diff --git a/.nodemonignore b/.nodemonignore
index f4e0b53926..d104457dfc 100644
--- a/.nodemonignore
+++ b/.nodemonignore
@@ -6,4 +6,5 @@ Gruntfile.js
 CHANGELOG.md
 .idea*
 .git*
+*.log
 newrelic_agent.log
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index e5fa1ed3ed..0d7247aa83 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 
     nodemon: {
       dev: {
-        ignoredFiles: ['public/*', 'Gruntfile.js', 'CHANGELOG.md', 'views/*', 'build/*', '.idea*', '.git*']
+        ignoredFiles: ['public/*', 'Gruntfile.js', 'CHANGELOG.md', 'views/*', 'build/*', '.idea*', '.git*', '*.log']
       }
     },