# Auto-regeneration not working even with --watch used

**URL:** <https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/auto-regeneration-not-working-even-with-watch-used/469>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [April 22, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/auto-regeneration-not-working-even-with-watch-used/469 "2017-04-22T11:30:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![atefhares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@atefhares](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/atefhares)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/auto-regeneration-not-working-even-with-watch-used/469/1 "2017-04-22T11:30:50Z")

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When running any of these commands:

> bundle exec jekyll serve  
> bundle exec jekyll serve --watch  
> bundle exec jekyll serve --force\_polling

I get:

> Auto-regeneration: disabled. Use --watch to enable.

**and I can’t see local updates until I stop (ctrl+c) and run the command again!**

jekyll version (jekyll -v) gives **jekyll 3.4.3** which is the same as in my gemfile

What should I do?

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**Author:** ![atefhares](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/47e85d/32.png) [@atefhares](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/u/atefhares)\
**Post date:** [April 22, 2017, 2:02pm UTC](https://talk.jekyllrb.com/t/auto-regeneration-not-working-even-with-watch-used/469/2 "2017-04-22T14:02:46Z")

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The problem is in the plugin `jekyll-admin v0.4.1` it disables `--watch` internally! So I just removed it