diff --git a/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/quinoa/deployment/QuinoaProcessor.java b/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/quinoa/deployment/QuinoaProcessor.java
index df14aff1..becc3b30 100644
--- a/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/quinoa/deployment/QuinoaProcessor.java
+++ b/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkiverse/quinoa/deployment/QuinoaProcessor.java
@@ -11,9 +11,13 @@
 import static io.quarkus.deployment.annotations.ExecutionTime.RUNTIME_INIT;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;
+import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
+import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashSet;
@@ -175,7 +179,8 @@ && isDevServerMode(configuredQuinoa.resolvedConfig())) {
         }
         final Path targetBuildDir = outputTarget.getOutputDirectory().resolve(TARGET_DIR_NAME);
         FileUtil.deleteDirectory(targetBuildDir);
-        Files.move(buildDir, targetBuildDir);
+        LOG.infof("Copy build directory: %s to target directory: %s", buildDir, targetBuildDir);
+        copyDirectory(buildDir, targetBuildDir);
         liveReload.setContextObject(QuinoaLiveContext.class, new QuinoaLiveContext(targetBuildDir));
         return new TargetDirBuildItem(targetBuildDir);
     }
@@ -365,6 +370,23 @@ static Path findProjectRoot(Path outputDirectory) {
         } while (true);
     }
 
+    public static void copyDirectory(Path source, Path target) throws IOException {
+        Files.walkFileTree(source, new SimpleFileVisitor<Path>() {
+            @Override
+            public FileVisitResult preVisitDirectory(Path dir, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
+                Path targetDir = target.resolve(source.relativize(dir));
+                Files.createDirectories(targetDir);
+                return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attrs) throws IOException {
+                Files.copy(file, target.resolve(source.relativize(file)), StandardCopyOption.REPLACE_EXISTING);
+                return FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
     private static boolean isCI() {
         String ci;
         if (System.getProperties().containsKey("CI")) {