diff --git a/scripts/serve.sh b/scripts/serve.sh
index d023adf00..7f1d82988 100755
--- a/scripts/serve.sh
+++ b/scripts/serve.sh
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ mkdir -p logs
 
 if $DEV_MODE; then
     LANGGRAPH_EXTRA_FLAGS="--no-reload"
-    GATEWAY_EXTRA_FLAGS="--reload --reload-include='*.yaml' --reload-include='.env'"
+    GATEWAY_EXTRA_FLAGS="--reload --reload-include='*.yaml' --reload-include='.env' --reload-exclude='*.pyc' --reload-exclude='__pycache__' --reload-exclude='sandbox/' --reload-exclude='.deer-flow/'"
 else
     LANGGRAPH_EXTRA_FLAGS="--no-reload"
     GATEWAY_EXTRA_FLAGS=""