diff --git a/Gulpfile.js b/Gulpfile.js
index 739effe47d..a1e8eff335 100644
--- a/Gulpfile.js
+++ b/Gulpfile.js
@@ -46,8 +46,32 @@ gulp.task("build", function () {
     .pipe(gulp.dest(dest));
 });
 
-gulp.task("watch", ["build"], function (callback) {
+// TODO: remove this section
+// temporarily just copying the old code since watch isn't working
+var dest = "packages";
+gulp.task("build-watch", function () {
+  return gulp.src(scripts)
+    .pipe(plumber({
+      errorHandler: function (err) {
+        gutil.log(err.stack);
+      }
+    }))
+    .pipe(through.obj(function (file, enc, callback) {
+      file._path = file.path;
+      file.path = file.path.replace(srcEx, libFragment);
+      callback(null, file);
+    }))
+    .pipe(newer(dest))
+    .pipe(through.obj(function (file, enc, callback) {
+      gutil.log("Compiling", "'" + chalk.cyan(file._path) + "'...");
+      callback(null, file);
+    }))
+    .pipe(babel())
+    .pipe(gulp.dest(dest));
+});
+
+gulp.task("watch", ["build-watch"], function (callback) {
   watch(scripts, {debounceDelay: 200}, function () {
-    gulp.start("build");
+    gulp.start("build-watch");
   });
 });