diff --git a/utils/lib.sh b/utils/lib.sh
index 4ae50c31f..3ab0e12d8 100755
--- a/utils/lib.sh
+++ b/utils/lib.sh
@@ -776,8 +776,11 @@ docs.live() {
     pyenv.install
     docs.prebuild
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-    PATH="${PY_ENV_BIN}:${PATH}" pyenv.cmd sphinx-autobuild \
-        ${SPHINX_VERBOSE} ${SPHINXOPTS} --open-browser --host 0.0.0.0 \
+    SPHINX_AUTOBUILD_DEBUG=1 PATH="${PY_ENV_BIN}:${PATH}" pyenv.cmd sphinx-autobuild \
+        ${SPHINX_VERBOSE} ${SPHINXOPTS} \
+        --watch ./searx \
+        --re-ignore '(^|/)\.#|^(?!.*\.(rst|py|yml)$).*'\
+        --open-browser --host 0.0.0.0 \
         -b html -c ./docs -d "${DOCS_BUILD}/.doctrees" ./docs "${DOCS_DIST}"
     dump_return $?
 }