diff --git a/operations/development-server.js b/operations/development-server.js
index 38a0bcf..30dff60 100644
--- a/operations/development-server.js
+++ b/operations/development-server.js
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function monkeyPatchEnd(res) {
 	};
 }
 
-function createExpressMiddleware(app) {
+function createExpressMiddleware(app, fullBundlePath) {
 	return function expressMiddleware(req, res, next) {
 		try {
 			monkeyPatchEnd(res);
@@ -67,28 +67,37 @@ function createExpressMiddleware(app) {
 			});
 		}
 
-		app.handle(req, res, (err) => {
-			if (err != null && err instanceof Error) {
-				res
-					.status(500)
-					.send(`${reloadClientTag}<pre>${entities.escape(err.stack)}</pre>`);
-			} else {
-				next(err);
-			}
-		});
+		// Ensure that we never intercept budo-served resources. Otherwise, the Express app might have something like a 404 handler or "always require login" middleware that stops requests for budo assets from ever coming out the other end of the Express app.
+		if (req.url !== "/budo/livereload.js" && req.url !== `/${fullBundlePath}`) {
+			app.handle(req, res, (err) => {
+				if (err != null && err instanceof Error) {
+					res
+						.status(500)
+						.send(`${reloadClientTag}<pre>${entities.escape(err.stack)}</pre>`);
+				} else {
+					next(err);
+				}
+			});
+		} else {
+			next();
+		}
 	};
 }
 
 module.exports = function ({ options, staticPath, staticBasePath, entryPaths, host }) {
 	let middlewareList;
 
+	let fullBundlePath = (options.staticPrefix != null)
+		? path.join(options.staticPrefix, options.bundlePath)
+		: options.bundlePath;
+
 	if (options.middleware != null) {
 		middlewareList = assureArray(options.middleware).concat([
-			createExpressMiddleware(options.expressApp)
+			createExpressMiddleware(options.expressApp, fullBundlePath)
 		]);
 	} else {
 		middlewareList = [
-			createExpressMiddleware(options.expressApp)
+			createExpressMiddleware(options.expressApp, fullBundlePath)
 		];
 	}
 
@@ -100,9 +109,7 @@ module.exports = function ({ options, staticPath, staticBasePath, entryPaths, ho
 		port: options.port,
 		host: host,
 		dir: staticBasePath,
-		serve: (options.staticPrefix != null)
-			? path.join(options.staticPrefix, options.bundlePath)
-			: options.bundlePath,
+		serve: fullBundlePath,
 		browserify: options.browserify,
 		middleware: middlewareList,
 		debug: defaultValue(options.sourceMaps, true),