diff --git a/anythink_ack.sh b/anythink_ack.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f9ad5a0..0000000
--- a/anythink_ack.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-# change ports visibility to public to avoid CORS issues
-if [ -n "$CODESPACE_NAME" ]; then
-  .devcontainer/open_port.sh >/dev/null 2>&1
-fi
-
-echo "Welcome to"
-echo "     _                      _     _       _           _     "
-echo "    / \     _ __    _   _  | |_  | |__   (_)  _ __   | | __ "
-echo "   / _ \   | '_ \  | | | | | __| | '_ \  | | | '_ \  | |/ / "
-echo "  / ___ \  | | | | | |_| | | |_  | | | | | | | | | | |   <  "
-echo " /_/   \_\ |_| |_|  \__, |  \__| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_|\_\ "
-echo "                    |___/                                   "
-
-echo '\n\e]8;;https://app.wilco.gg/chat\e\\Click here\e]8;;\e\\ to go back to Snack'
diff --git a/backend/build.gradle b/backend/build.gradle
index 7991a98..c034e0f 100644
--- a/backend/build.gradle
+++ b/backend/build.gradle
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-hateoas'
     implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-security'
     implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-starter-actuator'
+    implementation 'org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-devtools'
     implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.9.1'
     implementation 'org.mybatis.spring.boot:mybatis-spring-boot-starter:2.2.2'
     implementation 'com.netflix.graphql.dgs:graphql-dgs-spring-boot-starter:4.9.21'
diff --git a/backend/start.sh b/backend/start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b405727
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+./gradlew -i bootRun &
+
+while true; do
+   inotifywait -e modify,create,delete,move -r ./src/ && \
+  ./gradlew -i assemble
+done
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 4332b94..17f2aad 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ services:
   anythink-backend-java:
     build: ./backend
     container_name: anythink-backend-java
-    command: sh -c "cd backend && /wait-for-it.sh postgres-java:5432 -q -t 60 && ./gradlew bootRun"
+    command: sh -c "cd backend && /wait-for-it.sh postgres-java:5432 -q -t 60 && ./start.sh"
 
     environment:
       - PORT=3000