diff --git a/templates/ReactSpa/Startup.cs b/templates/ReactSpa/Startup.cs
index 429f9d7..21a21dc 100755
--- a/templates/ReactSpa/Startup.cs
+++ b/templates/ReactSpa/Startup.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNet.Hosting;
+using Microsoft.AspNet.SpaServices.Webpack;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.DependencyInjection;
 using Microsoft.Extensions.Logging;
@@ -46,6 +47,15 @@ namespace WebApplicationBasic
             }
 
             app.UseIISPlatformHandler();
+            
+            if (env.IsDevelopment())
+            {
+                app.UseWebpackDevMiddleware(new WebpackDevMiddlewareOptions
+                {
+                    HotModuleReplacement = true,
+                    ReactHotModuleReplacement = true
+                });
+            }
 
             app.UseStaticFiles();
 
diff --git a/templates/ReactSpa/package.json b/templates/ReactSpa/package.json
index 72399df..283808b 100644
--- a/templates/ReactSpa/package.json
+++ b/templates/ReactSpa/package.json
@@ -3,19 +3,24 @@
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "devDependencies": {
     "babel-loader": "^6.2.3",
+    "babel-plugin-react-transform": "^2.0.0",
     "babel-preset-es2015": "^6.5.0",
     "babel-preset-react": "^6.5.0",
     "bootstrap": "^3.3.6",
     "css-loader": "^0.23.1",
+    "express": "^4.13.4",
     "extendify": "^1.0.0",
     "extract-text-webpack-plugin": "^1.0.1",
     "file-loader": "^0.8.5",
     "jquery": "^2.2.1",
+    "react-transform-hmr": "^1.0.2",
     "style-loader": "^0.13.0",
     "ts-loader": "^0.8.1",
     "typescript": "^1.8.2",
     "url-loader": "^0.5.7",
-    "webpack": "^1.12.14"
+    "webpack": "^1.12.14",
+    "webpack-dev-middleware": "^1.5.1",
+    "webpack-hot-middleware": "^2.7.1"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "babel-core": "^6.5.2",