---
title: productionBrowserSourceMaps
description: Enables browser source map generation during the production build.
url: "https://nextjs.org/docs/14/app/api-reference/next-config-js/productionBrowserSourceMaps"
version: 14.2.35
lastUpdated: 2023-06-28
prerequisites:
  - "API Reference: /docs/14/app/api-reference"
  - "next.config.js Options: /docs/14/app/api-reference/next-config-js"
---


Source Maps are enabled by default during development. During production builds, they are disabled to prevent you leaking your source on the client, unless you specifically opt-in with the configuration flag.

Next.js provides a configuration flag you can use to enable browser source map generation during the production build:

```js filename="next.config.js"
module.exports = {
  productionBrowserSourceMaps: true,
}
```

When the `productionBrowserSourceMaps` option is enabled, the source maps will be output in the same directory as the JavaScript files. Next.js will automatically serve these files when requested.

* Adding source maps can increase `next build` time
* Increases memory usage during `next build`
---

For an index of all available documentation, see [/docs/14/llms.txt](/docs/14/llms.txt)