diff --git a/puppet/zulip/templates/supervisor/zulip.conf.template.erb b/puppet/zulip/templates/supervisor/zulip.conf.template.erb
index 683bd17cd5..1b5a00103b 100644
--- a/puppet/zulip/templates/supervisor/zulip.conf.template.erb
+++ b/puppet/zulip/templates/supervisor/zulip.conf.template.erb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ directory=/home/zulip/deployments/current/
 
 <% if @tornado_ports.length > 1 -%>
 [program:zulip-tornado]
-command=/home/zulip/deployments/current/manage.py runtornado 127.0.0.1:98%(process_num)02d --no-immediate-reloads
+command=/home/zulip/deployments/current/manage.py runtornado 127.0.0.1:98%(process_num)02d
 process_name=zulip-tornado-port-98%(process_num)02d
 environment=PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1,HTTP_proxy="<%= @proxy %>",HTTPS_proxy="<%= @proxy %>"
 priority=200                   ; the relative start priority (default 999)
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ directory=/home/zulip/deployments/current/
 numprocs=<%= @tornado_ports.length %>
 <% else -%>
 [program:zulip-tornado]
-command=/home/zulip/deployments/current/manage.py runtornado 127.0.0.1:9800 --no-immediate-reloads
+command=/home/zulip/deployments/current/manage.py runtornado 127.0.0.1:9800
 environment=PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1,HTTP_proxy="<%= @proxy %>",HTTPS_proxy="<%= @proxy %>"
 priority=200                   ; the relative start priority (default 999)
 autostart=true                 ; start at supervisord start (default: true)
diff --git a/tools/run-dev b/tools/run-dev
index 1998b66db6..37e336400e 100755
--- a/tools/run-dev
+++ b/tools/run-dev
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ else:
         "./manage.py",
         "runtornado",
         "--autoreload",
+        "--immediate-reloads",
     ]
 
 manage_args = [f"--settings={settings_module}"]
diff --git a/zerver/management/commands/runtornado.py b/zerver/management/commands/runtornado.py
index e1a771675a..81ca7f585b 100644
--- a/zerver/management/commands/runtornado.py
+++ b/zerver/management/commands/runtornado.py
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
     def add_arguments(self, parser: CommandParser) -> None:
         parser.add_argument("--autoreload", action="store_true", help="Enable Tornado autoreload")
         parser.add_argument(
-            "--no-immediate-reloads",
+            "--immediate-reloads",
             action="store_true",
-            help="Do not tell old web app clients to immediately reload.",
+            help="Tell web app clients to immediately reload after Tornado starts",
         )
         parser.add_argument(
             "addrport",
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
                 from zerver.tornado.ioloop_logging import logging_data
 
                 logging_data["port"] = str(port)
-                send_reloads = not options.get("no_immediate_reloads", False)
+                send_reloads = options.get("immediate_reloads", False)
                 await setup_event_queue(http_server, port, send_reloads)
                 stack.callback(dump_event_queues, port)
                 add_client_gc_hook(missedmessage_hook)