diff --git a/ui/config-overrides.js b/ui/config-overrides.js
index 5c656b71..9c8210f4 100644
--- a/ui/config-overrides.js
+++ b/ui/config-overrides.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const os = require("os");
 const MonacoWebpackPlugin = require("monaco-editor-webpack-plugin");
 
 module.exports = function override(config, env) {
@@ -13,6 +14,17 @@ module.exports = function override(config, env) {
       "racket",
     ],
   };
+  // This is a hack to fix the issue with hot reloading on Windows WSL (Docker)
+  // See: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL/issues/4739
+  // To prevent performance issues, we will only enable this on Windows WSL
+  const isWSL =
+    process.platform === "linux" && os.release().includes("microsoft");
+  if (isWSL) {
+    config.watchOptions = {
+      ignored: /node_modules/,
+      poll: true,
+    };
+  }
   // by default load all the languages
   config.plugins.push(new MonacoWebpackPlugin());
   config.resolve.fallback = {