diff --git a/examples/react-ssr-workerd/vite.config.ts b/examples/react-ssr-workerd/vite.config.ts
index b0d17d4d..331690de 100644
--- a/examples/react-ssr-workerd/vite.config.ts
+++ b/examples/react-ssr-workerd/vite.config.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ export default defineConfig((_env) => ({
     {
       // ensure wrangler.toml assets.directory exists
       name: "ensure-wrangler-assets-directory",
+      enforce: "pre",
       config() {
         mkdirSync("dist/client", { recursive: true });
       },
diff --git a/examples/vue-ssr-extra/vite.config.ts b/examples/vue-ssr-extra/vite.config.ts
index b1edb0a0..baf948f9 100644
--- a/examples/vue-ssr-extra/vite.config.ts
+++ b/examples/vue-ssr-extra/vite.config.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { mkdirSync } from "node:fs";
 import { vitePluginLogger } from "@hiogawa/vite-plugin-ssr-middleware";
 import { vitePluginWorkerd } from "@hiogawa/vite-plugin-workerd";
 import vue from "@vitejs/plugin-vue";
@@ -27,6 +28,14 @@ export default defineConfig((_env) => ({
       },
     }),
     vitePluginVirtualIndexHtml(),
+    {
+      // ensure wrangler.toml assets.directory exists
+      name: "ensure-wrangler-assets-directory",
+      enforce: "pre",
+      config() {
+        mkdirSync("dist/client", { recursive: true });
+      },
+    },
   ],
   environments: {
     client: {