diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_code.yml b/.github/workflows/test_code.yml
index a922f49..7353ec9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_code.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_code.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       max-parallel: 12
       matrix:
-        python-version: ["3.10"]
+        python-version: ["3.11"]
         os: [ubuntu-latest]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 0d9cfec..bfe3ca9 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 repos:
   - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: "v4.5.0"
+    rev: "v4.6.0"
     hooks:
       - id: check-added-large-files
         exclude: |
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ repos:
       # - id: trailing-whitespace
 
   - repo: https://github.com/charliermarsh/ruff-pre-commit
-    rev: "v0.2.0"
+    rev: "v0.5.2"
     hooks:
       - id: ruff
   - repo: https://github.com/djlint/djLint
@@ -40,18 +40,18 @@ repos:
             src/kweb/static/bootstrap/.*
           )$
   - repo: https://github.com/shellcheck-py/shellcheck-py
-    rev: v0.9.0.6
+    rev: v0.10.0.1
     hooks:
       - id: shellcheck
            
   - repo: https://github.com/macisamuele/language-formatters-pre-commit-hooks
-    rev: v2.12.0
+    rev: v2.14.0
     hooks:
       - id: pretty-format-toml
         args: [--autofix]
 
   - repo: https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
-    rev: v2.2.6
+    rev: v2.3.0
     hooks:
       - id: codespell
         additional_dependencies:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b2b9acd..083abcd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ KWeb offers two basic apps:
 
 ### Development
 
-#### Clone & Installl
+#### Clone & Install
 
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 7f0a5f2..9b74663 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ classifiers = [
   "Operating System :: OS Independent"
 ]
 dependencies = [
-  "klayout >= 0.28.17",
+  "klayout >= 0.29.4",
   "fastapi",
   "uvicorn[standard]",
   "jinja2",
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ dependencies = [
 description = "KLayout API implementation of gdsfactory"
 name = "kweb"
 readme = "README.md"
-requires-python = ">=3.10"
+requires-python = ">=3.11"
 version = "2.0.1"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/kweb/layout_server.py b/src/kweb/layout_server.py
index ac38d3c..5b31798 100755
--- a/src/kweb/layout_server.py
+++ b/src/kweb/layout_server.py
@@ -679,13 +679,13 @@ async def reader(self, websocket: WebSocket, data: str) -> None:
                 )
             case "rdb-selected":
                 await self.draw_items(js["items"])
+            case "reload":
+                self.layout_view.reload_layout(
+                    self.layout_view.active_cellview().index()
+                )
+                if self.rdb_file is not None:
+                    self.db.load(self.rdb_file)
 
 
 def meta_json_serializer(obj: object) -> str:
     return str(obj)
-
-
-# class EditableLayoutViewServerEndpoint(
-#     LayoutViewServerEndpoint, editable=True, add_missing_layers=True
-# ):
-#     pass
diff --git a/src/kweb/static/viewer.js b/src/kweb/static/viewer.js
index 2a9c15f..8dd2559 100644
--- a/src/kweb/static/viewer.js
+++ b/src/kweb/static/viewer.js
@@ -217,6 +217,15 @@ function showMenu(modes, annotations) {
     socket.send(JSON.stringify({ msg: "zoom-f" }));
   };
   menuElement.appendChild(zoomFit);
+  let reload = document.createElement("button");
+  reload.textContent = "Reload";
+  reload.className = "col-auto btn btn-primary mx-2";
+  reload.setAttribute("type", "button");
+  reload.onclick = function() {
+    socket.send(JSON.stringify({ msg: "reload" }));
+  };
+  menuElement.appendChild(reload);
+  
 
   let index = 0;