diff --git a/Gulpfile.js b/Gulpfile.js
index e03ab7e..ad10148 100644
--- a/Gulpfile.js
+++ b/Gulpfile.js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ gulp.task('sculpin-deploy', ['sculpin-prod'], function() {
 
 // Spress Development
 gulp.task('spress-watch', function() {
-  var watcher = gulp.watch([defaults.spress_home + 'src/content/*', defaults.spress_home + 'src/**/*.html*', defaults.spress_home + 'src/**/*.js'], ['spress-build']);
+  var watcher = gulp.watch([defaults.spress_home + 'src/content/*', defaults.spress_home + 'src/**/*.html*', defaults.spress_home + 'src/**/*.js', defaults.spress_watch_extras], ['spress-build']);
   watcher.on('change', function(event) {
     console.log('File ' + event.path + ' was ' + event.type + ', updating spress...');
   });
diff --git a/config/butler.config.sh b/config/butler.config.sh
index 98f7f7e..2747712 100755
--- a/config/butler.config.sh
+++ b/config/butler.config.sh
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ if [ ! -e ../../conf/butler.defaults.js ]; then
     echo "overrides.output_dev = '../../build';" >> ../../conf/butler.defaults.js
     echo "overrides.html_files = ['../../build/*.html', '../../build/**/*.html'];" >> ../../conf/butler.defaults.js
     echo "overrides.output_prod = '../../build/**/*';" >> ../../conf/butler.defaults.js
+    echo "// Add any extra watch paths here. This can be useful for ignoring files, like '!**/_*.js' " >> ../../conf/butler.defaults.js
+    echo "overrides.spress_watch_extras = '';" >> ../../conf/butler.defaults.js
   fi;
 
   echo "" >> ../../conf/butler.defaults.js