diff --git a/src/node/config.ts b/src/node/config.ts
index 749e1f39..2b80814a 100644
--- a/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/src/node/config.ts
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ export async function resolveUserConfig(
       resolve(root, `config/index.${ext}`),
       resolve(root, `config.${ext}`)
     ])
-    .find(fs.existsSync)
+    .find((p) => fs.existsSync(p))
 
   let userConfig: RawConfigExports = {}
   let configDeps: string[] = []
diff --git a/src/node/contentLoader.ts b/src/node/contentLoader.ts
index fae349d4..8b925132 100644
--- a/src/node/contentLoader.ts
+++ b/src/node/contentLoader.ts
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export function createContentLoader<T = ContentData[]>(
 
           if (cached && timestamp === cached.timestamp) return cached.data
 
-          const src = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8')
+          const src = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8')
 
           const renderExcerpt = options.excerpt
           const { data: frontmatter, excerpt } = matter(
diff --git a/src/node/init/init.ts b/src/node/init/init.ts
index 0037ac33..e1247afc 100644
--- a/src/node/init/init.ts
+++ b/src/node/init/init.ts
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export function scaffold({
 
   const pkgPath = path.resolve('package.json')
   const userPkg = fs.existsSync(pkgPath)
-    ? JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(pkgPath, 'utf-8'))
+    ? JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(pkgPath, 'utf8'))
     : {}
 
   const useMjs = userPkg.type !== 'module'
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ export function scaffold({
       targetPath = path.resolve(resolvedSrcDir, file)
     }
 
-    const content = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf-8')
+    const content = fs.readFileSync(filePath, 'utf8')
     const compiled = template(content)(data)
 
     fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(targetPath), { recursive: true })
diff --git a/src/node/plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin.ts b/src/node/plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin.ts
index 568ff3a6..b4f1edb0 100644
--- a/src/node/plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin.ts
+++ b/src/node/plugins/dynamicRoutesPlugin.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export const dynamicRoutesPlugin = async (
           moduleGraph.add(id, [routeFile])
           moduleGraph.add(routeFile, [matched.loaderPath])
 
-          let baseContent = fs.readFileSync(routeFile, 'utf-8')
+          let baseContent = fs.readFileSync(routeFile, 'utf8')
 
           // inject raw content
           // this is intended for integration with CMS
diff --git a/src/node/plugins/localSearchPlugin.ts b/src/node/plugins/localSearchPlugin.ts
index 4087daae..4a209cea 100644
--- a/src/node/plugins/localSearchPlugin.ts
+++ b/src/node/plugins/localSearchPlugin.ts
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ export async function localSearchPlugin(
     const { srcDir, cleanUrls = false } = siteConfig
     const relativePath = slash(path.relative(srcDir, file))
     const env: MarkdownEnv = { path: file, relativePath, cleanUrls }
-    const md_raw = await readFile(file, 'utf-8')
+    const md_raw = await readFile(file, 'utf8')
     const md_src = processIncludes(md, srcDir, md_raw, file, [], cleanUrls)
     if (options._render) {
       return await options._render(md_src, env, md)
diff --git a/src/node/utils/processIncludes.ts b/src/node/utils/processIncludes.ts
index 021c1b0b..62de0dd8 100644
--- a/src/node/utils/processIncludes.ts
+++ b/src/node/utils/processIncludes.ts
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export function processIncludes(
       ? path.join(srcDir, m1.slice(m1[1] === '/' ? 2 : 1))
       : path.join(path.dirname(file), m1)
 
-    let content = fs.readFileSync(includePath, 'utf-8')
+    let content = fs.readFileSync(includePath, 'utf8')
 
     if (region) {
       const [regionName] = region