diff --git a/bin/watch-dist.ts b/bin/watch-dist.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..490ffbe5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/watch-dist.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import chokidar from "chokidar";
+import fs from "fs";
+import path from "path";
+
+const emptyCallback = () => {};
+
+function onFileChanged(sourceFile: string) {
+    const destFile = path.join("dist", sourceFile);
+    console.log(`${sourceFile} -> ${destFile}`);
+    fs.copyFile(sourceFile, destFile, emptyCallback);
+}
+
+const sourceDir = "src/public";
+
+chokidar
+    .watch(sourceDir)
+    .on("change", onFileChanged);
+console.log(`Watching for changes to ${sourceDir}...`);
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bb30df31c..df0468fe5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     "make-electron": "npm run webpack && npm run prepare-dist && electron-forge make",
     "package-electron": "electron-forge package",
     "prepare-dist": "rimraf ./dist && tsc && tsx ./bin/copy-dist.ts",
+    "watch-dist": "tsx ./bin/watch-dist.ts",
     "update-build-info": "tsx bin/update-build-info.ts",
     "errors": "tsc --watch --noEmit",
     "integration-edit-db": "cross-env TRILIUM_INTEGRATION_TEST=edit TRILIUM_PORT=8081 TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=./integration-tests/db nodemon src/main.ts",