diff --git a/.air.toml b/.air.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..123d7272c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.air.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# .air.toml
+[build]
+cmd = "make build"
+bin = "./local-ai"
+include_ext = ["go", "html", "yaml", "toml", "json", "txt", "md"]
+exclude_dir = ["pkg/grpc/proto"]
+delay = 1000
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 9fb200120..5ca7df7fe 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Thank you for your interest in contributing to LocalAI! We appreciate your time
 3. Install the required dependencies ( see https://localai.io/basics/build/#build-localai-locally )
 4. Build LocalAI: `make build`
 5. Run LocalAI: `./local-ai`
+6. To Build and live reload: `make build-dev`
 
 ## Contributing
 
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ LOCALAI_IMAGE_TAG=test LOCALAI_IMAGE=local-ai-aio make run-e2e-aio
 ## Documentation
 
 We are welcome the contribution of the documents, please open new PR or create a new issue. The documentation is available under `docs/` https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/tree/master/docs
- 
+
 ## Community and Communication
 
 - You can reach out via the Github issue tracker.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 03e4efccb..d1938411a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ build-launcher: ## Build the launcher application
 
 build-all: build build-launcher ## Build both server and launcher
 
+build-dev: ## Run LocalAI in dev mode with live reload
+	@command -v air >/dev/null 2>&1 || go install github.com/air-verse/air@latest
+	air -c .air.toml
+
 dev-dist:
 	$(GORELEASER) build --snapshot --clean