diff --git a/src/pages/_app.tsx b/src/components/AppComponent.tsx
similarity index 100%
rename from src/pages/_app.tsx
rename to src/components/AppComponent.tsx
diff --git a/src/pages/_app.mdx b/src/pages/_app.mdx
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/pages/_app.mdx
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+{/* To circumvent performance issues when using .tsx instead of .mdx, we use this as passthrough */}
+export { default } from "../components/AppComponent";