Livewire.js 404

I've created a site with livewire based on laravel jetstream. It works in my local dev environment. I've uploaded to a staging server conrolled by laravel forge. All works there too. HOWEVER, in the production environment (on same laravel forge server) livewire.js is getting a 404 error. The part I don't understand is why I can see the 404 error in chrome dev tools, copy the link, paste in a new browser window and NOT get a 404 error. The js actually shows. Why would it show direct access, but not when included as a script in a page?

Thanks in advance.