diff --git a/packages/zudoku/src/config/loader.ts b/packages/zudoku/src/config/loader.ts
index e5e2f1a8..3d0aa7eb 100644
--- a/packages/zudoku/src/config/loader.ts
+++ b/packages/zudoku/src/config/loader.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from "node:url";
 import { RollupOutput, RollupWatcher } from "rollup";
 import { tsImport } from "tsx/esm/api";
+import { withZuplo } from "../zuplo/with-zuplo.js";
 import { ConfigWithMeta } from "./common.js";
 import { CommonConfig, validateCommonConfig } from "./validators/common.js";
 import { validateConfig } from "./validators/validate.js";
@@ -117,6 +118,9 @@ async function loadDevPortalConfig<TConfig extends CommonConfig>(
   // 2. Replace $env() placeholders with actual environment
   config = replaceEnvVariables(config, envVars);
 
+  // 3. Add Zuplo to the config
+  config = withZuplo(config);
+
   return config;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/zudoku/src/config/validators/common.ts b/packages/zudoku/src/config/validators/common.ts
index 4e984eff..bee3a5f5 100644
--- a/packages/zudoku/src/config/validators/common.ts
+++ b/packages/zudoku/src/config/validators/common.ts
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ export const CommonConfigSchema = z.object({
   apiKeys: ApiKeysSchema,
   redirects: z.array(Redirect),
   sitemap: SiteMapSchema,
+  isZuplo: z.boolean().optional(),
 });
 
 export const refine = (
diff --git a/packages/zudoku/src/vite/plugin-api.ts b/packages/zudoku/src/vite/plugin-api.ts
index acf00b1c..b5c46a22 100644
--- a/packages/zudoku/src/vite/plugin-api.ts
+++ b/packages/zudoku/src/vite/plugin-api.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import path from "node:path";
-import { tsImport } from "tsx/esm/api";
 import hashit from "object-hash";
+import { tsImport } from "tsx/esm/api";
 import { type Plugin } from "vite";
 import yaml from "yaml";
 import { type ZudokuPluginOptions } from "../config/config.js";
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import type {
   ApiCatalogItem,
   ApiCatalogPluginOptions,
 } from "../lib/plugins/api-catalog/index.js";
-import { ZuploEnv } from "../zuplo/env.js";
 
 const viteApiPlugin = async (
   getConfig: () => ZudokuPluginOptions,
@@ -18,13 +17,15 @@ const viteApiPlugin = async (
   const virtualModuleId = "virtual:zudoku-api-plugins";
   const resolvedVirtualModuleId = "\0" + virtualModuleId;
 
+  const initialConfig = getConfig();
+
   // TODO: For now this is Zuplo specific, but we should make it more generic in the future.
   // Following options might be possible:
   // a) Have a processors only file
   // b) Have a build related config (e.g. Vite, Rehype, Remark, etc.)
-  const zuploProcessors = ZuploEnv.isZuplo
+  const zuploProcessors = initialConfig.isZuplo
     ? await tsImport("../zuplo/with-zuplo-processors.ts", import.meta.url)
-        .then((m) => m.default(getConfig().rootDir))
+        .then((m) => m.default(initialConfig.rootDir))
         .catch((e) => {
           // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
           console.warn("Failed to load Zuplo processors", e);