diff --git a/app.js b/app.js
index d3b4af0697..686b355602 100644
--- a/app.js
+++ b/app.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ var winston = require('winston');
 var path = require('path');
 var pkg = require('./package.json');
 var file = require('./src/file');
-var debug = require('./src/meta/debugParams')().execArgv.length;
+var debug = require('./src/meta/debugFork').debugging;
 
 global.env = process.env.NODE_ENV || 'production';
 
diff --git a/public/src/modules/pictureCropper.js b/public/src/modules/pictureCropper.js
index 3bd8cf1516..5a02962d1a 100644
--- a/public/src/modules/pictureCropper.js
+++ b/public/src/modules/pictureCropper.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 
-define('pictureCropper', ['translator', 'cropper', 'benchpress'], function (translator, cropper, Benchpress) {
+define('pictureCropper', ['translator', 'cropper', 'benchpress'], function (translator, Cropper, Benchpress) {
 	var module = {};
 
 	module.show = function (data, callback) {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ define('pictureCropper', ['translator', 'cropper', 'benchpress'], function (tran
 				var img = document.getElementById('cropped-image');
 				$(img).css('max-height', cropBoxHeight);
 
-				var cropperTool = new cropper.default(img, {
+				var cropperTool = new Cropper(img, {
 					aspectRatio: data.aspectRatio,
 					autoCropArea: 1,
 					viewMode: 1,
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ define('pictureCropper', ['translator', 'cropper', 'benchpress'], function (tran
 							$(this).addClass('disabled');
 							cropperTool.destroy();
 
-							cropperTool = new cropper.default(img, {
+							cropperTool = new Cropper(img, {
 								viewMode: 1,
 								autoCropArea: 1,
 								ready: function () {
diff --git a/src/meta/debugFork.js b/src/meta/debugFork.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..575eebd610
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/meta/debugFork.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+'use strict';
+
+var fork = require('child_process').fork;
+
+var debugArg = process.execArgv.find(function (arg) {
+	return /^--(debug|inspect)/.test(arg);
+});
+var debugging = !!debugArg;
+
+debugArg = debugArg ? debugArg.replace('-brk', '').split('=') : ['--debug', 5859];
+var lastAddress = parseInt(debugArg[1], 10);
+
+/**
+ * child-process.fork, but safe for use in debuggers
+ * @param {string} modulePath
+ * @param {string[]} [args]
+ * @param {any} [options]
+ */
+function debugFork(modulePath, args, options) {
+	var execArgv = [];
+	if (global.v8debug || debugging) {
+		lastAddress += 1;
+
+		execArgv = [debugArg[0] + '=' + lastAddress, '--nolazy'];
+	}
+
+	if (!Array.isArray(args)) {
+		options = args;
+		args = [];
+	}
+
+	options = options || {};
+	options = Object.assign({}, options, {
+		execArgv: execArgv,
+	});
+
+	return fork(modulePath, args, options);
+}
+debugFork.debugging = debugging;
+
+module.exports = debugFork;
diff --git a/src/meta/debugParams.js b/src/meta/debugParams.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b84500bff..0000000000
--- a/src/meta/debugParams.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-'use strict';
-
-module.exports = function (execArgv) {
-	execArgv = execArgv || process.execArgv;
-	var debugArg = execArgv.find(function (arg) {
-		return /^--(debug|inspect)/.test(arg);
-	});
-	if (global.v8debug || debugArg) {
-		debugArg = debugArg ? debugArg.split('=') : ['--debug', 5859];
-		var num = parseInt(debugArg[1], 10) + 1;
-
-		return { execArgv: [debugArg[0] + '=' + num, '--nolazy'] };
-	}
-
-	return { execArgv: [] };
-};
diff --git a/src/meta/minifier.js b/src/meta/minifier.js
index 3b26f99ec5..c51f41578b 100644
--- a/src/meta/minifier.js
+++ b/src/meta/minifier.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
 var fs = require('fs');
-var childProcess = require('child_process');
 var os = require('os');
 var uglifyjs = require('uglify-js');
 var async = require('async');
@@ -11,7 +10,7 @@ var postcss = require('postcss');
 var autoprefixer = require('autoprefixer');
 var clean = require('postcss-clean');
 
-var debugParams = require('./debugParams');
+var fork = require('./debugFork');
 
 var Minifier = module.exports;
 
@@ -47,13 +46,12 @@ function getChild() {
 		return free.shift();
 	}
 
-	var forkProcessParams = debugParams();
-	var proc = childProcess.fork(__filename, [], Object.assign({}, forkProcessParams, {
+	var proc = fork(__filename, [], {
 		cwd: __dirname,
 		env: {
 			minifier_child: true,
 		},
-	}));
+	});
 	pool.push(proc);
 
 	return proc;
diff --git a/src/password.js b/src/password.js
index 137382c993..6cc1e1776a 100644
--- a/src/password.js
+++ b/src/password.js
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 'use strict';
 
-var fork = require('child_process').fork;
 var path = require('path');
 
-var debugParams = require('./meta/debugParams');
+var fork = require('./meta/debugFork');
 
 exports.hash = function (rounds, password, callback) {
 	forkChild({ type: 'hash', rounds: rounds, password: password }, callback);
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ exports.compare = function (password, hash, callback) {
 };
 
 function forkChild(message, callback) {
-	var child = fork(path.join(__dirname, 'bcrypt'), [], debugParams());
+	var child = fork(path.join(__dirname, 'bcrypt'));
 
 	child.on('message', function (msg) {
 		if (msg.err) {
diff --git a/test/meta.js b/test/meta.js
index 539cb57c98..451184d63b 100644
--- a/test/meta.js
+++ b/test/meta.js
@@ -276,13 +276,28 @@ describe('meta', function () {
 		});
 	});
 
-	describe('debug params', function () {
-		it('should return fork arguments for debug', function (done) {
-			var debugParams = require('../src/meta/debugParams');
-			var data = debugParams(['--debug=5858', '--foo=1']);
-			assert.equal(data.execArgv[0], '--debug=5859');
-			assert.equal(data.execArgv[1], '--nolazy');
+	describe('debugFork', function () {
+		var oldArgv;
+		before(function () {
+			oldArgv = process.execArgv;
+			process.execArgv = ['--debug=5858', '--foo=1'];
+		});
+
+		it('should detect debugging', function (done) {
+			var debugFork = require('../src/meta/debugFork');
+			assert(!debugFork.debugging);
+
+			var debugForkPath = require.resolve('../src/meta/debugFork');
+			delete require.cache[debugForkPath];
+
+			debugFork = require('../src/meta/debugFork');
+			assert(debugFork.debugging);
+
 			done();
 		});
+
+		after(function () {
+			process.execArgv = oldArgv;
+		});
 	});
 });