diff --git a/packages/hot-reload/src/assets/autoreload.js b/packages/hot-reload/src/assets/autoreload.js
index fbbfe4ae7..33c6c2f3a 100644
--- a/packages/hot-reload/src/assets/autoreload.js
+++ b/packages/hot-reload/src/assets/autoreload.js
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 (function () {
+  const POLL_INTERVAL_MIN = 250;
+  const POLL_INTERVAL_MAX = 4000;
+  const POLL_INTERVAL_SCALE_FACTOR = 2;
+
   var protocol = window.location.protocol === "https:" ? "wss:" : "ws:";
   var url = protocol + "//" + window.location.host + "/_dioxus/ws";
-  var poll_interval = 8080;
 
-  var reload_upon_connect = (event) => {
+  var reload_upon_connect = (event, poll_interval) => {
     // Firefox will send a 1001 code when the connection is closed because the page is reloaded
     // Only firefox will trigger the onclose event when the page is reloaded manually: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10965720/should-websocket-onclose-be-triggered-by-user-navigation-or-refresh
     // We should not reload the page in this case
@@ -13,7 +16,15 @@
     window.setTimeout(() => {
       var ws = new WebSocket(url);
       ws.onopen = () => window.location.reload();
-      ws.onclose = reload_upon_connect;
+      ws.onclose = (event) => {
+        reload_upon_connect(
+          event,
+          Math.min(
+            POLL_INTERVAL_MAX,
+            poll_interval * POLL_INTERVAL_SCALE_FACTOR
+          )
+        );
+      };
     }, poll_interval);
   };
 
@@ -27,5 +38,5 @@
     }
   };
 
-  ws.onclose = reload_upon_connect;
+  ws.onclose = (event) => reload_upon_connect(event, POLL_INTERVAL_MIN);
 })();