From de371454715160304264142b994de336b409fa30 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Martens <simon.martens@mailbox.org>
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 18:39:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] +FIX: add option to disable watchers even in dev mode

---
 app/config.go   | 7 +++++++
 app/pb.go       | 4 ++--
 config.dev.json | 3 ++-
 3 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/config.go b/app/config.go
index 85c1007..a70f624 100644
--- a/app/config.go
+++ b/app/config.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	// At least one of these should be set
 	Debug          bool `json:"debug,omitempty" envconfig:"DEBUG"`
 	AllowTestLogin bool `json:"allow_test_login,omitempty" envconfig:"ALLOW_TEST_LOGIN"`
+	DisableWatchers bool `json:"disable_watchers,omitempty" envconfig:"DISABLE_WATCHERS"`
 }
 
 func NewConfigProvider(files []string, devfiles []string) *ConfigProvider {
@@ -71,6 +72,12 @@ func (c *ConfigProvider) Validate() error {
 		slog.Info("Debug mode is disabled")
 	}
 
+	if c.DisableWatchers {
+		slog.Info("Template watchers are disabled")
+	} else {
+		slog.Info("Template watchers are enabled")
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/app/pb.go b/app/pb.go
index 9b5ee80..c7205ff 100644
--- a/app/pb.go
+++ b/app/pb.go
@@ -184,8 +184,9 @@ func (app *App) Serve() error {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
-	if app.MAConfig.Debug {
+	if app.MAConfig.Debug && !app.MAConfig.DisableWatchers {
 		app.setWatchers(engine)
+		engine.Debug()
 	}
 
 	// INFO: we use OnServe, but here is also OnBootstrap
@@ -686,7 +687,6 @@ func (app *App) setWatchers(engine *templating.Engine) {
 	} else {
 		watcher.AddRecursive(LAYOUT_DIR)
 		watcher.AddRecursive(ROUTES_DIR)
-		engine.Debug()
 		rwatcher, err := RefreshWatcher(engine)
 		if err != nil {
 			app.PB.Logger().Error("Failed to create watcher, continuing without", "error", err)
diff --git a/config.dev.json b/config.dev.json
index 8e2cfdf..1923909 100644
--- a/config.dev.json
+++ b/config.dev.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
 	"debug": true,
-	"allow_test_login": true
+	"allow_test_login": true,
+	"disable_watchers": false
 }