diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a8262858..430fa743 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -44,4 +44,7 @@ dev-data/
 
 RELEASE_NOTES.md
 CLAUDE.md
-.kilocode/**
\ No newline at end of file
+.kilocode/**
+
+# minified files
+**/*-min.*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 65c56388..47a98116 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -117,12 +117,21 @@ mod-tidy:
 		cd ${PWD}/$$path && go mod tidy; \
 	done
 
-build:
+minify-js:
+	for file in $$(find internal/ -name '*.js' | grep -v -- '-min\.js$$'); do \
+		ext="$${file##*.}"; \
+		base="$${file%.*}"; \
+		min_file="$${base}-min.$$ext"; \
+		echo "minifying $$file -> $$min_file"; \
+		bunx --bun uglify-js $$file --compress --mangle --output $$min_file; \
+	done
+
+build: minify-js
 	mkdir -p $(shell dirname ${BIN_PATH})
 	go build -C ${PWD} ${BUILD_FLAGS} -o ${BIN_PATH} ./cmd
 	${POST_BUILD}
 
-run:
+run: minify-js
 	cd ${PWD} && [ -f .env ] && godotenv -f .env go run ${BUILD_FLAGS} ./cmd
 
 dev:
@@ -140,9 +149,6 @@ benchmark:
 	sleep 1
 	@./scripts/benchmark.sh
 
-dev-run: build
-	cd dev-data && ${BIN_PATH}
-
 rapid-crash:
 	docker run --restart=always --name test_crash -p 80 debian:bookworm-slim /bin/cat &&\
 	sleep 3 &&\
diff --git a/internal/idlewatcher/loading_page.go b/internal/idlewatcher/loading_page.go
index 8fdd71a7..c06976d8 100644
--- a/internal/idlewatcher/loading_page.go
+++ b/internal/idlewatcher/loading_page.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var loadingPageTmpl = template.Must(template.New("loading_page").Parse(string(lo
 //go:embed html/style.css
 var cssBytes []byte
 
-//go:embed html/loading.js
+//go:embed html/loading-min.js
 var jsBytes []byte
 
 func (w *Watcher) writeLoadingPage(rw http.ResponseWriter) error {