diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 0e25c67..fb5aca9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 				"@koa/router": "^12.0.1",
 				"@playwright/test": "^1.36.1",
 				"@sealcode/jdd": "^0.2.12",
-				"@sealcode/sealgen": "^0.11.7",
+				"@sealcode/sealgen": "^0.11.8",
 				"@sealcode/ts-predicates": "^0.4.3",
 				"@types/kill-port": "^2.0.0",
 				"get-port": "^7.0.0",
@@ -1304,9 +1304,9 @@
 			}
 		},
 		"node_modules/@sealcode/sealgen": {
-			"version": "0.11.7",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sealcode/sealgen/-/sealgen-0.11.7.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-JpvVkBCaO2eNTvdRB3J6gs6enYCzMWByaDAj+KmLSifOUqcN1M4DQ5nzF6mAA8q0Aabwe7KDxSHb3b9rPMtYnw==",
+			"version": "0.11.8",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@sealcode/sealgen/-/sealgen-0.11.8.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-vhEEOcYSlZo+uxSJgWMYp8mZ38Op2EGANRoeF7Dc8YxpyQCI43WUXyXWZM6UyR4/SOWJy1NQMdF+khguGNtlGg==",
 			"dependencies": {
 				"@koa/router": "^12.0.1",
 				"@sealcode/ts-predicates": "^0.4.3",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 29f686d..97cf6fe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 		"@koa/router": "^12.0.1",
 		"@playwright/test": "^1.36.1",
 		"@sealcode/jdd": "^0.2.12",
-		"@sealcode/sealgen": "^0.11.7",
+		"@sealcode/sealgen": "^0.11.8",
 		"@sealcode/ts-predicates": "^0.4.3",
 		"@types/kill-port": "^2.0.0",
 		"get-port": "^7.0.0",
diff --git a/src/back/html.ts b/src/back/html.ts
index bb2d07e..7aa383c 100644
--- a/src/back/html.ts
+++ b/src/back/html.ts
@@ -79,12 +79,68 @@ export default function html(
 								"turbo:morph",
 								cleanup_css
 							);
-							const socket = new WebSocket("ws://localhost:60808");
-							socket.onmessage = () => {
-								const new_link = make_new_link();
-								new_link.onload = cleanup_css;
-								document.querySelector("head").appendChild(new_link);
-							};
+
+							const sleep = (time) =>
+								new Promise((resolve) => {
+									setTimeout(resolve, time);
+								});
+
+							let last_known_start_timestamp = 0;
+
+							async function wait_for_app_restart() {
+								while (true) {
+									const { started_at, status } = await fetch(
+										"/status.json"
+									)
+										.then((r) => r.json())
+										.catch(() => ({
+											started_at: last_known_start_timestamp,
+										}));
+									if (started_at !== last_known_start_timestamp) {
+										last_known_start_timestamp = started_at;
+										return;
+									}
+									await sleep(100);
+								}
+							}
+
+							(async function () {
+								const { started_at, status } = await fetch(
+									"/status.json"
+								).then((r) => r.json());
+								last_known_start_timestamp = started_at;
+								const { port, watch } = await fetch(
+									"/dist/notifier.json"
+								).then((r) => r.json());
+								if (!watch) {
+									console.warning(
+										"Not running auto refresh on watch because the build process is not running in watch mode"
+									);
+									return;
+								}
+								const socket = new WebSocket(\`ws://localhost:\${port}\`);
+								socket.onmessage = async (message) => {
+									if (message.data === "css") {
+										const new_link = make_new_link();
+										new_link.onload = cleanup_css;
+										document
+											.querySelector("head")
+											.appendChild(new_link);
+									}
+									if (message.data === "ts") {
+										document.documentElement.classList.add(
+											"restarting"
+										);
+										await wait_for_app_restart();
+										document.documentElement.dispatchEvent(
+											new Event("ts-rebuilt")
+										);
+										document.documentElement.classList.remove(
+											"restarting"
+										);
+									}
+								};
+							})();
 					  </script>`
 					: ""}
 			</body>
diff --git a/src/back/routes/components.css b/src/back/routes/components.css
index 3e5f341..26d4d13 100644
--- a/src/back/routes/components.css
+++ b/src/back/routes/components.css
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@
 		width: var(--resizable-column-width);
 		overflow-x: auto;
 	}
+
+	transition: transform 200ms, opacity 200ms;
+	&.restarting {
+		transform: scale(0.99);
+		opacity: 0.6;
+	}
 }
 
 .component-preview-parameters {
@@ -25,3 +31,9 @@
 		background-color: #80808024;
 	}
 }
+
+.component-preview {
+	* {
+		transition: all 200ms;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/back/routes/components.sreact.tsx b/src/back/routes/components.sreact.tsx
index d39415f..fb73ae2 100644
--- a/src/back/routes/components.sreact.tsx
+++ b/src/back/routes/components.sreact.tsx
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ export default new (class ComponentsPage extends StatefulPage<State, typeof acti
 		const component =
 			registry.get(state.component) || Object.values(all_components)[0];
 		return (
-			<div class="two-column">
+			<div class="two-column" id="component-debugger">
 				<div class="resizable">
 					{/*The below button has to be here in order for it to be the default behavior */}
 					<input type="submit" value="Preview" />
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ export default new (class ComponentsPage extends StatefulPage<State, typeof acti
 						})();
 					</script>`
 				}
-				<div>
+				<div class="component-preview">
 					<fieldset>
 						<legend>Preview</legend>
 						{render(
@@ -292,13 +292,17 @@ export default new (class ComponentsPage extends StatefulPage<State, typeof acti
 						)}
 					</fieldset>
 				</div>
+				{
+					/* HTML */ `<script>
+						document.documentElement.addEventListener("ts-rebuilt", () => {
+							document
+								.querySelector("#component-debugger")
+								.closest("form")
+								.requestSubmit();
+						});
+					</script>`
+				}
 			</div>
 		);
 	}
-
-	// wrapInForm(state: State, content: Templatable): Templatable {
-	// 	return tempstream/* HTML */ `<turbo-frame id="components">
-	// 		${super.wrapInForm(state, content)}
-	// 	</turbo-frame> `;
-	// }
 })();
diff --git a/src/back/routes/index.ts b/src/back/routes/index.ts
index e2111b5..02c88d7 100644
--- a/src/back/routes/index.ts
+++ b/src/back/routes/index.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,16 @@ import { MainView } from "./common/main-view.js";
 import mountAutoRoutes from "./routes.js";
 
 export const mainRouter = (router: Router): void => {
+	const started_at = Date.now(); // necessary to detect aplication restarts
+
 	router.get("/", Middlewares.extractContext(), async (ctx) => {
 		ctx.body = MainView(ctx);
 	});
 
 	router.use(Middlewares.extractContext());
+	router.get("/status.json", Middlewares.extractContext(), async (ctx) => {
+		ctx.body = { status: ctx.$app.status, started_at };
+	});
 
 	mountAutoRoutes(router);
 };