diff --git a/.tiltignore b/.tiltignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..936082f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.tiltignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# temporary secret files created by helmfile when decrypting secrets
+**/secret[0-9]*.yaml
diff --git a/Tiltfile b/Tiltfile
index dd10303..6580209 100644
--- a/Tiltfile
+++ b/Tiltfile
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ docker_build(
     ]
 )
 
+watch_file('src/helm')
+
 k8s_yaml(local('cd src/helm && helmfile -n oidc2fer -e dev template .'))