diff --git a/nodemon.json b/nodemon.json
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+{
+  "ignore": [
+    "node_modules",
+    "src/frontend",
+    "public/dist"
+  ],
+  "events": {
+    "restart": "echo \"App restarted due to: '$FILENAME'\""
+  },
+  "ext": "js,twig"
+}