diff --git a/.nodemonignore b/.nodemonignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 612a1e15b..000000000
--- a/.nodemonignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-/Gruntfile.js
-/.git/*
-*.backup
-/public/*
diff --git a/nodemon.json b/nodemon.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..98d660626
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodemon.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+    "ignoreRoot": [
+        ".git",
+        ".nyc_output",
+        ".sass-cache",
+        "bower-components",
+        "coverage"
+    ],
+    "ignore": [
+        "/Gruntfile.js",
+        "/.git/*",
+        "*.backup",
+        "/public/*"
+    ]
+}
+