diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1b7e96a..2631494 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ $ eggctl start [options] [baseDir]
   - `stdout` - customize stdout file, default to `$HOME/logs/master-stdout.log`.
   - `stderr` - customize stderr file, default to `$HOME/logs/master-stderr.log`.
   - `timeout` - the maximum timeout when app starts, default to 300s.
+  - `ignore-stderr` - whether ignore stderr when app starts.
 
 ### stop
 
diff --git a/lib/cmd/start.js b/lib/cmd/start.js
index 81b4f57..720a2cb 100644
--- a/lib/cmd/start.js
+++ b/lib/cmd/start.js
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ class StartCommand extends Command {
         type: 'number',
         default: 300 * 1000,
       },
+      'ignore-stderr': {
+        description: 'whether ignore stderr when app starts',
+        type: 'boolean',
+      },
     };
   }
 
@@ -67,15 +71,16 @@ class StartCommand extends Command {
   }
 
   * run(context) {
-    const argv = Object.assign({}, context.argv);
+    const { argv, env, cwd, execArgv } = context;
+
     const HOME = homedir();
     const logDir = path.join(HOME, 'logs');
 
     // egg-script start
     // egg-script start ./server
     // egg-script start /opt/app
-    let baseDir = argv._[0] || context.cwd;
-    if (!path.isAbsolute(baseDir)) baseDir = path.join(context.cwd, baseDir);
+    let baseDir = argv._[0] || cwd;
+    if (!path.isAbsolute(baseDir)) baseDir = path.join(cwd, baseDir);
     argv.baseDir = baseDir;
 
     const isDaemon = argv.daemon;
@@ -93,24 +98,18 @@ class StartCommand extends Command {
     argv.stdout = argv.stdout || path.join(logDir, 'master-stdout.log');
     argv.stderr = argv.stderr || path.join(logDir, 'master-stderr.log');
 
-    const env = context.env;
+    // normalize env
     env.HOME = HOME;
     env.NODE_ENV = 'production';
 
-    // adjust env for win
-    const currentPATH = env.PATH || env.Path;
-    // for nodeinstall
-    let newPATH = `${path.join(baseDir, 'node_modules/.bin')}${path.delimiter}`;
-    // support `${baseDir}/.node/bin`
-    const customNodeBinDir = path.join(baseDir, '.node/bin');
-    if (yield fs.exists(customNodeBinDir)) {
-      newPATH += `${customNodeBinDir}${path.delimiter}`;
-    }
-    if (currentPATH) {
-      env.PATH = `${newPATH}${currentPATH}`;
-    } else {
-      env.PATH = newPATH;
-    }
+    env.PATH = [
+      // for nodeinstall
+      path.join(baseDir, 'node_modules/.bin'),
+      // support `.node/bin`, due to npm5 will remove `node_modules/.bin`
+      path.join(baseDir, '.node/bin'),
+      // adjust env for win
+      env.PATH || env.Path,
+    ].filter(x => !!x).join(path.delimiter);
 
     // for alinode
     env.ENABLE_NODE_LOG = 'YES';
@@ -121,16 +120,10 @@ class StartCommand extends Command {
     if (argv.env) {
       // if undefined, should not pass key due to `spwan`, https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/lib/child_process.js#L470
       env.EGG_SERVER_ENV = argv.env;
-      argv.env = undefined;
     }
 
-    // remove unused properties, alias had been remove by `removeAlias`
-    argv._ = undefined;
-    argv.$0 = undefined;
-    argv.daemon = undefined;
-
     const options = {
-      execArgv: context.execArgv,
+      execArgv,
       env,
       stdio: 'inherit',
       detached: false,
@@ -138,7 +131,9 @@ class StartCommand extends Command {
 
     this.logger.info('Starting %s application at %s', this.frameworkName, baseDir);
 
-    const eggArgs = [ this.serverBin, JSON.stringify(argv), `--title=${argv.title}` ];
+    // remove unused properties from stringify, alias had been remove by `removeAlias`
+    const ignoreKeys = [ '_', '$0', 'env', 'daemon', 'stdout', 'stderr', 'timeout', 'ignore-stderr' ];
+    const eggArgs = [ this.serverBin, stringify(argv, ignoreKeys), `--title=${argv.title}` ];
     this.logger.info('Run node %s', eggArgs.join(' '));
 
