diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a8ea9cb1eb..a83a93d01f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ npm-debug.log
 node_modules/
 sftp-config.json
 config.json
+jsconfig.json
 public/src/nodebb.min.js
 !src/views/config.json
 public/css/*.css
diff --git a/src/password.js b/src/password.js
index 13f8c11f72..20f4c79a95 100644
--- a/src/password.js
+++ b/src/password.js
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
 	};
 
 	function forkChild(message, callback) {
-		var child = fork('./bcrypt', {
-				silent: true
-			});
+		var forkProcessParams = {};
+		if(global.v8debug || parseInt(process.execArgv.indexOf('--debug'), 10) !== -1) {
+			forkProcessParams = {execArgv: ['--debug=' + (5859), '--nolazy']};
+		}
+		var child = fork('./bcrypt', [], forkProcessParams);
 
 		child.on('message', function(msg) {
 			if (msg.err) {