diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index b72bb366d..08c8886bd 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -12,8 +12,10 @@ const babelify = require("babelify");
 const watchify = require("watchify");
 const envify = require("envify");
 const gutil = require("gulp-util");
+const liveReload = require('gulp-livereload');
 
 if (argv.production) process.env.NODE_ENV = 'production';
+let isProduction = argv.production || process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production';
 
 gulp.task('styles', () => {
     let chain = gulp.src(['resources/assets/sass/**/*.scss'])
@@ -24,31 +26,40 @@ gulp.task('styles', () => {
             }}))
         .pipe(sass())
         .pipe(autoprefixer('last 2 versions'));
-    if (argv.production) chain = chain.pipe(minifycss());
-    return chain.pipe(gulp.dest('public/css/'));
+    if (isProduction) chain = chain.pipe(minifycss());
+    return chain.pipe(gulp.dest('public/css/')).pipe(liveReload());
 });
 
 
-function scriptTask(watch=false) {
+function scriptTask(watch = false) {
 
     let props = {
         basedir: 'resources/assets/js',
         debug: true,
-        entries: ['global.js']
+        entries: ['global.js'],
+        fast: !isProduction,
+        cache: {},
+        packageCache: {},
     };
 
     let bundler = watch ? watchify(browserify(props), { poll: true }) : browserify(props);
-    bundler.transform(envify, {global: true}).transform(babelify, {presets: ['es2015']});
+
+    if (isProduction) {
+        bundler.transform(envify, {global: true}).transform(babelify, {presets: ['es2015']});
+    }
+
     function rebundle() {
         let stream = bundler.bundle();
         stream = stream.pipe(source('common.js'));
-        if (argv.production) stream = stream.pipe(buffer()).pipe(uglify());
-        return stream.pipe(gulp.dest('public/js/'));
+        if (isProduction) stream = stream.pipe(buffer()).pipe(uglify());
+        return stream.pipe(gulp.dest('public/js/')).pipe(liveReload());
     }
+
     bundler.on('update', function() {
         rebundle();
-        gutil.log('Rebundle...');
+        gutil.log('Rebundling assets...');
     });
+
     bundler.on('log', gutil.log);
     return rebundle();
 }
@@ -57,6 +68,7 @@ gulp.task('scripts', () => {scriptTask(false)});
 gulp.task('scripts-watch', () => {scriptTask(true)});
 
 gulp.task('default', ['styles', 'scripts-watch'], () => {
+    liveReload.listen();
     gulp.watch("resources/assets/sass/**/*.scss", ['styles']);
 });
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 93f62bf1f..fb5e5a54a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     "gulp": "3.9.1",
     "gulp-autoprefixer": "3.1.1",
     "gulp-clean-css": "^3.0.4",
+    "gulp-livereload": "^3.8.1",
     "gulp-minify-css": "1.2.4",
     "gulp-plumber": "1.1.0",
     "gulp-sass": "3.1.0",