diff --git a/examples/react/package.json b/examples/react/package.json
index d6d5744a..805eee3c 100644
--- a/examples/react/package.json
+++ b/examples/react/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     "@vanilla-extract/css": "^1.9.3",
     "ethers": "^5.7.2",
     "framer-motion": "^8.5.2",
-    "query-string": "^8.1.0",
     "react": "^18.2.0",
     "react-dom": "^18.2.0",
     "typescript": "^5.3.3",
diff --git a/examples/react/src/components/Homepage.tsx b/examples/react/src/components/Homepage.tsx
index ac1a92e9..709a0bef 100644
--- a/examples/react/src/components/Homepage.tsx
+++ b/examples/react/src/components/Homepage.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import React, { useEffect } from 'react'
-import qs from 'query-string'
 import {
   useOpenConnectModal,
   signEthAuthProof,
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ import {
   MoonIcon,
   SignoutIcon,
   useTheme,
-  vars,
   Spinner,
   useMediaQuery,
   Switch,
@@ -48,6 +46,10 @@ import abi from '../constants/nft-abi'
 import { ethers } from 'ethers'
 import { Alert, AlertProps } from './Alert'
 
+// append ?debug to url to enable debug mode
+const searchParams = new URLSearchParams(location.search)
+const isDebugMode = searchParams.has('debug')
+
 function Homepage() {
   const { theme, setTheme } = useTheme()
   const { setTheme: setKitTheme } = useKitTheme()
@@ -140,10 +142,6 @@ function Homepage() {
 
   const publicClient = usePublicClient({ chainId })
 
-  // append ?debug=true to url to enable debug mode
-  const { debug } = qs.parse(location.search)
-  const isDebugMode = debug === 'true'
-
   const generateEthAuthProof = async () => {
     if (!walletClient || !publicClient) {
       return
diff --git a/examples/react/vite.config.js b/examples/react/vite.config.js
index b4050be0..0e15e775 100644
--- a/examples/react/vite.config.js
+++ b/examples/react/vite.config.js
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ dns.setDefaultResultOrder('verbatim')
 
 export default defineConfig(() => {
   return {
-    // build: {
-    //   outDir: 'build',
-    // },
     plugins: [
       react(),
       nodePolyfills({
@@ -25,7 +22,11 @@ export default defineConfig(() => {
       vanillaExtractPlugin(),
       svgrPlugin()
     ],
+    build: {
+      minify: false
+    },
     server: {
+      minify: false,
       port: 4444,
       fs: {
         // Allow serving files from one level up to the project root
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 82dd2c15..5e4e6433 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -170,9 +170,6 @@ importers:
       framer-motion:
         specifier: ^8.5.2
         version: 8.5.5(react-dom@18.2.0)(react@18.2.0)
-      query-string:
-        specifier: ^8.1.0
-        version: 8.2.0
       react:
         specifier: ^18.2.0
         version: 18.2.0
@@ -11006,11 +11003,6 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-FqUYQ+8o158GyGTrMFJms9qh3CqTKvAqgqsTnkLI8sKu0028orqBhxNMFkFen0zGyg6epACD32pjVk58ngIErQ==}
     engines: {node: '>=0.10'}
 
-  /decode-uri-component@0.4.1:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-+8VxcR21HhTy8nOt6jf20w0c9CADrw1O8d+VZ/YzzCt4bJ3uBjw+D1q2osAB8RnpwwaeYBxy0HyKQxD5JBMuuQ==}
-    engines: {node: '>=14.16'}
-    dev: false
-
   /deep-eql@4.1.3:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-WaEtAOpRA1MQ0eohqZjpGD8zdI0Ovsm8mmFhaDN8dvDZzyoUMcYDnf5Y6iu7HTXxf8JDS23qWa4a+hKCDyOPzw==}
     engines: {node: '>=6'}
@@ -12072,11 +12064,6 @@ packages:
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     engines: {node: '>=0.10.0'}
 
-  /filter-obj@5.1.0:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-qWeTREPoT7I0bifpPUXtxkZJ1XJzxWtfoWWkdVGqa+eCr3SHW/Ocp89o8vLvbUuQnadybJpjOKu4V+RwO6sGng==}
-    engines: {node: '>=14.16'}
-    dev: false
-
   /finalhandler@1.1.2:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-aAWcW57uxVNrQZqFXjITpW3sIUQmHGG3qSb9mUah9MgMC4NeWhNOlNjXEYq3HjRAvL6arUviZGGJsBg6z0zsWA==}
     engines: {node: '>= 0.8'}
@@ -15181,15 +15168,6 @@ packages:
       split-on-first: 1.1.0
       strict-uri-encode: 2.0.0
 
-  /query-string@8.2.0:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-tUZIw8J0CawM5wyGBiDOAp7ObdRQh4uBor/fUR9ZjmbZVvw95OD9If4w3MQxr99rg0DJZ/9CIORcpEqU5hQG7g==}
-    engines: {node: '>=14.16'}
-    dependencies:
-      decode-uri-component: 0.4.1
-      filter-obj: 5.1.0
-      split-on-first: 3.0.0
-    dev: false
-
   /querystring-es3@0.2.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-773xhDQnZBMFobEiztv8LIl70ch5MSF/jUQVlhwFyBILqq96anmoctVIYz+ZRp0qbCKATTn6ev02M3r7Ga5vqA==}
     engines: {node: '>=0.4.x'}
@@ -16176,11 +16154,6 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-43ZssAJaMusuKWL8sKUBQXHWOpq8d6CfN/u1p4gUzfJkM05C8rxTmYrkIPTXapZpORA6LkkzcUulJ8FqA7Uudw==}
     engines: {node: '>=6'}
 
-  /split-on-first@3.0.0:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-qxQJTx2ryR0Dw0ITYyekNQWpz6f8dGd7vffGNflQQ3Iqj9NJ6qiZ7ELpZsJ/QBhIVAiDfXdag3+Gp8RvWa62AA==}
-    engines: {node: '>=12'}
-    dev: false
-
   /split2@4.2.0:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-UcjcJOWknrNkF6PLX83qcHM6KHgVKNkV62Y8a5uYDVv9ydGQVwAHMKqHdJje1VTWpljG0WYpCDhrCdAOYH4TWg==}
     engines: {node: '>= 10.x'}