diff --git a/src/Artemis.UI.Windows/App.axaml.cs b/src/Artemis.UI.Windows/App.axaml.cs
index 3099777a6..feb425d47 100644
--- a/src/Artemis.UI.Windows/App.axaml.cs
+++ b/src/Artemis.UI.Windows/App.axaml.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ using Avalonia.Controls.ApplicationLifetimes;
 using Avalonia.Markup.Xaml;
 using Avalonia.ReactiveUI;
 using DryIoc;
+using HotAvalonia;
 using ReactiveUI;
 
 namespace Artemis.UI.Windows;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ public class App : Application
         LegacyMigrationService.MigrateToSqlite(_container);
 
         RxApp.MainThreadScheduler = AvaloniaScheduler.Instance;
+        this.EnableHotReload();
         AvaloniaXamlLoader.Load(this);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Artemis.UI.Windows/Artemis.UI.Windows.csproj b/src/Artemis.UI.Windows/Artemis.UI.Windows.csproj
index 074722051..9f301ae22 100644
--- a/src/Artemis.UI.Windows/Artemis.UI.Windows.csproj
+++ b/src/Artemis.UI.Windows/Artemis.UI.Windows.csproj
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
         <AssemblyTitle>Artemis</AssemblyTitle>
         <ApplicationIcon>..\Artemis.UI\Assets\Images\Logo\application.ico</ApplicationIcon>
         <SatelliteResourceLanguages>en</SatelliteResourceLanguages>
+        <HotAvaloniaAutoEnable>false</HotAvaloniaAutoEnable>
     </PropertyGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
         <AvaloniaResource Include="Assets\**" />