diff --git a/website/src/website/components/Loader.tsx b/website/src/website/components/Loader.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..236aa75cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/src/website/components/Loader.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import * as React from "react";
+export class Loader<T> extends React.Component<
+	{ children: (value: T) => React.ReactChild; loader: () => Promise<T> },
+	{ value: T | undefined; hasValue: boolean }
+> {
+	constructor(props: any) {
+		super(props);
+		this.state = { value: undefined, hasValue: false };
+		if (!this.state.value) {
+			this.props.loader().then((value) => {
+				this.setState({
+					hasValue: true,
+					value,
+				});
+			});
+		}
+	}
+
+	render() {
+		if (!this.state.hasValue) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		return this.props.children(this.state.value!);
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Decorates a component so that it only gets mounted when monaco is loaded.
+ */
+export function withLoader(
+	loader: () => Promise<void>
+): <TProps>(
+	Component: React.FunctionComponent<TProps> | React.ComponentClass<TProps>
+) => any {
+	return (Component) => {
+		return (props: any) => (
+			<Loader loader={loader}>{() => <Component {...props} />}</Loader>
+		);
+	};
+}
diff --git a/website/src/website/components/monaco/MonacoLoader.tsx b/website/src/website/components/monaco/MonacoLoader.tsx
index 446654177f..61ea1c46c7 100644
--- a/website/src/website/components/monaco/MonacoLoader.tsx
+++ b/website/src/website/components/monaco/MonacoLoader.tsx
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ export class MonacoLoader extends React.Component<
 		return this.props.children(this.state.monaco);
 	}
 }
+
 /**
  * Decorates a component so that it only gets mounted when monaco is loaded.
  */
diff --git a/website/src/website/pages/playground/PlaygroundModel.ts b/website/src/website/pages/playground/PlaygroundModel.ts
index c21bfa313a..7096c30626 100644
--- a/website/src/website/pages/playground/PlaygroundModel.ts
+++ b/website/src/website/pages/playground/PlaygroundModel.ts
@@ -666,6 +666,20 @@ class Source {
 		sourceStr: string | undefined,
 		sourceLanguagesStr: string | undefined
 	): Source {
+		if (sourceStr === "latest-dev") {
+			// The versions are already loaded
+			const versions = getNpmVersionsSync(undefined);
+			const version = versions.find((v) => v.indexOf("-dev-") !== -1);
+			return new Source(version, undefined, sourceLanguagesStr);
+		}
+		if (sourceStr === "latest") {
+			return new Source(
+				monacoEditorVersion,
+				undefined,
+				sourceLanguagesStr
+			);
+		}
+
 		if (sourceStr && sourceStr.startsWith("v")) {
 			return new Source(
 				sourceStr.substring(1),
diff --git a/website/src/website/pages/playground/PlaygroundPage.tsx b/website/src/website/pages/playground/PlaygroundPage.tsx
index 49a06f826b..fc6f6fbf96 100644
--- a/website/src/website/pages/playground/PlaygroundPage.tsx
+++ b/website/src/website/pages/playground/PlaygroundPage.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,18 @@ import * as React from "react";
 import { hotComponent } from "../../utils/hotComponent";
 import { PlaygroundModel } from "./PlaygroundModel";
 import { PlaygroundPageContent } from "./PlaygroundPageContent";
+import { withLoader } from "../../components/Loader";
+import { getNpmVersions } from "./getNpmVersionsSync";
 
+@withLoader(async () => {
+	if (
+		new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).get("source") ===
+		"latest-dev"
+	) {
+		// So that the source class can resolve that value
+		await getNpmVersions();
+	}
+})
 @hotComponent(module)
 @observer
 export class PlaygroundPage extends React.Component {
diff --git a/website/src/website/pages/playground/getNpmVersionsSync.ts b/website/src/website/pages/playground/getNpmVersionsSync.ts
index f1489039f0..7837b5f312 100644
--- a/website/src/website/pages/playground/getNpmVersionsSync.ts
+++ b/website/src/website/pages/playground/getNpmVersionsSync.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ export function getNpmVersionsSync(
 	currentVersion: string | undefined
 ): string[] {
 	if (!npmVersionsObservable) {
-		npmVersionsObservable = new ObservablePromise(getNpmVersions());
+		npmVersionsObservable = new ObservablePromise(loadNpmVersions());
 	}
 	return (
 		npmVersionsObservable.value || (currentVersion ? [currentVersion] : [])
@@ -16,6 +16,11 @@ export function getNpmVersionsSync(
 let npmVersionsPromise: Promise<string[]> | undefined;
 
 export async function getNpmVersions(): Promise<string[]> {
+	getNpmVersionsSync(undefined);
+	return npmVersionsPromise!;
+}
+
+async function loadNpmVersions(): Promise<string[]> {
 	if (npmVersionsPromise === undefined) {
 		npmVersionsPromise = _getNpmVersions();
 	}