# DevTools watch has never worked
**URL:** https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/devtools-watch-has-never-worked/4987
**Category:** UXP Plugin API
**Created:** [July 21, 2022, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/devtools-watch-has-never-worked/4987 "2022-07-21T06:21:25Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@Blaz](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/Blaz)
#### Post date: [July 21, 2022, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/devtools-watch-has-never-worked/4987/1 "2022-07-21T06:21:25Z")
For the past 2-3 months, I’ve never been able to get the UXP Dev tool to watch my files. SO I have to consistently hit CMD+R in debug to reload the plugin to see the changes (building vanilla JS plugins) no react.
Am I doing something wrong? Plugin folders are in a typical folder, no the applications / UXP folder. Does this matter?
Mac Studio M1
PS v23.4.2
UXP v6.1
OS v21.5.0
UXP Dev tool Version 1.5.0 (1.5.0.8)
My auto-created watch file (I added the CSS) but still no work, nothing auto-updates
```auto
echo "Loading plugin..."
uxp plugin load
echo "Watching plugin yall..."
nodemon --exec "uxp plugin reload" -e js,jsx,html,css
```
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### Author:  [@pklaschka](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/pklaschka)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 9:46am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/devtools-watch-has-never-worked/4987/2 "2022-08-08T09:46:50Z")
Hi there!
Sorry about the delayed response. We are currently rolling out version 1.6 of UDT. So maybe, this will already fix it.
I have never experienced this issue myself. Could you maybe, if this is still the case, create a plug-in that follows your plug-in structure and send it here so that we can have a look at it?
Thanks!
Pablo
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### Author:  [@Blaz](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/Blaz)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/devtools-watch-has-never-worked/4987/3 "2022-08-08T12:54:39Z")
Thanks mate! Yeh no love, saw the new update to UDT yesterday, but the same outcome.
I create the starter vanilla plugin via the UDT wizard, loads fine. Just won’t update on editing the HTML or JS files is all. Always need to reload in console / debug window.
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### Author:  [@pklaschka](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/pklaschka)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/devtools-watch-has-never-worked/4987/4 "2022-08-08T13:26:31Z")
All right, thanks for the info. I’ll try to see what I can find out.
Thanks,
Pablo
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### Author:  [@pklaschka](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/pklaschka)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 2:05pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/devtools-watch-has-never-worked/4987/5 "2022-08-08T14:05:56Z")
It’s me again 🙂
It seems like your case is truly unique. Our engineering asked if it might be possible for you to provide a screen recording showing what’s happening (or in your case not happening)? Additionally, it would be really helpful if you could share the exact path where you store your plug-in. Please feel free to alternatively share these details via email: [pklaschka@adobe.com](mailto:pklaschka@adobe.com) if you don’t feel comfortable sharing them publicly.
Thanks in advance,
Pablo
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### Author:  [@Blaz](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/Blaz)
#### Post date: [August 8, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/devtools-watch-has-never-worked/4987/6 "2022-08-08T23:25:34Z")
Thanks, mate I’ll shoot over an email with some more info. Thanks for getting back to me mate! Appreciate it.
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### Author:  [@rbs](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/rbs)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2022, 3:40am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/devtools-watch-has-never-worked/4987/7 "2022-08-09T03:40:33Z")
Hi @Blaz, You shouldn’t use both UDT(UXP Developer Tools) App and CLI at the same time.
To get **Watch** working correctly follow these steps:
1. Launch UDT App, Photoshop
2. **Add** plugin
3. **Load** plugin
4. **Watch** the plugin
5. Make any change in plugin source code (except manifest.json)
Check in UDT LOGS, that plugin is **Reload** ed successfully.
Thanks,
Rahul
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### Author:  [@Blaz](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/Blaz)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2022, 3:56am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/devtools-watch-has-never-worked/4987/8 "2022-08-09T03:56:58Z")
Thanks mate, I don’t belive I’m using the CLI with the UDT, see example
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### Author:  [@rbs](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/rbs)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2022, 4:15am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/devtools-watch-has-never-worked/4987/9 "2022-08-09T04:15:58Z")
Thanks @Blaz for your info. From your screen recording, I see that plugin path is in Dropbox. This can be a problem as file watcher currently doesn’t work with network storage. So, save your plugin in local storage, it should work fine,
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### Author:  [@Blaz](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/Blaz)
#### Post date: [August 9, 2022, 5:53am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/devtools-watch-has-never-worked/4987/10 "2022-08-09T05:53:58Z")
Yup thanks, just tested on dekstop and that was the issue. Works fine on local storage. Thanks!