diff --git a/backend/server.ts b/backend/server.ts
index a55ba06..f04d78e 100644
--- a/backend/server.ts
+++ b/backend/server.ts
@@ -219,6 +219,7 @@ app.onError((err, c) => {
   return c.text('Internal Server Error', 500);
 });
 
+// Default to 3003; can be overridden by Environment=PORT
 const PORT = Number(process.env.PORT || 3003);
 
 logLine('logs/server.log', `Starting frontend server on port ${PORT}`);
diff --git a/frontend/index.html b/frontend/index.html
index 435651a..e8836ba 100644
--- a/frontend/index.html
+++ b/frontend/index.html
@@ -10,6 +10,28 @@
   </script><script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/pocketbase@0.26.5/dist/pocketbase.umd.js"></script>
 <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/pdf.js/3.11.174/pdf.min.js"></script>
 <script src="auth.js"></script>
+<script>
+  // Live reload for development
+  (function() {
+    let lastCheck = Date.now();
+    setInterval(async () => {
+      try {
+        const res = await fetch('/version?t=' + Date.now(), { cache: 'no-store' });
+        if (res.ok) {
+          const data = await res.json();
+          const currentVersion = sessionStorage.getItem('appVersion');
+          if (currentVersion && data.version && currentVersion !== data.version) {
+            console.log('Changes detected, reloading...');
+            window.location.reload();
+          }
+          sessionStorage.setItem('appVersion', data.version || '');
+        }
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.log('Live reload check failed:', e);
+      }
+    }, 1000);
+  })();
+</script>
 </head>
 <body class="font-sans bg-gray-100 m-0 text-gray-900 overflow-hidden touch-pan-y h-screen flex flex-col">
   <div class="max-w-full md:max-w-2xl mx-auto p-4 sm:p-3 text-[17px] flex flex-col flex-1 overflow-hidden">
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f4da7dd..742abff 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "type": "module",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
-    "dev": "bun run backend/server.ts",
+    "dev": "bun --watch backend/server.ts",
     "start": "bun run backend/server.ts",
     "build:css": "tailwindcss -i input.css -o frontend/output.css --watch"
   },
