diff --git a/.nodemonignore b/.nodemonignore
index 341835225b..a465c75149 100644
--- a/.nodemonignore
+++ b/.nodemonignore
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-public/*
-views/*
-build
-build/*
+node_modules/**
+.bower-cache/**
+.bower-tmp/**
+.bower-registry/**
+public/**
+views/**
+build/**
+.git/**
 Gruntfile.js
 CHANGELOG.md
 .idea*
-.git*
 *.log
 newrelic_agent.log
-.bower-cache*
 *.swp
 *.swx