diff --git a/system/backend/php/lib/HAXCMSSite.php b/system/backend/php/lib/HAXCMSSite.php
index dba709e09a..5530384763 100644
--- a/system/backend/php/lib/HAXCMSSite.php
+++ b/system/backend/php/lib/HAXCMSSite.php
@@ -320,23 +320,29 @@ public function getServiceWorkerStatus() {
      * @return array keyed array of files we wish to pull from the boilerplate and keep in sync
      */
     public function getManagedTemplateFiles() {
+      // not everything is templated but ensures self refreshing if we need to bulk tweak / enhance
         return array(
-            'htaccess' => '.htaccess', // not templated (yet) but ensures self refreshing if we tweak it
-            '404' => '404.html',
-            'msbc' => 'browserconfig.xml',
-            'dat' => 'dat.json',
+          // HAX core / application / PWA requirements
+            'htaccess' => '.htaccess',
             'build' => 'build.js',
             'buildlegacy' => 'assets/build-legacy.js',
             'buildpolyfills' => 'assets/build-polyfills.js',
             'buildhaxcms' => 'build-haxcms.js',
             'index' => 'index.html',
             'manifest' => 'manifest.json',
-            'package' => 'package.json',
-            'polymer' => 'polymer.json',
             'push' => 'push-manifest.json',
             'robots' => 'robots.txt',
             'sw' => 'service-worker.js',
             'outdated' => 'assets/upgrade-browser.html',
+            '404' => '404.html',
+            'msbc' => 'browserconfig.xml',
+            // local development tooling
+            'webdevserverhaxcmsconfigcjs' => 'web-dev-server.haxcms.config.cjs',
+            'package' => 'package.json',
+            'polymer' => 'polymer.json',
+            // Beaker browser
+            'dat' => 'dat.json',
+            // SCORM 1.2
             'imsmdrootv1p2p1' => 'imsmd_rootv1p2p1.xsd',
             'imscprootv1p1p2' => 'imscp_rootv1p1p2.xsd',
             'adlcprootv1p2' => 'adlcp_rootv1p2.xsd',
diff --git a/system/boilerplate/site/package.json b/system/boilerplate/site/package.json
index d7c78ae2f8..24fd69180d 100644
--- a/system/boilerplate/site/package.json
+++ b/system/boilerplate/site/package.json
@@ -19,33 +19,13 @@
     "access": "public"
   },
   "resolutions": {
-    "object-assign": "4.1.1",
-    "commander": "2.19.0",
-    "readable-stream": "1.1.14",
-    "isarray": "1.0.0",
-    "source-map": "0.5.7",
-    "kind-of": "6.0.2",
-    "is-number": "4.0.0",
-    "once": "1.4.0",
-    "minimist": "1.2.0",
-    "ajv": "6.5.5",
-    "fast-deep-equal": "2.0.1",
-    "json-schema-traverse": "0.4.1",
-    "@polymer/app-layout": "3.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@prettier/plugin-php": "^0.11.0",
-    "prettier": "^1.16.4",
-    "gulp": "^4.0.2",
-    "gulp-terser": "^1.2.0",
-    "rollup-plugin-terser": "5.2.0"
+    "@web/dev-server": "0.3.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "lint": "prettier --check 'system/**/*.php' '*.{html,js,php,yml}'",
-    "format": "prettier --write 'system/**/*.php' '*.{html,js,php,yml}'",
-    "terser": "gulp",
     "start": "yarn run dev",
-    "dev": "polymer serve --open --entrypoint dist/dev.html --allow-origin --open-path=/",
+    "dev": "web-dev-server -c web-dev-server.haxcms.config.cjs",
     "dev-theme": "cd custom && yarn start"
   }
-}
+}
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diff --git a/system/boilerplate/site/web-dev-server.haxcms.config.cjs b/system/boilerplate/site/web-dev-server.haxcms.config.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a7380d26d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/boilerplate/site/web-dev-server.haxcms.config.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+const path = require("path");
+module.exports = {
+  watch: true,
+  https: true,
+  nodeResolve: true,
+  open: true,
+  dedupe: true,
+  rootDir: "./",
+  appIndex: path.join(process.cwd(), "index.html"),
+};