diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 78a1646c16f02b4af5f3eae2b5d58f1e6c3e62e3..98e3ceab64e97fd89beba22ede84a6b6c4b35ef0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ submodule:
 librobotcontrol:
 	cd projects/librobotcontrol/docs/ ; doxygen
 
+livehtml:
+	sphinx-autobuild "$(SOURCEDIR)" "$(BUILDDIR)" $(SPHINXOPTS) $(O)
+
 .PHONY: help Makefile submodule librobotcontrol
 
 # Catch-all target: route all unknown targets to Sphinx using the new
diff --git a/books/beaglebone-cookbook/11misc/misc.rst b/books/beaglebone-cookbook/11misc/misc.rst
index 2fdb0b5b758ff8c5131cdb1883e6c29486894ace..8e0e5c6431f8335f4d608fe2a732db0b4b7cb486 100644
--- a/books/beaglebone-cookbook/11misc/misc.rst
+++ b/books/beaglebone-cookbook/11misc/misc.rst
@@ -811,6 +811,12 @@ To preview docs on your local machine:
 
     bone$ sphinx-serve
 
+For hot reload in development:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+    bone$ make livehtml
+
 Then point your browser to localhost:8081.
 
 .. tip:: 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 767efb557c21b578eddbd908547bc6c7696fe097..05dcb1eeaf8bc105cbd268cbf8ce9284a48f97e1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -3,19 +3,23 @@ Babel==2.13.1
 breathe==4.35.0
 certifi==2023.11.17
 charset-normalizer==3.3.2
+colorama==0.4.6
 docutils==0.18.1
 graphviz==0.20.1
 idna==3.6
 imagesize==1.4.1
 Jinja2==3.1.2
+livereload==2.6.3
 MarkupSafe==2.1.3
 packaging==23.2
 Pillow==10.1.0
 Pygments==2.17.2
 requests==2.31.0
 setuptools==69.0.2
+six==1.16.0
 snowballstemmer==2.2.0
 Sphinx==7.2.6
+sphinx-autobuild==2021.3.14
 sphinx-copybutton==0.5.2
 sphinx-rtd-theme==2.0.0
 sphinx-serve==1.0.1
@@ -30,4 +34,5 @@ sphinxcontrib-jsmath==1.0.1
 sphinxcontrib-qthelp==1.0.6
 sphinxcontrib-serializinghtml==1.1.9
 sphinxcontrib-svg2pdfconverter==1.2.2
+tornado==6.4
 urllib3==2.1.0