diff --git a/.nodemonignore b/.nodemonignore
index 94cf10992..6236c93db 100644
--- a/.nodemonignore
+++ b/.nodemonignore
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-.git/*
+/Gruntfile.js
+/.git/*
 *.json
-lib/*
+/lib/*
 *.backup
+/public/*
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 311fc8d01..315d36cdb 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -187,7 +187,10 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
                 script: 'red.js',
                 options: {
                     args:['-v'],
-                    ext: 'js,html'
+                    ext: 'js,html',
+                    watch: [
+                        'red','nodes'
+                    ]
                 }
             }
         },