diff --git a/internal/entityfiles/entityfiles.go b/internal/entityfiles/entityfiles.go
index 08c681a..b20885a 100644
--- a/internal/entityfiles/entityfiles.go
+++ b/internal/entityfiles/entityfiles.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
 	"io/ioutil"
+	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -18,6 +19,12 @@ import (
 func SetupEntityFileWatchers(cfg *config.Config) {
 	configDir := filepath.Dir(viper.ConfigFileUsed())
 
+	configDirVar := filepath.Join(configDir, "var") // for development purposes
+
+	if _, err := os.Stat(configDirVar); err == nil {
+		configDir = configDirVar
+	}
+
 	for _, ef := range cfg.Entities {
 		p := ef.File