diff --git a/.changeset/long-phones-stand.md b/.changeset/long-phones-stand.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..884bc7f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/long-phones-stand.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'vite-plugin-kit-routes': patch
+---
+
+manage kit-route cli for vite.config.ts config file
diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin-kit-routes/src/lib/ast.spec.ts b/packages/vite-plugin-kit-routes/src/lib/ast.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c58949ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin-kit-routes/src/lib/ast.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+
+import { getExportsFromFile } from './ast.js'
+
+describe('getExportsFromFile', () => {
+	it('should find default export', () => {
+		const code = `
+			const config = { foo: 'bar' }
+			export default config
+		`
+		const result = getExportsFromFile(code)
+		expect(result).toBeDefined()
+		expect(result.type).toBe('Identifier')
+		expect(result.name).toBe('config')
+	})
+
+	it('should find named export', () => {
+		const code = `
+			const config = { foo: 'bar' }
+			export const myConfig = config
+		`
+		const result = getExportsFromFile(code, 'myConfig')
+		expect(result).toBeDefined()
+		expect(result.type).toBe('Identifier')
+		expect(result.name).toBe('config')
+	})
+
+	it('should handle re-exported named exports', () => {
+		const code = `
+			const config = { foo: 'bar' }
+			export { config as myConfig }
+		`
+		const result = getExportsFromFile(code, 'myConfig')
+		expect(result).toBeDefined()
+		expect(result).toBe('config')
+	})
+
+	it('should return null for non-existent export', () => {
+		const code = `
+			const config = { foo: 'bar' }
+			export default config
+		`
+		const result = getExportsFromFile(code, 'nonExistent')
+		expect(result).toBeNull()
+	})
+
+	it('should handle invalid code gracefully', () => {
+		const code = 'invalid code'
+		const result = getExportsFromFile(code)
+		expect(result).toBeNull()
+	})
+})
diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin-kit-routes/src/lib/ast.ts b/packages/vite-plugin-kit-routes/src/lib/ast.ts
index 4f7c86bf..1761f2bb 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin-kit-routes/src/lib/ast.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin-kit-routes/src/lib/ast.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,54 @@ export const getActionsOfServerPages = (pathFile: string) => {
 	return { actions, withLoad }
 }
 
+export const getExportsFromFile = (code: string, exportName?: string) => {
+	try {
+		const codeParsed = parse(code)
+		let result: any = null
+
+		visit(codeParsed, {
+			visitExportNamedDeclaration(path) {
+				if (exportName) {
+					// Looking for a specific named export
+					const specifiers = path.node.specifiers
+					if (specifiers) {
+						specifiers.forEach((specifier) => {
+							if (specifier.exported.name === exportName && specifier.local) {
+								result = specifier.local.name
+							}
+						})
+					}
+
+					const declaration = path.node.declaration
+					if (declaration?.type === 'VariableDeclaration') {
+						declaration.declarations.forEach((declaration) => {
+							if (
+								declaration.type === 'VariableDeclarator' &&
+								declaration.id.type === 'Identifier' &&
+								declaration.id.name === exportName
+							) {
+								result = declaration.init
+							}
+						})
+					}
+				}
+				return false
+			},
+			visitExportDefaultDeclaration(path) {
+				if (!exportName) {
+					result = path.node.declaration
+				}
+				return false
+			},
+		})
+
+		return result
+	} catch (error) {
+		formatError(error, 'config file')
+		return null
+	}
+}
+
 const formatError = (error: unknown, fullPath: string) => {
 	if (error instanceof Error) {
 		if (error.message.includes('Unexpected token (')) {
diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin-kit-routes/src/lib/bin.ts b/packages/vite-plugin-kit-routes/src/lib/bin.ts
index dac18883..1bed86da 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin-kit-routes/src/lib/bin.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin-kit-routes/src/lib/bin.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { Command } from 'commander'
 import { green, Log } from '@kitql/helpers'
 import { getRelativePackagePath, read } from '@kitql/internals'
 
+import { getExportsFromFile } from './ast.js'
 import { run } from './plugin.js'
 
 const program = new Command()
@@ -13,21 +14,23 @@ const log = new Log('kit-routes')
 async function loadConfigFromFile(filePath: string, exportName?: string) {
 	try {
 		const resolvedPath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), filePath)
-		const configModule = await import(resolvedPath)
+		const code = read(resolvedPath)
+		if (!code) {
+			log.error(`Could not read file: ${resolvedPath}`)
+			return null
+		}
 
-		if (exportName) {
-			if (!configModule[exportName]) {
+		const result = getExportsFromFile(code, exportName)
+		if (!result) {
+			if (exportName) {
 				log.error(`There is no 'export const ${exportName}' in '${filePath}'`)
-				return null
+			} else {
+				log.error(`There is no default export in '${resolvedPath}'`)
 			}
-			return configModule[exportName]
-		}
-
-		if (!configModule.default) {
-			log.error(`There is no default export in '${resolvedPath}'`)
 			return null
 		}
-		return configModule.default
+
+		return result
 	} catch (error) {
 		return null
 	}
@@ -38,6 +41,8 @@ async function loadConfig(configPath?: string) {
 		const [filePath, exportName] = configPath.split('#')
 		const userConfig = await loadConfigFromFile(filePath, exportName)
 		if (userConfig) return userConfig
+		// If config set, but not found, return null
+		return null
 	}
 
 	// Try vite.config.ts with _kitRoutesConfig
@@ -73,9 +78,8 @@ program
 			log.info(`  Config object should look like this:
 
                ${green(`import { kitRoutes, type Options } from 'vite-plugin-kit-routes'
-               import type { KIT_ROUTES } from '$lib/ROUTES'
-
-               export const _kitRoutesConfig: Options<KIT_ROUTES> = {
+               
+               export const _kitRoutesConfig: Options = {
                  // ...
                }`)}
 `)
diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin-kit-routes/src/lib/plugins.spec.ts b/packages/vite-plugin-kit-routes/src/lib/plugins.spec.ts
index b6cdf047..809e2c71 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin-kit-routes/src/lib/plugins.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin-kit-routes/src/lib/plugins.spec.ts
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ describe('getFilesUnder', () => {
 		expect(getFilesUnder(location)).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
 			[
 			  "ROUTES.ts",
+			  "ast.spec.ts",
 			  "ast.ts",
 			  "bin.ts",
 			  "format.ts",