diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4119de203..7f62b53f9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
         <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>1.3.3.RELEASE</version>
+        <version>1.4.1.RELEASE</version>
     </parent>
 
     <licenses>
diff --git a/webgoat-container/pom.xml b/webgoat-container/pom.xml
index 9acb25e7f..22b50c4e5 100644
--- a/webgoat-container/pom.xml
+++ b/webgoat-container/pom.xml
@@ -216,6 +216,17 @@
                     </requiresUnpack>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+                <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>springloaded</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.2.0.RELEASE</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
@@ -232,6 +243,10 @@
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId>
             <artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
diff --git a/webgoat-container/src/main/resources/application.properties b/webgoat-container/src/main/resources/application.properties
index ea1a8fd24..f8406750f 100644
--- a/webgoat-container/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/webgoat-container/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ server.port=8080
 
 
 logging.level.org.springframework=WARN
+logging.level.org.springframework.boot.devtools=DEBUG
 spring.thymeleaf.cache=false
 spring.thymeleaf.content-type=text/html
 security.enable-csrf=false
@@ -21,3 +22,8 @@ webgoat.database.connection.string=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:test
 # TODO_NB
 #webgoat.database.connection.string=jdbc:hsqldb:mem:${USER}
 webgoat.default.language=en
+
+
+spring.devtools.restart.pollInterval=4000
+spring.devtools.livereload.enabled=true
+spring.devtools.restart.enabled=true
diff --git a/webgoat-lessons/pom.xml b/webgoat-lessons/pom.xml
index 61bcafac6..03df7e9f3 100644
--- a/webgoat-lessons/pom.xml
+++ b/webgoat-lessons/pom.xml
@@ -64,6 +64,31 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <id>copy-artifact</id>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>copy</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <overWriteIfNewer>true</overWriteIfNewer>
+                            <artifactItems>
+                                <artifactItem>
+                                    <groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+                                    <artifactId>${project.artifactId}</artifactId>
+                                    <version>${project.version}</version>
+                                    <type>${project.packaging}</type>
+                                </artifactItem>
+                            </artifactItems>
+                            <outputDirectory>../../webgoat-container/target/classes/plugin_lessons</outputDirectory>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>