diff --git a/api/nodemon.json b/api/nodemon.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b934448014..0000000000
--- a/api/nodemon.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "ignore": [
-    "api/data/",
-    "data"
-  ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e347034e59..d4074b820a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,5 +57,11 @@
     "prettier-eslint": "^15.0.1",
     "prettier-eslint-cli": "^7.1.0",
     "prettier-plugin-tailwindcss": "^0.2.2"
+  },
+  "nodemonConfig": {
+    "ignore": [
+      "api/data/",
+      "data"
+    ]
   }
 }