diff --git a/.nodemonignore b/.nodemonignore
deleted file mode 100644
index edd9d60a..00000000
--- a/.nodemonignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-build/
-dist/
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8bdcfab3..a66c6025 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -107,6 +107,6 @@
     "test": "standard && depcheck --ignores=buble,nodemon,gh-release --ignore-dirs=build,dist && node ./bin/extra-lint.js",
     "gh-release": "gh-release",
     "update-authors": "./bin/update-authors.sh",
-    "watch": "nodemon --exec \"npm run start\" --ext js,pug,css"
+    "watch": "nodemon --exec \"npm run start\" --ext js,pug,css --ignore build/ --ignore dist/"
   }
 }