diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/controller.rs b/packages/desktop/src/controller.rs
index 8dadf0c0b..7139c083f 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/controller.rs
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/controller.rs
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ impl DesktopController {
         }
     }
 
-    pub(crate) fn set_template(&self, serialized_template: String) {
-        todo!()
+    pub(crate) fn set_template(&self, _serialized_template: String) {
+        todo!("hot reloading currently WIP")
     }
 }
diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/hot_reload.rs b/packages/desktop/src/hot_reload.rs
index 6e394f5f0..e2628cdd4 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/hot_reload.rs
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/hot_reload.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#![allow(dead_code)]
+
 use dioxus_core::VirtualDom;
 
 use interprocess::local_socket::{LocalSocketListener, LocalSocketStream};