diff --git a/tutor/server.py b/tutor/server.py
index 3a12412..299f52b 100644
--- a/tutor/server.py
+++ b/tutor/server.py
@@ -419,10 +419,13 @@ class StaticFileHandler(tornado.web.StaticFileHandler):
 class Application(tornado.web.Application):
     def __init__(self, **settings):
         version = importlib.metadata.version(__package__)
-        settings.setdefault(
-            "template_path",
-            importlib.resources.files(__package__) / "templates",
-        )
+        template_path = importlib.resources.files(__package__) / "templates"
+        settings["template_path"] = str(template_path)
+
+        if settings.get("autoreload"):
+            import tornado.autoreload
+
+            tornado.autoreload.watch(str(template_path / "openapi.yaml"))
 
         paths = [
             (