diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 45cc279..a2295bf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## [unreleased] --
 
+* Ignore FileNotFoundError when trying to get the last modified time of files
+  in directories. This happens for example with temporary emacs files.
 * Added changelog to docs
 * removed ruff's target-version from pyproject.toml, this value defaults to the
   projects requires-python
diff --git a/blag/devserver.py b/blag/devserver.py
index 1945740..2dd6481 100644
--- a/blag/devserver.py
+++ b/blag/devserver.py
@@ -42,7 +42,12 @@ def get_last_modified(dirs: list[str]) -> float:
     for dir in dirs:
         for root, dirs, files in os.walk(dir):
             for f in files:
-                mtime = os.stat(os.path.join(root, f)).st_mtime
+                try:
+                    mtime = os.stat(os.path.join(root, f)).st_mtime
+                except FileNotFoundError:
+                    # ignore files that have been deleted since the os.walk
+                    # call (for example temporary emacs files)
+                    continue
                 if mtime > last_mtime:
                     last_mtime = mtime