diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e798fedf5..91225a563 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ If you edit the CSS or JavaScript, you will need to run Django's `collectstatic`
 ./bw-dev collectstatic
 ```
 
+If you have [installed yarn](https://yarnpkg.com/getting-started/install), you can run `yarn watch:static` to automatically run the previous script every time a change occurs in _bookwyrm/static_ directory.
+
 ### Working with translations and locale files
 Text in the html files are wrapped in translation tags (`{% trans %}` and `{% blocktrans %}`), and Django generates locale files for all the strings in which you can add translations for the text. You can find existing translations in the `locale/` directory.
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8059255d9..b7abe4342 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 {
+  "scripts": {
+    "watch:static": "yarn watch \"./bw-dev collectstatic\" bookwyrm/static/**"
+  },
   "devDependencies": {
     "eslint": "^7.23.0",
     "stylelint": "^13.12.0",
     "stylelint-config-standard": "^21.0.0",
-    "stylelint-order": "^4.1.0"
+    "stylelint-order": "^4.1.0",
+    "watch": "^1.0.2"
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index de4e0107e..c1a1c1812 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -768,6 +768,13 @@ esutils@^2.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esutils/-/esutils-2.0.3.tgz#74d2eb4de0b8da1293711910d50775b9b710ef64"
   integrity sha512-kVscqXk4OCp68SZ0dkgEKVi6/8ij300KBWTJq32P/dYeWTSwK41WyTxalN1eRmA5Z9UU/LX9D7FWSmV9SAYx6g==
 
+exec-sh@^0.2.0:
+  version "0.2.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/exec-sh/-/exec-sh-0.2.2.tgz#2a5e7ffcbd7d0ba2755bdecb16e5a427dfbdec36"
+  integrity sha512-FIUCJz1RbuS0FKTdaAafAByGS0CPvU3R0MeHxgtl+djzCc//F8HakL8GzmVNZanasTbTAY/3DRFA0KpVqj/eAw==
+  dependencies:
+    merge "^1.2.0"
+
 execall@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/execall/-/execall-2.0.0.tgz#16a06b5fe5099df7d00be5d9c06eecded1663b45"
@@ -1368,6 +1375,11 @@ merge2@^1.3.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/merge2/-/merge2-1.4.1.tgz#4368892f885e907455a6fd7dc55c0c9d404990ae"
   integrity sha512-8q7VEgMJW4J8tcfVPy8g09NcQwZdbwFEqhe/WZkoIzjn/3TGDwtOCYtXGxA3O8tPzpczCCDgv+P2P5y00ZJOOg==
 
+merge@^1.2.0:
+  version "1.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/merge/-/merge-1.2.1.tgz#38bebf80c3220a8a487b6fcfb3941bb11720c145"
+  integrity sha512-VjFo4P5Whtj4vsLzsYBu5ayHhoHJ0UqNm7ibvShmbmoz7tGi0vXaoJbGdB+GmDMLUdg8DpQXEIeVDAe8MaABvQ==
+
 micromark@~2.11.0:
   version "2.11.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/micromark/-/micromark-2.11.4.tgz#d13436138eea826383e822449c9a5c50ee44665a"
@@ -1405,7 +1417,7 @@ minimist-options@4.1.0:
     is-plain-obj "^1.1.0"
     kind-of "^6.0.3"
 
-minimist@^1.2.5:
+minimist@^1.2.0, minimist@^1.2.5:
   version "1.2.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/minimist/-/minimist-1.2.5.tgz#67d66014b66a6a8aaa0c083c5fd58df4e4e97602"
   integrity sha512-FM9nNUYrRBAELZQT3xeZQ7fmMOBg6nWNmJKTcgsJeaLstP/UODVpGsr5OhXhhXg6f+qtJ8uiZ+PUxkDWcgIXLw==
@@ -2183,6 +2195,14 @@ vfile@^4.0.0:
     unist-util-stringify-position "^2.0.0"
     vfile-message "^2.0.0"
 
+watch@^1.0.2:
+  version "1.0.2"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/watch/-/watch-1.0.2.tgz#340a717bde765726fa0aa07d721e0147a551df0c"
+  integrity sha1-NApxe952Vyb6CqB9ch4BR6VR3ww=
+  dependencies:
+    exec-sh "^0.2.0"
+    minimist "^1.2.0"
+
 which@^1.3.1:
   version "1.3.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/which/-/which-1.3.1.tgz#a45043d54f5805316da8d62f9f50918d3da70b0a"