diff --git a/bb.edn b/bb.edn
index 7f49334..88220af 100644
--- a/bb.edn
+++ b/bb.edn
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
                    (fs/delete-tree ".shadow-cljs"))}
 
   shadow:watch {:doc "Development build. Starts webserver and watches for changes."
-                :task (build/build *command-line-args* {:action "watch"})}
+                :task (build/build {:action "watch"
+                                    :args *command-line-args*})}
 
   http-server {:doc "Starts http server for serving static files"
                :requires ([babashka.http-server :as http])
diff --git a/build/src/scittle/build.clj b/build/src/scittle/build.clj
index 8586003..1e17a37 100644
--- a/build/src/scittle/build.clj
+++ b/build/src/scittle/build.clj
@@ -67,5 +67,6 @@
   Options:
 
   * :action - compile action, defaults to release, but may also be compile or watch"
-  [{:keys [action] :or {action "release"}}]
-  (build* (format "-M -m shadow.cljs.devtools.cli --force-spawn %s main" action)))
+  [{:keys [action
+           args] :or {action "release"}}]
+  (build* (format "-M -m shadow.cljs.devtools.cli --force-spawn %s main %s" action (str/join " " args))))