diff --git a/apps/memoro/package.json b/apps/memoro/package.json
index 64e56e816..5cbcf870f 100644
--- a/apps/memoro/package.json
+++ b/apps/memoro/package.json
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 	"private": true,
 	"description": "Memoro - AI-powered voice recording & memo management",
 	"scripts": {
-		"dev:server": "cd apps/server && bun run --watch src/index.ts",
-		"dev:audio-server": "cd apps/audio-server && bun run --watch src/index.ts",
+		"dev:server": "cd apps/server && bun run --hot src/index.ts",
+		"dev:audio-server": "cd apps/audio-server && bun run --hot src/index.ts",
 		"dev:mobile": "pnpm --filter @memoro/mobile start",
 		"dev:landing": "pnpm --filter @memoro/landing dev"
 	},
diff --git a/services/mana-geocoding/package.json b/services/mana-geocoding/package.json
index 4d0414272..d0f1939be 100644
--- a/services/mana-geocoding/package.json
+++ b/services/mana-geocoding/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	"private": true,
 	"type": "module",
 	"scripts": {
-		"dev": "bun run --watch src/index.ts",
+		"dev": "bun run --hot src/index.ts",
 		"start": "bun run src/index.ts",
 		"test": "bun test",
 		"test:smoke": "./scripts/smoke-test.sh"
diff --git a/services/mana-mail/package.json b/services/mana-mail/package.json
index fb1553ef5..26c400d86 100644
--- a/services/mana-mail/package.json
+++ b/services/mana-mail/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	"private": true,
 	"type": "module",
 	"scripts": {
-		"dev": "bun run --watch src/index.ts",
+		"dev": "bun run --hot src/index.ts",
 		"start": "bun run src/index.ts",
 		"db:push": "drizzle-kit push",
 		"db:generate": "drizzle-kit generate",
diff --git a/services/mana-mcp/package.json b/services/mana-mcp/package.json
index 1c825da9d..979c1b844 100644
--- a/services/mana-mcp/package.json
+++ b/services/mana-mcp/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	"type": "module",
 	"description": "MCP (Model Context Protocol) gateway for Mana. Exposes the shared @mana/tool-registry over Streamable HTTP so external agents (Claude Desktop, persona-runner) can drive the user's modules through their normal JWT-authed paths.",
 	"scripts": {
-		"dev": "bun run --watch src/index.ts",
+		"dev": "bun run --hot src/index.ts",
 		"start": "bun run src/index.ts",
 		"type-check": "tsc --noEmit"
 	},
diff --git a/services/mana-persona-runner/package.json b/services/mana-persona-runner/package.json
index a24c114e2..77ed886c5 100644
--- a/services/mana-persona-runner/package.json
+++ b/services/mana-persona-runner/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	"type": "module",
 	"description": "Tick-loop service that drives the M2 personas: for each due persona, logs in, opens an MCP session against mana-mcp, asks Claude to role-play that persona through the app for one turn, then posts actions + ratings back to mana-auth.",
 	"scripts": {
-		"dev": "bun run --watch src/index.ts",
+		"dev": "bun run --hot src/index.ts",
 		"start": "bun run src/index.ts",
 		"type-check": "tsc --noEmit"
 	},
diff --git a/services/mana-research/package.json b/services/mana-research/package.json
index cecebe74e..cdbdb6f61 100644
--- a/services/mana-research/package.json
+++ b/services/mana-research/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	"private": true,
 	"type": "module",
 	"scripts": {
-		"dev": "bun run --watch src/index.ts",
+		"dev": "bun run --hot src/index.ts",
 		"start": "bun run src/index.ts",
 		"test": "bun test",
 		"db:push": "drizzle-kit push",
diff --git a/services/mana-subscriptions/package.json b/services/mana-subscriptions/package.json
index aff78d6dc..0695a1ba1 100644
--- a/services/mana-subscriptions/package.json
+++ b/services/mana-subscriptions/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	"private": true,
 	"type": "module",
 	"scripts": {
-		"dev": "bun run --watch src/index.ts",
+		"dev": "bun run --hot src/index.ts",
 		"start": "bun run src/index.ts",
 		"db:push": "drizzle-kit push",
 		"db:studio": "drizzle-kit studio",
diff --git a/services/mana-user/package.json b/services/mana-user/package.json
index 9fe87db83..19fc1845a 100644
--- a/services/mana-user/package.json
+++ b/services/mana-user/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	"private": true,
 	"type": "module",
 	"scripts": {
-		"dev": "bun run --watch src/index.ts",
+		"dev": "bun run --hot src/index.ts",
 		"start": "bun run src/index.ts",
 		"db:push": "drizzle-kit push",
 		"db:generate": "drizzle-kit generate",
diff --git a/services/news-ingester/package.json b/services/news-ingester/package.json
index 8207b83a6..d4246d623 100644
--- a/services/news-ingester/package.json
+++ b/services/news-ingester/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	"private": true,
 	"type": "module",
 	"scripts": {
-		"dev": "bun run --watch src/index.ts",
+		"dev": "bun run --hot src/index.ts",
 		"start": "bun run src/index.ts",
 		"db:push": "drizzle-kit push",
 		"db:generate": "drizzle-kit generate",