diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/gulp/tasks/watchTask.js b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/gulp/tasks/watchTask.js
index 9374aec4ee..ded59a8fe1 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/gulp/tasks/watchTask.js
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/gulp/tasks/watchTask.js
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ function watchTask(cb) {
                         var destPath = config.root + config.targets.views + group.folder;
                         console.log("copying " + group.files + " to " + destPath);
                         task = task.pipe(dest(destPath));
+
+                        return task;
                     },
                     js
                 )