diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f72892b..5d77e60 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ node_modules
 .VSCodeCounter
 
 data/*
-!data/.gitkeep
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nodemon.json b/nodemon.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4878d76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nodemon.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "ignore": [
+        ".git",
+        ".svn",
+        "node_modules/**/node_modules"
+    ],
+    "ext": "js"
+}
\ No newline at end of file