diff --git a/bench/config/common_site_config.py b/bench/config/common_site_config.py
index 8f64f541..c8d13db3 100644
--- a/bench/config/common_site_config.py
+++ b/bench/config/common_site_config.py
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ default_config = {
 	'frappe_user': getpass.getuser(),
 	'shallow_clone': True,
 	'background_workers': 1,
-	'use_redis_auth': False
+	'use_redis_auth': False,
+	'live_reload': True
 }
 
 def make_config(bench_path):
diff --git a/bench/patches/patches.txt b/bench/patches/patches.txt
index 55a65019..da51be2e 100644
--- a/bench/patches/patches.txt
+++ b/bench/patches/patches.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ bench.patches.v4.update_socketio
 bench.patches.v4.install_yarn #2
 bench.patches.v5.fix_user_permissions
 bench.patches.v5.fix_backup_cronjob
+bench.patches.v5.set_live_reload_config
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bench/patches/v5/set_live_reload_config.py b/bench/patches/v5/set_live_reload_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4538a6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/patches/v5/set_live_reload_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from bench.config.common_site_config import update_config
+
+
+def execute(bench_path):
+	update_config({'live_reload': True}, bench_path)
diff --git a/patches.txt b/patches.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f127fe4..00000000
--- a/patches.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-bench.patches.v3.deprecate_old_config