diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/cli/build.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/cli/build.rb
index 9a1db425..447bca62 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/cli/build.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/cli/build.rb
@@ -196,19 +196,25 @@ module Middleman::Cli
       sort_order = %w(.png .jpeg .jpg .gif .bmp .svg .svgz .ico .woff .otf .ttf .eot .js .css)
       
       # Pre-request CSS to give Compass a chance to build sprites
+      puts "== Prerendering CSS" if @app.logging?
+
       @app.sitemap.resources.select do |resource|
         resource.ext == ".css"
       end.each do |resource|
         Middleman::Cli::Build.shared_rack.get(resource.destination_path.gsub(/\s/, "%20"))
       end
       
+      puts "== Checking for Compass sprites" if @app.logging?
+
       # Double-check for compass sprites
-      @app.files.reload_path(File.join(@app.source_dir, @app.images_dir))
+      @app.files.find_new_files(File.join(@app.source_dir, @app.images_dir))
 
       # Sort paths to be built by the above order. This is primarily so Compass can
       # find files in the build folder when it needs to generate sprites for the
       # css files
 
+      puts "== Building files" if @app.logging?
+
       resources = @app.sitemap.resources.sort do |a, b|
         a_idx = sort_order.index(a.ext) || 100
         b_idx = sort_order.index(b.ext) || 100
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/file_watcher.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/file_watcher.rb
index b165a1b1..3563ef35 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/file_watcher.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/file_watcher.rb
@@ -103,12 +103,14 @@ module Middleman::CoreExtensions::FileWatcher
     # @param [String] path The path to reload
     # @return [void]
     def reload_path(path)
-      subset = self.known_paths.select { |p| p.match(%r{^#{path}}) }
+      relative_path = path.sub("#{self.instance.root}/", "")
+      subset = self.known_paths.select { |p| p.match(%r{^#{relative_path}}) }
       
       Find.find(path) do |path|
         next if File.directory?(path)
+        next if Middleman::Watcher.ignore_list.any? { |r| path.match(r) }
         relative_path = path.sub("#{self.instance.root}/", "")
-        subset.delete(relative_path) if subset.include?(relative_path)
+        subset.delete(relative_path)
         self.did_change(relative_path)
       end if File.exists?(path)
       
@@ -116,6 +118,22 @@ module Middleman::CoreExtensions::FileWatcher
         self.did_delete(removed_path)
       end
     end
+
+    # Like reload_path, but only triggers events on new files
+    #
+    # @param [String] path The path to reload
+    # @return [void]
+    def find_new_files(path)
+      relative_path = path.sub("#{self.instance.root}/", "")
+      subset = self.known_paths.select { |p| p.match(%r{^#{relative_path}}) }
+      
+      Find.find(path) do |file|
+        next if File.directory?(file)
+        next if Middleman::Watcher.ignore_list.any? { |r| path.match(r) }
+        relative_path = file.sub("#{self.instance.root}/", "")
+        self.did_change(relative_path) unless subset.include?(relative_path)
+      end if File.exists?(path)
+    end
     
   protected
     # Notify callbacks for a file given an array of callbacks
diff --git a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/store.rb b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/store.rb
index eecb64e3..a5a7cc66 100644
--- a/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/store.rb
+++ b/middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/sitemap/store.rb
@@ -112,10 +112,22 @@ module Middleman::Sitemap
     
     # Register a handler to provide metadata on a url path
     # @param [Regexp] matcher
+    # @param [Symbol] origin an indicator of where this metadata came from - only one 
+    #                        block per [matcher, origin] pair may exist.
     # @return [Array<Array<Proc, Regexp>>]
-    def provides_metadata_for_path(matcher=nil, &block)
+    def provides_metadata_for_path(matcher=nil, origin=nil, &block)
       @_provides_metadata_for_path ||= []
-      @_provides_metadata_for_path << [block, matcher] if block_given?
+      if block_given?
+        if origin
+          existing_provider = @_provides_metadata_for_path.find {|b,m,o| o == origin && m == matcher}
+        end
+
+        if existing_provider
+          existing_provider[0] = block
+        else
+          @_provides_metadata_for_path << [block, matcher, origin]
+        end
+      end
       @_provides_metadata_for_path
     end