diff --git a/bin/next b/bin/next
index 8654d788..79f635b7 100755
--- a/bin/next
+++ b/bin/next
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env node
 
-import { join } from 'path'
+import { join, resolve } from 'path'
 import { spawn } from 'cross-spawn'
 import { watchFile } from 'fs'
 import pkg from '../../package.json'
+import getConfig from '../server/config'
 
 if (pkg.peerDependencies) {
   Object.keys(pkg.peerDependencies).forEach(dependency => {
@@ -78,9 +79,10 @@ const startProcess = () => {
 }
 
 let proc = startProcess()
+const { pagesDirectory = resolve(process.cwd(), 'pages') } = getConfig(process.cwd())
 
 if (cmd === 'dev') {
-  watchFile(join(process.cwd(), 'next.config.js'), (cur, prev) => {
+  watchFile(`${resolve(pagesDirectory, '..')}/next.config.js`, (cur, prev) => {
     if (cur.size > 0 || prev.size > 0) {
       console.log('\n> Found a change in next.config.js, restarting the server...')
       // Don't listen to 'close' now since otherwise parent gets killed by listener