diff --git a/typescript/vscode-ext/packages/language-server/src/bamlConfig.ts b/typescript/vscode-ext/packages/language-server/src/bamlConfig.ts
index 197da23a2..82127298c 100644
--- a/typescript/vscode-ext/packages/language-server/src/bamlConfig.ts
+++ b/typescript/vscode-ext/packages/language-server/src/bamlConfig.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ export const bamlConfigSchema = z
   .object({
     cliPath: z.optional(z.string().nullable()).default(null),
     generateCodeOnSave: z.enum(['never', 'always']).default('always'),
-    restartTSServerOnSave: z.boolean().default(true),
+    restartTSServerOnSave: z.boolean().default(false),
     envCommand: z.string().default('env'),
     fileWatcher: z.boolean().default(false),
     trace: z.object({
diff --git a/typescript/vscode-ext/packages/language-server/src/lib/baml_project_manager.ts b/typescript/vscode-ext/packages/language-server/src/lib/baml_project_manager.ts
index d9ee2fc55..5ccae611c 100644
--- a/typescript/vscode-ext/packages/language-server/src/lib/baml_project_manager.ts
+++ b/typescript/vscode-ext/packages/language-server/src/lib/baml_project_manager.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { TextDocument } from 'vscode-languageserver-textdocument'
 import { CompletionList, CompletionItem } from 'vscode-languageserver'
 import { exec } from 'child_process'
 
-import { existsSync, readFileSync } from 'fs'
+import { existsSync, readFileSync, utimes } from 'fs'
 
 import { URI } from 'vscode-uri'
 import { findTopLevelParent, gatherFiles } from '../file/fileUtils'
@@ -417,6 +417,27 @@ class Project {
             await rename(g.output_dir, backupDir)
           }
           await rename(tmpDir, g.output_dir)
+
+          try {
+            // some filewatchers don't trigger unless the file is touched. Creating the new dir alone doesn't work.
+            // if we remove this, TS will still have the old types, and nextjs will not hot-reload.
+            g.files.map((f) => {
+              const fpath = path.join(g.output_dir, f.path_in_output_dir)
+              const currentTime = new Date()
+              const newTime = new Date(currentTime.getTime() + 100)
+              utimes(fpath, newTime, newTime, (err) => {
+                if (err) {
+                  console.log(`Error setting file times: ${err.message}`)
+                }
+              })
+            })
+          } catch (e) {
+            if (e instanceof Error) {
+              console.error(`Error setting file times: ${e.message}`)
+            } else {
+              console.error(`Error setting file times:`)
+            }
+          }
           await rm(backupDir, { recursive: true, force: true })
 
           return g
diff --git a/typescript/vscode-ext/packages/package.json b/typescript/vscode-ext/packages/package.json
index 56a74b7c3..4502dfc16 100644
--- a/typescript/vscode-ext/packages/package.json
+++ b/typescript/vscode-ext/packages/package.json
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@
         },
         "baml.restartTSServerOnSave": {
           "type": "boolean",
-          "default": true,
-          "description": "Restart the TypeScript server on save, to have it read the new generated types."
+          "default": false,
+          "description": "Restart the TypeScript server when generating baml_client code, in case it's not reading the new generated types."
         },
         "baml.fileWatcher": {
           "scope": "window",