diff --git a/.nodemon.json b/.nodemon.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..834e6c054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.nodemon.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "verbose": true,
+  "ignore": ["tests/*", "client/*", "dist/*"]
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e6e211d07..7948d5aa3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "main": "app.js",
   "scripts": {
     "start": "./bin/cli serve --jobs",
-    "dev-start": "nodemon --exec \"./bin/cli -c .env serve --jobs\"",
+    "dev-start": "nodemon --config .nodemon.json --exec \"./bin/cli -c .env serve --jobs\"",
     "build": "NODE_ENV=production webpack --config webpack.config.js --bail",
     "build-watch": "NODE_ENV=development webpack --config webpack.config.dev.js --watch",
     "lint": "eslint bin/* .",