diff --git a/scripts/build.mjs b/scripts/build.mjs
index 82235cc4..0674cb93 100644
--- a/scripts/build.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build.mjs
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ async function build({modernOnly, overrideImports, overrideCss}) {
     await buildManifest(assets);
     // all assets have been added, create a hash from all assets name to cache unhashed files like index.html
     assets.addToHashForAll("index.html", devHtml);
-    let swSource = await fs.readFile(path.join(snowpackOutPath, "service-worker.js"), "utf8");
-    assets.addToHashForAll("service-worker.js", swSource);
+    let swSource = await fs.readFile(path.join(snowpackOutPath, "sw.js"), "utf8");
+    assets.addToHashForAll("sw.js", swSource);
     
     const globalHash = assets.hashForAll();
 
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ async function buildHtml(doc, version, baseConfig, globalHash, modernOnly, asset
     const configJSON = JSON.stringify(Object.assign({}, baseConfig, {
         worker: assets.has("worker.js") ? assets.resolve(`worker.js`) : null,
         downloadSandbox: assets.resolve("download-sandbox.html"),
-        serviceWorker: "service-worker.js",
+        serviceWorker: "sw.js",
         olm: {
             wasm: assets.resolve("olm.wasm"),
             legacyBundle: assets.resolve("olm_legacy.js"),
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ async function buildServiceWorker(swSource, version, globalHash, assets) {
     swSource = replaceStringInSource("NOTIFICATION_BADGE_ICON", assets.resolve("icon.png"));
 
     // service worker should not have a hashed name as it is polled by the browser for updates
-    await assets.writeUnhashed("service-worker.js", swSource);
+    await assets.writeUnhashed("sw.js", swSource);
 }
 
 async function buildCssBundles(buildFn, themes, assets, mainCssFile = null) {
diff --git a/src/platform/web/docroot/index.html b/src/platform/web/docroot/index.html
index 90af082a..0b266ff3 100644
--- a/src/platform/web/docroot/index.html
+++ b/src/platform/web/docroot/index.html
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
                 downloadSandbox: "assets/download-sandbox.html",
                 defaultHomeServer: "matrix.org",
                 // NOTE: uncomment this if you want the service worker for local development
-                // serviceWorker: "service-worker.js",
+                // serviceWorker: "sw.js",
                 // NOTE: provide push config if you want push notifs for local development
                 //       see assets/config.json for what the config looks like
                 // push: {...},
diff --git a/src/platform/web/docroot/service-worker.js b/src/platform/web/docroot/sw.js
similarity index 100%
rename from src/platform/web/docroot/service-worker.js
rename to src/platform/web/docroot/sw.js