# Compile CSS files in dev mode

**URL:** https://discourse.roots.io/t/compile-css-files-in-dev-mode/24607
**Category:** bud
**Created:** 2023-01-19T19:34:35Z
**Posts:** 10
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## Post 9 by @oxyc — 2024-07-29T17:11:37Z

Answering myself:

```
app.build.items.precss.setLoader('minicss');
  app.hooks.action('build.before', (bud) => {
    bud.extensions.get('@roots/bud-extensions/mini-css-extract-plugin').enable(true);
  });
```

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