diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index 15e298b7..6c9f59dc 100755
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -211,4 +211,16 @@ app.use((err, req, res) => {
 // Run the application
 app.listen(port);
 
+if (
+  process.env.WATCH !== 'true' // If the user isn’t running watch
+  && process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' // and it’s not in production mode
+) {
+  /* eslint-disable no-console */
+  console.info(`Running at http://localhost:${port}/`);
+  console.info('');
+  console.warn('Warning: It looks like you may have run the command `npm start` locally.');
+  console.warn('Press `Ctrl+C` and then run `npm run watch` instead');
+  /* eslint-enable no-console */
+}
+
 module.exports = app;
diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 1941de66..c9362017 100755
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -109,13 +109,19 @@ function watch() {
   gulp.watch('app/assets/**/**/*.*', compileAssets);
 }
 
+function setWatchEnv(done) {
+  process.env.WATCH = 'true';
+  done();
+}
+
 exports.watch = watch;
 exports.compileStyles = compileStyles;
 exports.compileScripts = compileScripts;
 exports.cleanPublic = cleanPublic;
+exports.setWatchEnv = setWatchEnv;
 
 gulp.task(
   'build',
   gulp.series(cleanPublic, compileStyles, compileScripts, compileAssets)
 );
-gulp.task('default', gulp.series(startNodemon, startBrowserSync, watch));
+gulp.task('default', gulp.series(setWatchEnv, startNodemon, startBrowserSync, watch));