diff --git a/api-server/development-entry.js b/api-server/development-entry.js
index 57f97b0a5a..abc45406a8 100644
--- a/api-server/development-entry.js
+++ b/api-server/development-entry.js
@@ -4,9 +4,12 @@ const nodemon = require('nodemon');
 nodemon({
   ext: 'js json',
   // --silent squashes an ELIFECYCLE error when the server exits
-  exec: 'DEBUG=fcc* npm run --silent babel-dev-server',
+  exec: 'npm run --silent babel-dev-server',
   watch: path.resolve(__dirname, './server'),
-  spawn: true
+  spawn: true,
+  env: {
+    DEBUG: 'fcc*'
+  }
 });
 
 nodemon.on('restart', function nodemonRestart(files) {
diff --git a/api-server/package.json b/api-server/package.json
index 90a38b5003..f920d3fe35 100644
--- a/api-server/package.json
+++ b/api-server/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   "private": true,
   "main": "development-entry.js",
   "scripts": {
-    "babel-dev-server": "babel-node ./server/server.js",
+    "babel-dev-server": "babel-node --inspect ./server/server.js",
     "commit": "git-cz",
     "commitmsg": "validate-commit-msg",
     "ensure-env": "node ./config/ensure-env.js",
diff --git a/api-server/server/server.js b/api-server/server/server.js
index 0540c5fce7..a66870bdc9 100755
--- a/api-server/server/server.js
+++ b/api-server/server/server.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 const path = require('path');
-require('dotenv').config({ path: path.resolve(__dirname, '../.env')});
-
-console.log(path.resolve(__dirname, '../.env'))
+require('dotenv').config({ path: path.resolve(__dirname, '../../.env')});
 
 const _ = require('lodash');
 const Rx = require('rx');