diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3ae439a..0d51479 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 flask
 SPARQLWrapper
 rdflib
+inotify
diff --git a/start.sh b/start.sh
index 46e4931..9c2ca74 100644
--- a/start.sh
+++ b/start.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -eu
 if [ ${MODE:-""} == "development" ]; then 
     if [ -f /app/requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r /app/requirements.txt; fi
-    exec python web.py
+    exec gunicorn -k gthread --reload -c "$GUNICORN_CONF" "$APP_MODULE"
 else 
-    exec gunicorn -k egg:meinheld#gunicorn_worker -c "$GUNICORN_CONF" "$APP_MODULE"
+    exec gunicorn -k gthread -c "$GUNICORN_CONF" "$APP_MODULE"
 fi
diff --git a/web.py b/web.py
index 905cb2c..62c8bac 100644
--- a/web.py
+++ b/web.py
@@ -26,15 +26,5 @@
 
 # Import the app from the service consuming the template
 app_file = os.environ.get('APP_ENTRYPOINT')
-try:
-    module_path = 'ext.app.{}'.format(app_file)
-    import_module(module_path)
-except Exception:
-    helpers.logger.exception('Exception raised when importing app code')
-
-#######################
-## Start Application ##
-#######################
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    debug = os.environ.get('MODE') == "development"
-    app.run(debug=debug, host='0.0.0.0', port=80)
+module_path = 'ext.app.{}'.format(app_file)
+import_module(module_path)