diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0825b43a..f44dfda2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ npm-debug.log
 /.idea/
 .env
 build/
+.vscode/
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bcd8042a..734bb6fb 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@
     "typescript": "^2.0.3"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "nodemon --watch src --watch addons --watch demo --exec bash -c './bin/build && node demo/app'",
+    "prestart": "npm run build",
+    "start": "node demo/app",
+    "dev": "nodemon -e js,ts --watch src --watch demo --exec npm start",
     "lint": "tslint src/**/*.ts",
     "test": "mocha --recursive ./lib",
     "build:docs": "jsdoc -c jsdoc.json",