---
title: Live Reload
description: Enable automatic browser refresh in Miniflare when your Workers script changes during local development.
image: https://developers.cloudflare.com/dev-products-preview.png
---

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# Live Reload

Miniflare automatically refreshes your browser when your Worker script changes when `liveReload` is set to `true`.

JavaScript

```
const mf = new Miniflare({  liveReload: true,});
```

Miniflare will only inject the `<script>` tag required for live-reload at the end of responses with the `Content-Type` header set to `text/html`:

JavaScript

```
export default {  fetch() {    const body = `      <!DOCTYPE html>      <html>      <body>        <p>Try update me!</p>      </body>      </html>    `;
    return new Response(body, {      headers: { "Content-Type": "text/html; charset=utf-8" },    });  },};
```

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```
