diff --git a/api/package.json b/api/package.json
index 211041e..96d0d8e 100644
--- a/api/package.json
+++ b/api/package.json
@@ -21,15 +21,13 @@
     "zoo": "^0.1.9"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "babel-cli": "^6.24.0",
     "babel-eslint": "^7.2.1",
-    "chalk": "^1.1.3",
-    "indent-string": "^3.1.0",
-    "standard": "^9.0.2"
+    "standard": "^9.0.2",
+    "webpack-watch-server": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "lint": "standard",
-    "dev": "zoo babel-node scripts/dev",
+    "dev": "zoo webpack-watch-server",
     "build": "zoo webpack",
     "start": "zoo node dist"
   },
diff --git a/api/scripts/dev.js b/api/scripts/dev.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 80b2761..0000000
--- a/api/scripts/dev.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-import 'source-map-support/register'
-import {spawn} from 'child_process'
-import chalk from 'chalk'
-import indentString from 'indent-string'
-import webpack from 'webpack'
-import webpackConfig from '../webpack.config.babel'
-
-let serverProcess
-let wasServerMessage
-
-function startServer () {
-  serverProcess = spawn('node', [webpackConfig.output.path])
-  serverProcess.stdout.on('data', data => {
-    console.log((wasServerMessage ? '' : '\n') + indentString(chalk.white(data), 4))
-    wasServerMessage = true
-  })
-  serverProcess.stderr.on('data', data => {
-    console.error((wasServerMessage ? '' : '\n') + indentString(chalk.red(data), 4))
-    wasServerMessage = true
-  })
-}
-
-function stopServer () {
-  if (serverProcess) serverProcess.kill()
-}
-
-const compiler = webpack(webpackConfig)
-const watcher = compiler.watch({}, (errors, stats) => {
-  const hasErrors = errors || stats.hasErrors()
-  console[hasErrors ? 'error' : 'log']((stats.toString('minimal')))
-  wasServerMessage = false
-
-  stopServer()
-  if (!hasErrors) startServer()
-})
-
-function exit () {
-  watcher.close()
-  stopServer()
-}
-
-;[
-  'SIGINT',
-  'SIGTERM',
-  'SIGHUP',
-  'SIGQUIT',
-  'exit',
-  'uncaughtException'
-].forEach(event => process.on(event, exit))