Add JRebel to SBT
This allows for continuous reloading when doing Lift development Download JRebel (jar installer) http://www.zeroturnaround.com/jrebel/current/ Get free JRebel license for Scala Developers http://sales.zeroturnaround.com/ After installation add this to your sbt batch and VM parameters in IntelliJ IDEA (File/Settings/SBT) set SCRIPT_DIR=%~dp0 java -Dhttp.proxyHost=<proxy-server> -Dhttp.proxyPort=<proxy-port> -Xmx512M -Drebel.license=<path-to-jrebel>/javarebel.lic -noverify -javaagent:<path-to-jrebel>/jrebel.jar -jar " %SCRIPT_DIR%sbt-launch-0.7.5.jar " %* From sbt console run > ~prepare-webapp