diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index d9d58395..210826a3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -470,10 +470,11 @@ systemd-units = { unit-name = "conduwuit" }
 
 
 [profile.dev]
-debug = 0
 lto = 'off'
 codegen-units = 512
 incremental = true
+#panic = "abort"
+
 # seems to speed up continuous debug compilations
 [profile.dev.build-override]
 opt-level = 3
diff --git a/hot_lib/Cargo.toml b/hot_lib/Cargo.toml
index 0582e57c..bb6eaa71 100644
--- a/hot_lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/hot_lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,3 +5,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [lib]
 crate-type = ["rlib", "dylib"]
+
+# cargo watch -w hot_lib -x 'build -p hot_lib'
+# ^this will rebuild upon cargo detecting any changes
diff --git a/src/service/admin/test_cmd/mod.rs b/src/service/admin/test_cmd/mod.rs
index 08cf2c54..7b567628 100644
--- a/src/service/admin/test_cmd/mod.rs
+++ b/src/service/admin/test_cmd/mod.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use crate::{debug_error, Result};
 #[hot_lib_reloader::hot_module(dylib = "lib")]
 mod hot_lib_funcs {
 	// these will be functions from lib.rs, so `use hot_lib_funcs::test_command;`
-	hot_functions_from_file!("lib/src/lib.rs");
+	hot_functions_from_file!("hot_lib/src/lib.rs");
 }
 
 #[cfg_attr(test, derive(Debug))]