';
 
-export const prerender = false;
-
 export const GET = (async (context) => {
   const { session } = await oauthClient.callback(context.url.searchParams);
 
diff --git a/src/pages/[lang]/login/index.astro b/src/pages/[lang]/login/index.astro
index b8ac0c4..4c4aac8 100644
--- a/src/pages/[lang]/login/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/[lang]/login/index.astro
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 ---
-export const prerender = false;
-
 import { authedAtp, oauthClient } from '@atp/client';
 import bskyProfile from '@atp/lexicons/app/bsky/actor/profile.js';
 import { getBlobCidString } from '@atproto/lex';
diff --git a/src/pages/[lang]/resume/index.astro b/src/pages/[lang]/resume/index.astro
index 4fe4cf4..1397618 100644
--- a/src/pages/[lang]/resume/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/[lang]/resume/index.astro
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 ---
-export const prerender = false;
-
 import { atpClient } from '@atp/client';
 import { type Main as Location } from '@atp/lexicons/community/lexicon/location/address';
 import * as sifa from '@atp/lexicons/id/sifa/profile';