diff --git a/changelog.txt b/changelog.txt
index fa6fc40..8aba157 100644
--- a/changelog.txt
+++ b/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+# 0.11.1
+* livereload fix: live server waits for daemon to terminate before restarting
+* livereload fix: Fix bug for ignore_glob not firing
+* livereload fix: always track stat mtime as one type (int)
+
 # 0.11.0
 * Add html_compose.resource module which includes 
   js_import, css_import, and font_import helpers
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index e15db70..d6baee2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "html-compose"
-version = "0.11.0"
+version = "0.11.1"
 description = "Composable HTML generation in python"
 authors = [
     { name = "jealouscloud", email = "github@noaha.org" }
diff --git a/src/html_compose/__init__.py b/src/html_compose/__init__.py
index 0fc6d3e..aeab72f 100644
--- a/src/html_compose/__init__.py
+++ b/src/html_compose/__init__.py
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@
 ```sh
 html-compose convert {filename or empty for stdin}
 html-compose convert --noimport el  # produces el.div() style references
+html-convert # an alias for html-compose convert
 ```
 
 `html-convert` provides access to this tool as shorthand.
diff --git a/src/html_compose/base_element.py b/src/html_compose/base_element.py
index c01c2ad..ba40e5a 100644
--- a/src/html_compose/base_element.py
+++ b/src/html_compose/base_element.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 class ElementMeta(ABCMeta):
     """
-    The metaclass for all HTML elements to hack the base class interface
+    The metaclass for all HTML elements
     """
 
     # We aggressively hack the type checker here
diff --git a/src/html_compose/base_types.py b/src/html_compose/base_types.py
index 2060867..b6a138a 100644
--- a/src/html_compose/base_types.py
+++ b/src/html_compose/base_types.py
@@ -66,6 +66,14 @@ def __html__(self) -> str:
         return self.render()
 
 
+# A node resolver is a callable that returns a Node,
+# possibly taking the calling element and parent element as arguments.
+NodeResolver = (
+    Callable[[], "Node"]
+    | Callable[[ElementBase], "Node"]
+    | Callable[[ElementBase, ElementBase], "Node"]
+)
+
 # The Node type is a union of all possible types that can be rendered
 Node = (
     None  # None will not be appended to the output children
@@ -76,9 +84,7 @@ def __html__(self) -> str:
     | ElementBase  # Base class for all HTML elements
     | _HasHtml  # Returns HTML that does not need escaping
     | Iterable["Node"]
-    | Callable[[], "Node"]
-    | Callable[[ElementBase], "Node"]
-    | Callable[[ElementBase, ElementBase], "Node"]
+    | NodeResolver
 )
 
 # These types are used for attribute values
diff --git a/src/html_compose/document.py b/src/html_compose/document.py
index 6b811a9..cc3c8b1 100644
--- a/src/html_compose/document.py
+++ b/src/html_compose/document.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ def document_generator(
     lang: str | None = None,
     head: el.head | list | None = None,
     body: Iterable[Node] | el.body | None = None,
-):
+) -> str:
     """
     Return a full HTML5 document as a string.
 
diff --git a/src/html_compose/elements/__init__.py b/src/html_compose/elements/__init__.py
index 7445393..b659107 100644
--- a/src/html_compose/elements/__init__.py
+++ b/src/html_compose/elements/__init__.py
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ def get(value: str) -> BaseAttribute:
 
 """
 
+import os
+
 from .a_element import a as a
 from .abbr_element import abbr as abbr
 from .address_element import address as address
@@ -216,8 +218,6 @@ def get(value: str) -> BaseAttribute:
 from .video_element import video as video
 from .wbr_element import wbr as wbr
 
-import os
-
 # hack: force PDOC to treat elements as submodules
 if not os.environ.get("PDOC_GENERATING", False):
     __all__ = [
diff --git a/src/html_compose/live/live_server.py b/src/html_compose/live/live_server.py
index b825ee9..b1105d1 100644
--- a/src/html_compose/live/live_server.py
+++ b/src/html_compose/live/live_server.py
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ def live_server(
     )
 
     daemon_task = ProcessTask(daemon, delay=0, sync=False)
+    daemon_stop_task = Task(action=lambda: daemon_task.cancel(), sync=True)
     # Run livereload server
     server = run_server(host, port)
     tr = TaskRunner()
@@ -186,6 +187,10 @@ def reload():
 
