diff --git a/.nodemonignore b/.nodemonignore
index 5cfae9cb6a..341835225b 100644
--- a/.nodemonignore
+++ b/.nodemonignore
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@ CHANGELOG.md
 *.log
 newrelic_agent.log
 .bower-cache*
+*.swp
+*.swx