diff --git a/lib/monitor/run.js b/lib/monitor/run.js
index 7b67b705..23b5106a 100644
--- a/lib/monitor/run.js
+++ b/lib/monitor/run.js
@@ -83,7 +83,13 @@ function run(options) {
     });
   }
 
-  if (executable === 'node' && utils.version.major > 4) {
+  if (
+    // this is a hack to avoid forking if there's a node argument being passed
+    // it's a short term fix, and I'm not 100% sure that `fork` is the right way
+    cmd.args[0].indexOf('-') === -1 &&
+    executable === 'node' &&
+    utils.version.major > 4
+  ) {
     var forkArgs = cmd.args.slice(1);
     var env = utils.merge(options.execOptions.env, process.env);
     stdio.push('ipc');