diff --git a/nodemon.json b/nodemon.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d264715
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodemon.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "ignore": ["views/*", "public/*"]
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 70a4ed8..de50e36 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,5 +23,8 @@
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": "4.x"
+  },
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "nodemon": "^1.11.0"
   }
 }