diff --git a/src/electron.ts b/src/electron.ts
index a7deb85..030d762 100644
--- a/src/electron.ts
+++ b/src/electron.ts
@@ -2,18 +2,18 @@ import path from 'node:path'
 import fs from 'node:fs'
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module'
 import { type ChildProcess, spawn } from 'node:child_process'
+import { loadPackageData } from './utils'
 
 const _require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
 
 const ensureElectronEntryFile = (root = process.cwd()): void => {
   if (process.env.ELECTRON_ENTRY) return
-  const pkg = path.join(root, 'package.json')
-  if (fs.existsSync(pkg)) {
-    const main = _require(pkg).main
-    if (!main) {
+  const pkg = loadPackageData()
+  if (pkg) {
+    if (!pkg.main) {
       throw new Error('No entry point found for electron app, please add a "main" field to package.json')
     } else {
-      const entryPath = path.resolve(root, main)
+      const entryPath = path.resolve(root, pkg.main)
       if (!fs.existsSync(entryPath)) {
         throw new Error(`No electron app entry file found: ${entryPath}`)
       }
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index 2e4d7fd..8f164ba 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import { URL, URLSearchParams } from 'node:url'
 import path from 'node:path'
+import fs from 'node:fs'
 import { createHash } from 'node:crypto'
+import { createRequire } from 'node:module'
 import { loadEnv as viteLoadEnv } from 'vite'
 
 export function isObject(value: unknown): value is Record<string, unknown> {
@@ -49,3 +51,25 @@ export function loadEnv(
 ): Record<string, string> {
   return viteLoadEnv(mode, envDir, prefixes)
 }
+
+interface PackageData {
+  main?: string
+  type?: 'module' | 'commonjs'
+}
+
+let packageCached: PackageData | null = null
+
+export function loadPackageData(root = process.cwd()): PackageData | null {
+  if (packageCached) return packageCached
+  const pkg = path.join(root, 'package.json')
+  if (fs.existsSync(pkg)) {
+    const _require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
+    const data = _require(pkg)
+    packageCached = {
+      main: data.main,
+      type: data.type
+    }
+    return packageCached
+  }
+  return null
+}