diff --git a/app/lib/stores/previews.ts b/app/lib/stores/previews.ts
index 9fedb8eb..1dd54871 100644
--- a/app/lib/stores/previews.ts
+++ b/app/lib/stores/previews.ts
@@ -154,7 +154,11 @@ export class PreviewsStore {
     try {
       // Watch for file changes
       webcontainer.internal.watchPaths(
-        { include: ['**/*'], exclude: ['**/node_modules', '.git'], includeContent: true },
+        {
+          // Only watch specific file types that affect the preview
+          include: ['**/*.html', '**/*.css', '**/*.js', '**/*.jsx', '**/*.ts', '**/*.tsx', '**/*.json'],
+          exclude: ['**/node_modules/**', '**/.git/**', '**/dist/**', '**/build/**', '**/coverage/**'],
+        },
         async (_events) => {
           const previews = this.previews.get();
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d401c5f6..4c47b378 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@
     "@types/react-beautiful-dnd": "^13.1.8",
     "@uiw/codemirror-theme-vscode": "^4.23.6",
     "@unocss/reset": "^0.61.9",
-    "@webcontainer/api": "1.3.0-internal.10",
+    "@webcontainer/api": "1.5.3-internal.2",
     "@xterm/addon-fit": "^0.10.0",
     "@xterm/addon-web-links": "^0.11.0",
     "@xterm/xterm": "^5.5.0",
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 1218b8e6..0a7f694d 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ importers:
         specifier: ^0.61.9
         version: 0.61.9
       '@webcontainer/api':
-        specifier: 1.3.0-internal.10
-        version: 1.3.0-internal.10
+        specifier: 1.5.3-internal.2
+        version: 1.5.3-internal.2
       '@xterm/addon-fit':
         specifier: ^0.10.0
         version: 0.10.0(@xterm/xterm@5.5.0)
@@ -3509,8 +3509,8 @@ packages:
   '@web3-storage/multipart-parser@1.0.0':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-BEO6al7BYqcnfX15W2cnGR+Q566ACXAT9UQykORCWW80lmkpWsnEob6zJS1ZVBKsSJC8+7vJkHwlp+lXG1UCdw==}
 
-  '@webcontainer/api@1.3.0-internal.10':
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-iuqjuDX2uADiJMYZok7+tJqVCJYZ+tU2NwVtxlvakRWSSmIFBGrJ38pD0C5igaOnBV8C9kGDjCE6B03SvLtN4Q==}
+  '@webcontainer/api@1.5.3-internal.2':
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-PNel1OQJlibs92zw5ekSeJLxYKXBk/AMnIQ9rJ/5cqJwjFlR242PlpCGJRghiZwQf4jq2p/ntvHyj7P+MHXqpg==}
 
   '@xmldom/xmldom@0.8.10':
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-2WALfTl4xo2SkGCYRt6rDTFfk9R1czmBvUQy12gK2KuRKIpWEhcbbzy8EZXtz/jkRqHX8bFEc6FC1HjX4TUWYw==}
@@ -11637,7 +11637,7 @@ snapshots:
 
   '@web3-storage/multipart-parser@1.0.0': {}
 
-  '@webcontainer/api@1.3.0-internal.10': {}
+  '@webcontainer/api@1.5.3-internal.2': {}
 
   '@xmldom/xmldom@0.8.10': {}