diff --git a/server/build/webpack.js b/server/build/webpack.js
index 368401fc..cc6aa0e9 100644
--- a/server/build/webpack.js
+++ b/server/build/webpack.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import DynamicEntryPlugin from './plugins/dynamic-entry-plugin'
 import DetachPlugin from './plugins/detach-plugin'
 import getConfig from '../config'
 
-export default async function createCompiler (dir, { dev = false } = {}) {
+export default async function createCompiler (dir, { dev = false, quiet = false } = {}) {
   dir = resolve(dir)
 
   const pages = await glob('pages/**/*.js', {
@@ -66,9 +66,11 @@ export default async function createCompiler (dir, { dev = false } = {}) {
       new DynamicEntryPlugin(),
       new UnlinkFilePlugin(),
       new WatchRemoveEventPlugin(),
-      new WatchPagesPlugin(dir),
-      new FriendlyErrorsWebpackPlugin()
+      new WatchPagesPlugin(dir)
     )
+    if (!quiet) {
+      plugins.push(new FriendlyErrorsWebpackPlugin())
+    }
   } else {
     plugins.push(
       new webpack.DefinePlugin({
diff --git a/server/hot-reloader.js b/server/hot-reloader.js
index e84f21a7..04bbb7ea 100644
--- a/server/hot-reloader.js
+++ b/server/hot-reloader.js
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ import babel, { watch } from './build/babel'
 import read from './read'
 
 export default class HotReloader {
-  constructor (dir) {
+  constructor (dir, { quiet } = {}) {
     this.dir = dir
+    this.quiet = quiet
     this.middlewares = []
     this.webpackDevMiddleware = null
     this.webpackHotMiddleware = null
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ export default class HotReloader {
     this.watch()
 
     const [compiler] = await Promise.all([
-      webpack(this.dir, { dev: true }),
+      webpack(this.dir, { dev: true, quiet: this.quiet }),
       clean(this.dir)
     ])
 
diff --git a/server/index.js b/server/index.js
index d26102cf..ee072291 100644
--- a/server/index.js
+++ b/server/index.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export default class Server {
     this.quiet = quiet
     this.renderOpts = { dir: this.dir, dev, staticMarkup }
     this.router = new Router()
-    this.hotReloader = dev ? new HotReloader(this.dir) : null
+    this.hotReloader = dev ? new HotReloader(this.dir, { quiet }) : null
     this.http = null
     this.config = getConfig(dir)