                 if reload_tripped:
                     daemon_task.delay = delay + daemon_delay
+
+                    # this should make them fire on the same tick, in order
+                    daemon_stop_task.delay = daemon_task.delay
+
                     # This constant should mean the server port is up
                     browser_update_task.delay = (
                         daemon_task.delay + livereload_delay
@@ -194,6 +199,7 @@ def reload():
                         f"Reloading daemon after {daemon_task.delay} seconds..."
                     )
                     if any([c.server_reload for c in conds_hit]):
+                        tr.add_task(daemon_stop_task)
                         tr.add_task(daemon_task)
                     tr.add_task(browser_update_task)
             sleep(loop_delay)
diff --git a/src/html_compose/live/watcher.py b/src/html_compose/live/watcher.py
index 861eb28..b12b129 100644
--- a/src/html_compose/live/watcher.py
+++ b/src/html_compose/live/watcher.py
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ def try_path_hit(self, path: str) -> bool:
 
         for pattern in self.ignore_glob:
             if glob_matcher(pattern, path):
-                return True
+                return False
 
         for pattern in self.path_glob:
             if glob_matcher(pattern, path):
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ def stat_watcher(self):
                 if not stat.S_ISREG(st.st_mode):
                     # Not a regular file, skip it
                     continue
-                mtime = st.st_mtime
+                mtime = int(st.st_mtime)
             except OSError:
                 # Might be deleted, we'll catch it later
                 continue
diff --git a/src/html_compose/resource/js_import.py b/src/html_compose/resource/js_import.py
index 178f012..192e703 100644
--- a/src/html_compose/resource/js_import.py
+++ b/src/html_compose/resource/js_import.py
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ def __init__(
                 "If hash is set, crossorigin must be set to ''/'anonymous'"
             )
 
-    def uri(self):
+    def uri(self) -> str:
         """
         Returns the source URI - with cache busting if enabled
         which is implemented by getting the mtime of the local file
diff --git a/src/html_compose/resource/util_funcs.py b/src/html_compose/resource/util_funcs.py
index 6090d88..2086efa 100644
--- a/src/html_compose/resource/util_funcs.py
+++ b/src/html_compose/resource/util_funcs.py
@@ -20,11 +20,8 @@ def _cachebust_resource_uri(source: str):
 
     misc_stat_cache = _State.misc_stat_cache
     stat_cache = _State.stat_cache
-    cache_cap = settings.cache_cap
-    stat_poll_interval = settings.stat_poll_interval
     base_dir = settings.base_dir
-    query_string = settings.query_string
-    base_dir = base_dir
+
     if misc_stat_cache.get(base_dir) is None:
         try:
             misc_stat_cache[base_dir] = int(stat(base_dir).st_mtime)
@@ -35,10 +32,11 @@ def _cachebust_resource_uri(source: str):
                 "does not exist"
             ) from exc
 
+    source = source.lstrip("/")
     resource_path = path.join(base_dir, source)
     now = time()
     ts = misc_stat_cache.get(path.join(base_dir, source), None)
-    update_ts = ts is None or (now - ts) > stat_poll_interval
+    update_ts = ts is None or (now - ts) > settings.stat_poll_interval
     if update_ts:
         try:
             ts = int(stat(resource_path).st_mtime)
@@ -49,7 +47,7 @@ def _cachebust_resource_uri(source: str):
                 "does not exist"
             ) from exc
 
-        if len(stat_cache) >= cache_cap:
+        if len(stat_cache) >= settings.cache_cap:
             # Clear if it's too big
             stat_cache.clear()
         stat_cache[resource_path] = ts
@@ -64,7 +62,7 @@ def _cachebust_resource_uri(source: str):
         errors="surrogateescape",
     )
     # add our cache buster
-    pairs.append((query_string, str(int(ts))))
+    pairs.append((settings.query_string, str(int(ts))))
     # re assemble the query string, try our best to preservees exactly
     new_qs = urllib.parse.urlencode(
         pairs,
diff --git a/src/html_compose/util_funcs.py b/src/html_compose/util_funcs.py
index 6d9d56e..e69481b 100644
--- a/src/html_compose/util_funcs.py
+++ b/src/html_compose/util_funcs.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ def get_livereload_env() -> dict | None:
 
 
 def generate_livereload_env(
-    host, port, proxy_host: str | None, proxy_uri: str | None = None
+    host: str, port: int, proxy_host: str | None, proxy_uri: str | None = None
 ) -> dict:
     flags = {
         "port": port,
diff --git a/tests/test_util_funcs.py b/tests/test_util_funcs.py
index d8ba89c..0691725 100644
--- a/tests/test_util_funcs.py
+++ b/tests/test_util_funcs.py
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ def test_glob_func():
             "path/nextsection/dir_cursive/nextsection/end.txt",
             True,
         ),
+        ("front/css/", "front/css/utilities/debug-outline.css", True),
     ]
     for pattern, target, expected in test_cases:
         assert glob_matcher(pattern, target) == expected, (