diff --git a/backend/justfile b/backend/justfile
index 3e2e250..7d90d25 100644
--- a/backend/justfile
+++ b/backend/justfile
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ worker: db-up
     S3_USE_PATH_STYLE='{{ s3_use_path_style }}' \
     go run ./cmd/worker
 
-# Run the component catalog on localhost:8080/ui-catalog (dev-only, -tags catalog).
+# Run the component catalog with live-reload on localhost:8080/ui-catalog (dev-only).
 # Visit http://localhost:8080/ui-catalog to review all 11 component sections.
 catalog:
     just generate
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ catalog:
     S3_ACCESS_KEY='{{ s3_access_key }}' \
     S3_SECRET_KEY='{{ s3_secret_key }}' \
     S3_USE_PATH_STYLE='{{ s3_use_path_style }}' \
-    go run -tags catalog ./cmd/web
+    air -c .air.toml --build.cmd "templ generate && go build -tags catalog -o ./tmp/web ./cmd/web"
 
 test:
     just generate