diff --git a/commands/commands.go b/commands/commands.go
index aba9802..161a872 100644
--- a/commands/commands.go
+++ b/commands/commands.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 const SRC_DIR = "src"
 const TARGET_DIR = "target"
 const LAYOUTS_DIR = "layouts"
+const INCLUDES_DIR = "includes"
 const DATA_DIR = "data"
 
 func Init() error {
diff --git a/commands/serve.go b/commands/serve.go
index e36993f..fb43edf 100644
--- a/commands/serve.go
+++ b/commands/serve.go
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ func setupWatcher() (*fsnotify.Watcher, error) {
 // Add the layouts and all source directories to the given watcher
 func addAll(watcher *fsnotify.Watcher) error {
 	err := watcher.Add(LAYOUTS_DIR)
+	err = watcher.Add(DATA_DIR)
+	err = watcher.Add(INCLUDES_DIR)
 	// fsnotify watches all files within a dir, but non recursively
 	// this walks through the src dir and adds watches for each found directory
 	filepath.WalkDir(SRC_DIR, func(path string, entry fs.DirEntry, err error) error {