diff --git a/wai-server/nodemon.json b/wai-server/nodemon.json
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+{
+  "verbose": true,
+  "ignore": ["*.test.js", "**/fixtures/**"],
+  "execMap": {
+    "rb": "ruby",
+    "pde": "processing --sketch={{pwd}} --run"
+  }
+}