diff --git a/next-sitemap.config.js b/next-sitemap.config.js
index b4aabb5..83f2a50 100644
--- a/next-sitemap.config.js
+++ b/next-sitemap.config.js
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 module.exports = {
   siteUrl: process.env.NEXTAUTH_URL || 'http://localhost:3000',
   generateRobotsTxt: true, // (optional)
-  exclude: ['/server-sitemap-index.xml'], // <= exclude here
+  exclude: ['/server-sitemap.xml'], // <= exclude here
   robotsTxtOptions: {
-    additionalSitemaps: [
-      'https://example.com/server-sitemap-index.xml', // <==== Add here
-    ],
+    additionalSitemaps: [`${process.env.NEXTAUTH_URL}/server-sitemap.xml`],
   },
+  generateIndexSitemap: false,
 };
diff --git a/src/app/server-sitemap-index.xml/route.ts b/src/app/server-sitemap-index.xml/route.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8abaa00..0000000
--- a/src/app/server-sitemap-index.xml/route.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import { environment } from '@/environment.mjs';
-import { db } from '@/server/db';
-import { questions } from '@/server/db/schema';
-import { getServerSideSitemapIndex } from 'next-sitemap';
-
-export async function GET(_: Request) {
-  const questionsData = await db
-    .select({ slug: questions.slug })
-    .from(questions);
-
-  const urls = questionsData.map(
-    (question) => `${environment.NEXTAUTH_URL}/questions/${question.slug}`,
-  );
-
-  return getServerSideSitemapIndex(urls);
-}
diff --git a/src/app/server-sitemap.xml/route.ts b/src/app/server-sitemap.xml/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b18b31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/server-sitemap.xml/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { environment } from '@/environment.mjs';
+import { db } from '@/server/db';
+import { questions } from '@/server/db/schema';
+import { getServerSideSitemap } from 'next-sitemap';
+
+export async function GET(_: Request) {
+  const questionsData = await db
+    .select({ slug: questions.slug })
+    .from(questions);
+
+  const urls = questionsData.map((question) => ({
+    loc: `${environment.NEXTAUTH_URL}/questions/${question.slug}`,
+    lastmod: new Date().toISOString(),
+    changefreq: 'daily' as const,
+    priority: 0.7,
+  }));
+
+  return getServerSideSitemap(urls);
+}