diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cf65e31d09ae..b031ff47961d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ node_modules
 
 yarn-error.log
 build
-__generated__
+.docusaurus
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index 85f4c013e1f0..d6e837be0cff 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-__generated__
 __fixtures__
 dist
 node_modules
 build
+.docusaurus
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/v2/.eslintignore b/v2/.eslintignore
index 85f4c013e1f0..f4d280888c8d 100644
--- a/v2/.eslintignore
+++ b/v2/.eslintignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-__generated__
 __fixtures__
 dist
 node_modules
diff --git a/v2/lib/constants.js b/v2/lib/constants.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..9cebdb87dae1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/v2/lib/constants.js
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-present, Facebook, Inc.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ */
+
+module.exports = {
+  GENERATED_FILES_DIR_NAME: '.docusaurus',
+};
diff --git a/v2/lib/load/index.js b/v2/lib/load/index.js
index 973fed100ca8..b602b0c035a8 100644
--- a/v2/lib/load/index.js
+++ b/v2/lib/load/index.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
+const fs = require('fs-extra');
 const path = require('path');
 const loadBlog = require('./blog');
 const loadConfig = require('./config');
@@ -14,18 +15,30 @@ const loadPages = require('./pages');
 const loadTheme = require('./theme');
 const {generate} = require('./utils');
 const genRoutesConfig = require('./routes');
+const constants = require('../constants');
 
 module.exports = async function load(siteDir) {
+  const generatedFilesDir = path.resolve(
+    siteDir,
+    constants.GENERATED_FILES_DIR_NAME,
+  );
+  fs.ensureDirSync(generatedFilesDir);
+
   // Site Config - @tested
   const siteConfig = loadConfig.loadConfig(siteDir);
   await generate(
+    generatedFilesDir,
     loadConfig.configFileName,
     `export default ${JSON.stringify(siteConfig, null, 2)};`,
   );
 
   // Env - @tested
   const env = loadEnv({siteDir, siteConfig});
-  await generate('env.js', `export default ${JSON.stringify(env, null, 2)};`);
+  await generate(
+    generatedFilesDir,
+    'env.js',
+    `export default ${JSON.stringify(env, null, 2)};`,
+  );
 
   // Docs
   const docsDir = path.resolve(siteDir, '..', siteConfig.customDocsPath);
@@ -36,10 +49,12 @@ module.exports = async function load(siteDir) {
     siteConfig,
   });
   await generate(
+    generatedFilesDir,
     'docsMetadatas.js',
     `export default ${JSON.stringify(docsMetadatas, null, 2)};`,
   );
   await generate(
+    generatedFilesDir,
     'docsSidebars.js',
     `export default ${JSON.stringify(docsSidebars, null, 2)};`,
   );
@@ -60,6 +75,7 @@ module.exports = async function load(siteDir) {
   const pagesDir = path.resolve(siteDir, 'pages');
   const pagesMetadatas = await loadPages({pagesDir, env, siteConfig});
   await generate(
+    generatedFilesDir,
     'pagesMetadatas.js',
     `export default ${JSON.stringify(pagesMetadatas, null, 2)};`,
   );
@@ -68,6 +84,7 @@ module.exports = async function load(siteDir) {
   const blogDir = path.resolve(siteDir, 'blog');
   const blogMetadatas = await loadBlog({blogDir, env, siteConfig});
   await generate(
+    generatedFilesDir,
     'blogMetadatas.js',
     `export default ${JSON.stringify(blogMetadatas, null, 2)};`,
   );
@@ -99,11 +116,12 @@ module.exports = async function load(siteDir) {
     sourceToMetadata,
     versionedDir,
     translatedDir,
+    generatedFilesDir,
   };
 
   // Generate React Router Config.
   const routesConfig = await genRoutesConfig(props);
-  await generate('routes.js', routesConfig);
+  await generate(generatedFilesDir, 'routes.js', routesConfig);
 
   return props;
 };
diff --git a/v2/lib/load/utils.js b/v2/lib/load/utils.js
index f03b2f23bbb8..9879b0dc2704 100644
--- a/v2/lib/load/utils.js
+++ b/v2/lib/load/utils.js
@@ -10,14 +10,11 @@ const fm = require('front-matter');
 const escapeStringRegexp = require('escape-string-regexp');
 const fs = require('fs-extra');
 
-const genPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../core/__generated__');
-fs.ensureDirSync(genPath);
-
 const genCache = new Map();
-async function generate(file, content) {
+async function generate(generatedFilesDir, file, content) {
   const cached = genCache.get(file);
   if (cached !== content) {
-    await fs.writeFile(path.join(genPath, file), content);
+    await fs.writeFile(path.join(generatedFilesDir, file), content);
     genCache.set(file, content);
   }
 }
diff --git a/v2/lib/webpack/base.js b/v2/lib/webpack/base.js
index 3ec2bdd9c3a3..0ae90356eaa4 100644
--- a/v2/lib/webpack/base.js
+++ b/v2/lib/webpack/base.js
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ module.exports = function createBaseConfig(props, isServer) {
     versionedDir,
     translatedDir,
     baseUrl,
+    generatedFilesDir,
   } = props;
 
   const config = new Config();
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ module.exports = function createBaseConfig(props, isServer) {
     .set('@docs', docsDir)
     .set('@pages', pagesDir)
     .set('@build', outDir)
-    .set('@generated', path.resolve(__dirname, '../core/__generated__'))
+    .set('@generated', generatedFilesDir)
     .set('@core', path.resolve(__dirname, '../core'))
     .set('@docusaurus', path.resolve(__dirname, '../docusaurus'))
     .end()
diff --git a/v2/package.json b/v2/package.json
index d4284bc31d2a..9d5da37fbf0c 100644
--- a/v2/package.json
+++ b/v2/package.json
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "docusaurus": "node bin/docusaurus",
+    "start": "yarn docusaurus start ../v2-website",
     "prettier": "prettier --config ../.prettierrc --write \"**/*.js\"",
     "lint": "eslint --cache \"{lib,bin,test}/**/*.js\"",
     "test": "jest --config test/jest.config.js"