# How to run watch mode in admin?

**URL:** <https://forum.shopware.com/t/how-to-run-watch-mode-in-admin/90077>\
**Category:** Shopware 6 (English)\
**Created:** [2. September 2021 um 01:12 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/how-to-run-watch-mode-in-admin/90077 "2021-09-02T01:12:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![sm406](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@sm406](https://forum.shopware.com/u/sm406)\
**Post date:** [2. September 2021 um 01:12 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/how-to-run-watch-mode-in-admin/90077/1 "2021-09-02T01:12:15Z")

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Hi all!

I’m using the docker image for local development, the :watch command works in terms of file watching and auto recompiling. However, the changes are not reflected in the browser without running :build.

Also port 8080 just reports connection reset error.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Shopware\_user123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Shopware\_user123](https://forum.shopware.com/u/Shopware_user123)\
**Post date:** [29. September 2022 um 13:53 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/how-to-run-watch-mode-in-admin/90077/2 "2022-09-29T13:53:23Z")

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Hello,  
I have the same issue, no matter what I do the watch and hot reload just don’t work. I tried at home, and at work, and this feature of Shopware is so buggy that it doesn’t work no matter what. Documentation on Shopware is a joke. You do evertying exactly like they instruct, and then on the end you get some unclear error (or simply ‚connection reset‘). Shopware community is dead. So basically choosing shopware as a e-commerce system you should think not twice but better 10 times.

If anyone can explain why does shopware „reset the connection“ it would be great. But I see the original post has already a year, so there’s noone that can answer this question.

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**Author:** ![shyim](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.shopware.com/shyim/32/7681_2.png) [@shyim](https://forum.shopware.com/u/shyim)\
**Post date:** [29. September 2022 um 16:19 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/how-to-run-watch-mode-in-admin/90077/3 "2022-09-29T16:19:33Z")

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The watcher does not save files to the disk. You have to run build to have the files saved.

PS: just add this env before it speed ups the compiling

```auto
export DISABLE_ADMIN_COMPILATION_TYPECHECK=1
export SHOPWARE_ADMIN_BUILD_ONLY_EXTENSIONS=1
export PUPPETEER_SKIP_CHROMIUM_DOWNLOAD=1

```

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**Author:** ![Shopware\_user123](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Shopware\_user123](https://forum.shopware.com/u/Shopware_user123)\
**Post date:** [30. September 2022 um 13:26 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/how-to-run-watch-mode-in-admin/90077/4 "2022-09-30T13:26:14Z")

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But what is the whole point of watching files, if I have to build the theme manually? Like seriously, I don’t want to insult the Shopware creators (it’s very hard though), but in which way such feature makes sense? Watch = I make change, and I see it in the browser. But of course not on Shopware, here even such obvious think doesn’t work as expected

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**Author:** ![Max\_Shop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/58f4c7/32.png) [@Max\_Shop](https://forum.shopware.com/u/Max_Shop)\
**Post date:** [30. September 2022 um 14:17 UTC](https://forum.shopware.com/t/how-to-run-watch-mode-in-admin/90077/5 "2022-09-30T14:17:21Z")

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bin/watch-administration.sh

> **[Versioning & Dependencies](https://developer.shopware.com/docs/guides/hosting/installation-updates/composer#command-overview)**

Note that a different port is used!