diff --git a/holycow_frontend/.gitignore b/holycow_frontend/.gitignore
index e23c656..c42b9c1 100644
--- a/holycow_frontend/.gitignore
+++ b/holycow_frontend/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 # dependencies
 .npmrc
+out
 /node_modules
 /.pnp
 .pnp.*
diff --git a/holycow_frontend/holycow_frontend.iml b/holycow_frontend/holycow_frontend.iml
index d3d5d8f..96920fa 100644
--- a/holycow_frontend/holycow_frontend.iml
+++ b/holycow_frontend/holycow_frontend.iml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <content url="file://$MODULE_DIR$">
       <sourceFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/src" isTestSource="false" />
       <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/node_modules" />
+      <excludeFolder url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/out" />
     </content>
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
diff --git a/holycow_frontend/next.config.mjs b/holycow_frontend/next.config.mjs
index 4205403..6f12dc4 100644
--- a/holycow_frontend/next.config.mjs
+++ b/holycow_frontend/next.config.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 /** @type {import("next").NextConfig} */
-const nextConfig = {};
+const nextConfig = {
+	output: "export"
+};
 
 export default nextConfig;