diff --git a/api/nodemon.json b/api/nodemon.json
index 69b29e7181..b934448014 100644
--- a/api/nodemon.json
+++ b/api/nodemon.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "ignore": [
-    "data/"
+    "api/data/",
+    "data"
   ]
 }
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