diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index bd05672..db54571 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -8,6 +8,26 @@ module.exports = function (opts) {
   var index = serveIndex(opts.public);
   var content = opts.content;
 
+  function _reloadWrite(data, enc, cb) {
+    /*jshint validthis: true */
+    if (this.headersSent) {
+      this.__write(data, enc, cb);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (!/html/i.test(this.getHeader('Content-Type'))) {
+      this.__write(data, enc, cb);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (this.getHeader('Content-Length')) {
+      this.setHeader('Content-Length', this.getHeader('Content-Length') + this.__my_addLen);
+    }
+
+    this.__write(this.__my_livereload);
+    this.__write(data, enc, cb);
+  }
+
   return function (req, res) {
     if (content && '/' === req.url) {
       // res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/octet-stream');
@@ -15,36 +35,18 @@ module.exports = function (opts) {
       return;
     }
     var done = finalhandler(req, res);
-    var livereload = '';
-    var addLen = 0;
 
     if (opts.livereload) {
-      livereload = '<script src="//'
+      res.__my_livereload = '<script src="//'
         + (res.getHeader('Host') || opts.servername).split(':')[0]
         + ':35729/livereload.js?snipver=1"></script>';
-      addLen = livereload.length;
+      res.__my_addLen = res.__my_livereload.length;
+
+      // TODO modify prototype instead of each instance?
+      res.__write = res.write;
+      res.write = _reloadWrite;
     }
 
-    res.__write = res.write;
-    res.write = function (data, enc, cb) {
-      if (this.headersSent) {
-        this.__write(data, enc, cb);
-        return;
-      }
-
-      if (!/html/i.test(this.getHeader('Content-Type'))) {
-        this.__write(data, enc, cb);
-        return;
-      }
-
-      if (this.getHeader('Content-Length')) {
-        this.setHeader('Content-Length', this.getHeader('Content-Length') + addLen);
-      }
-
-      this.__write(livereload);
-      this.__write(data, enc, cb);
-    };
-
     function serveStatic() {
       serve(req, res, function (err) {
         if (err) { return done(err); }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d14126f..18cfef8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "finalhandler": "^0.4.0",
     "httpolyglot": "^0.1.1",
     "ipify": "^1.1.0",
-    "livereload": "^0.4.0",
+    "livereload": "^0.5.0",
     "localhost.daplie.com-certificates": "^1.2.0",
     "minimist": "^1.1.1",
     "redirect-https": "^1.1.0",
diff --git a/serve.js b/serve.js
index f0c88bf..eb83136 100755
--- a/serve.js
+++ b/serve.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ var fs = require('fs');
 var path = require('path');
 var httpPort = 80;
 var httpsPort = 443;
+var lrPort = 35729;
 var portFallback = 8443;
 var insecurePortFallback = 4080;
 
@@ -77,11 +78,19 @@ function createServer(port, pubdir, content, opts) {
     server.listen(port, function () {
       opts.port = port;
 
-      opts.lrPort = 35729;
-      var livereload = require('livereload');
-      var server2 = livereload.createServer({ https: opts.httpsOptions, port: opts.lrPort });
+      if (opts.livereload) {
+        opts.lrPort = opts.lrPort || lrPort;
+        var livereload = require('livereload');
+        var server2 = livereload.createServer({
+          https: opts.httpsOptions
+        , port: opts.lrPort
+        , exclusions: [ '.hg', '.git', '.svn', 'node_modules' ]
+        });
 
-      server2.watch(pubdir);
+        console.info("[livereload] watching " + pubdir);
+        console.warn("WARNING: If CPU usage spikes to 100% it's because too many files are being watched");
+        server2.watch(pubdir);
+      }
 
       if ('false' !== opts.insecurePort && httpPort !== opts.insecurePort) {
         return createInsecureServer(opts.insecurePort, pubdir, opts).then(resolve);