diff --git a/.changeset/fuzzy-islands-cough.md b/.changeset/fuzzy-islands-cough.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a337a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fuzzy-islands-cough.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"stack54": minor
+---
+
+Rename HotReload component to LiveReload to properly communicate its purpose, because it actually reloads the page instead of hot module replacement
diff --git a/packages/core/components/HotReload.svelte b/packages/core/components/LiveReload.svelte
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/components/HotReload.svelte
rename to packages/core/components/LiveReload.svelte
diff --git a/packages/core/components/index.ts b/packages/core/components/index.ts
index 887bfd6..9c312f0 100644
--- a/packages/core/components/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/components/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 export { default as Head } from "./Head.svelte";
 export { default as Await } from "./Await/index.js";
-export { default as HotReload } from "./HotReload.svelte";
+export { default as LiveReload } from "./LiveReload.svelte";
 export { default as ClientOnly } from "./ClientOnly.svelte";
diff --git a/packages/core/src/core/dev/live-reload-plugin/index.ts b/packages/core/src/core/dev/live-reload-plugin/index.ts
index f0b843c..a1e1150 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/core/dev/live-reload-plugin/index.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/core/dev/live-reload-plugin/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { Plugin, ResolvedConfig as ViteResolvedConfig } from "vite";
 import { parse_id } from "../../utils/view.js";
 import { Integration, ResolvedConfig } from "../../config/index.js";
 
-const markup = /<\s*HotReload\s*\/\s*>/;
+const markup = /<\s*LiveReload\s*\/\s*>/;
 
 const script = '<script type="module" src="@vite/client"></script>';