     // whether run in the background.
@@ -151,6 +146,7 @@ class StartCommand extends Command {
       const child = this.child = spawn('node', eggArgs, options);
       this.isReady = false;
       child.on('message', msg => {
+        /* istanbul ignore else */
         if (msg && msg.action === 'egg-ready') {
           this.isReady = true;
           this.logger.info('%s started on %s', this.frameworkName, msg.data.address);
@@ -177,6 +173,7 @@ class StartCommand extends Command {
     let name = 'egg';
     try {
       const pkg = require(pkgPath);
+      /* istanbul ignore else */
       if (pkg.name) name = pkg.name;
     } catch (_) {
       /* istanbul next */
@@ -184,18 +181,16 @@ class StartCommand extends Command {
     return name;
   }
 
-  * checkStatus({ stderr, timeout }) {
+  * checkStatus({ stderr, timeout, 'ignore-stderr': ignoreStdErr }) {
     let count = 0;
+    let hasError = false;
     let isSuccess = true;
     timeout = timeout / 1000;
     while (!this.isReady) {
       try {
         const stat = yield fs.stat(stderr);
         if (stat && stat.size > 0) {
-          const [ stdout ] = yield exec('tail -n 100 ' + stderr);
-          this.logger.error(stdout);
-          this.logger.error('Start failed, see %s', stderr);
-          isSuccess = false;
+          hasError = true;
           break;
         }
       } catch (_) {
@@ -212,6 +207,17 @@ class StartCommand extends Command {
       this.logger.log('Wait Start: %d...', ++count);
     }
 
+    if (hasError) {
+      try {
+        const [ stdout ] = yield exec('tail -n 100 ' + stderr);
+        this.logger.error(stdout);
+      } catch (_) {
+        // nothing
+      }
+      isSuccess = ignoreStdErr;
+      this.logger.error('Start got error, see %s', stderr);
+    }
+
     if (!isSuccess) {
       this.child.kill('SIGTERM');
       yield sleep(1000);
@@ -233,4 +239,14 @@ function* getRotatelog(logfile) {
   return yield fs.open(logfile, 'a');
 }
 
+function stringify(obj, ignore) {
+  const result = {};
+  Object.keys(obj).forEach(key => {
+    if (!ignore.includes(key)) {
+      result[key] = obj[key];
+    }
+  });
+  return JSON.stringify(result);
+}
+
 module.exports = StartCommand;
diff --git a/test/start.test.js b/test/start.test.js
index 27106fe..9ef961e 100644
--- a/test/start.test.js
+++ b/test/start.test.js
@@ -468,6 +468,20 @@ describe('test/start.test.js', () => {
         .end();
     });
 
+    it('should status check fail `--ignore-stderr`, exit with 0', function* () {
+      mm(process.env, 'WAIT_TIME', 5000);
+      mm(process.env, 'ERROR', 'error message');
+
+      const stderr = path.join(homePath, 'logs/master-stderr.log');
+
+      yield coffee.fork(eggBin, [ 'start', '--daemon', '--workers=1', '--ignore-stderr' ], { cwd })
+        // .debug()
+        .expect('stderr', /nodejs.Error: error message/)
+        .expect('stderr', new RegExp(`Start got error, see ${stderr}`))
+        .expect('code', 0)
+        .end();
+    });
+
     it('should status check fail, exit with 1', function* () {
       mm(process.env, 'WAIT_TIME', 5000);
       mm(process.env, 'ERROR', 'error message');
@@ -477,7 +491,7 @@ describe('test/start.test.js', () => {
       yield coffee.fork(eggBin, [ 'start', '--daemon', '--workers=1' ], { cwd })
         // .debug()
         .expect('stderr', /nodejs.Error: error message/)
-        .expect('stderr', new RegExp(`Start failed, see ${stderr}`))
+        .expect('stderr', new RegExp(`Start got error, see ${stderr}`))
         .expect('code', 1)
         .end();
     });