diff --git a/Data/Server/WebUI/src/nodes/Alerting/Node_Alert_Sound.jsx b/Data/Server/WebUI/src/nodes/Alerting/Node_Alert_Sound.jsx
index 35ff639..035af4f 100644
--- a/Data/Server/WebUI/src/nodes/Alerting/Node_Alert_Sound.jsx
+++ b/Data/Server/WebUI/src/nodes/Alerting/Node_Alert_Sound.jsx
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ const AlertSoundNode = ({ id, data }) => {
 
             <div className="borealis-node-content">
                 <div style={{ marginBottom: "8px", fontSize: "9px", color: "#ccc" }}>
-                    Play a sound when input equals "1"
+                    Play a sound alert when input is "1"
                 </div>
 
                 <label style={{ fontSize: "9px", display: "block", marginBottom: "4px" }}>
diff --git a/Data/Server/WebUI/vite.config.ts b/Data/Server/WebUI/vite.config.ts
index 9f46812..b275efe 100644
--- a/Data/Server/WebUI/vite.config.ts
+++ b/Data/Server/WebUI/vite.config.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,22 @@ import path from 'path';
 
 export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [react()],
+  server: {
+    open: true,
+    proxy: {
+      '/api': 'http://localhost:5000',
+      '/socket.io': {
+        target: 'ws://localhost:5000',
+        ws: true
+      }
+    }
+  },
   build: {
     outDir: 'build',
     emptyOutDir: true
   },
   resolve: {
-    alias: {
-      '@': path.resolve(__dirname, 'src')
-    }
+    alias: { '@': path.resolve(__dirname, 'src') },
+    extensions: ['.js', '.jsx', '.ts', '.tsx']
   }
 });
diff --git a/Launch-Borealis.ps1 b/Launch-Borealis.ps1
index 15b6c48..dca743a 100644
--- a/Launch-Borealis.ps1
+++ b/Launch-Borealis.ps1
@@ -133,10 +133,11 @@ switch ($choice) {
             Pop-Location
         }
 
-        # Build with Vite
-        Run-Step "Vite Web Frontend: Build" {
+        # ---------------------- Dev-mode Vite (HMR) ----------------------
+        Run-Step "Vite Web Frontend: Start Dev Server" {
             Push-Location $webUIDestination
-            & $npmCmd run build --silent
+            # Launch Vite in watch/HMR mode in a new process
+            Start-Process -NoNewWindow -FilePath $npmCmd -ArgumentList @("run", "dev")
             Pop-Location
         }