diff --git a/nodebb b/nodebb
index 2f4f38a4be..6e0e4f679e 100755
--- a/nodebb
+++ b/nodebb
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ case "$1" in
 		echo "Launching NodeBB in \"development\" mode."
 		echo "To run the production build of NodeBB, please use \"forever\"."
 		echo "More Information: https://docs.nodebb.org/en/latest/running/index.html"
-		NODE_ENV=development "$node" loader --no-daemon "$@"
+		NODE_ENV=development "$node" loader --no-daemon --no-silent "$@"
 		;;
 
 	watch)