diff --git a/.changeset/rare-plums-drum.md b/.changeset/rare-plums-drum.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d5b23f64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rare-plums-drum.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'houdini-react': patch
+---
+
+Fix base url in dev mod
diff --git a/packages/houdini-react/package.json b/packages/houdini-react/package.json
index 96e99c293..411383c03 100644
--- a/packages/houdini-react/package.json
+++ b/packages/houdini-react/package.json
@@ -64,4 +64,4 @@
     },
     "main": "./build/plugin-cjs/index.js",
     "types": "./build/plugin/index.d.ts"
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/houdini-react/src/plugin/vite.tsx b/packages/houdini-react/src/plugin/vite.tsx
index a4f6329b2..2c2322c1a 100644
--- a/packages/houdini-react/src/plugin/vite.tsx
+++ b/packages/houdini-react/src/plugin/vite.tsx
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ export default {
 		}
 		// build up the list of entries that we need vite to bundle
 		if (!isSecondaryBuild() || process.env.HOUDINI_SECONDARY_BUILD === 'ssr') {
-			if (!devServer) {
+			if (env.command === 'build') {
 				conf.base = '/assets'
 			}