diff --git a/.vscode/launch.json b/.vscode/launch.json
index d1a0c579..b838ba80 100644
--- a/.vscode/launch.json
+++ b/.vscode/launch.json
@@ -23,6 +23,21 @@
 			"outFiles": [ "${workspaceRoot}/out/**/*.js" ],
 			"internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart"
 		},
+		{
+			"type": "node",
+			"request": "launch",
+			"name": "Server (nodemon)",
+			"cwd": "${workspaceRoot}",
+			"runtimeExecutable": "npm",
+			"runtimeArgs": [
+				"run-script", "nodemon"
+			],
+			"restart": true,
+			"port": 5858,
+			"sourceMaps": true,
+			"outFiles": [ "${workspaceRoot}/out/**/*.js" ],
+			"console": "integratedTerminal"
+		},
 		{
 			"type": "node",
 			"request": "launch",
@@ -38,15 +53,6 @@
 			"sourceMaps": true,
 			"outFiles": [ "${workspaceRoot}/out/**/*.js" ],
 			"internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart"
-		},
-		{
-			"type": "node",
-			"request": "attach",
-			"name": "Nodemon Attach",
-			"restart": true,
-			"port": 5858,
-			"sourceMaps": true,
-			"outFiles": [ "${workspaceRoot}/out/**/*.js" ]
 		}
 	],
 	"compounds": [
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e6aa9096..9077ac6a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -202,6 +202,11 @@
 								"description": "%node.timeout.description%",
 								"default": 10000
 							},
+							"restart": {
+								"type": "boolean",
+								"description": "%node.restart.description%",
+								"default": true
+							},
 							"smartStep": {
 								"type": "boolean",
 								"description": "%smartStep.description%",
@@ -239,7 +244,7 @@
 							},
 							"restart": {
 								"type": "boolean",
-								"description": "%node.attach.restart.description%",
+								"description": "%node.restart.description%",
 								"default": true
 							},
 							"sourceMaps": {
diff --git a/package.nls.json b/package.nls.json
index 4a1a0643..3fee8015 100644
--- a/package.nls.json
+++ b/package.nls.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 	"node.port.description": "Debug port to attach to. Default is 5858.",
 	"node.address.description": "TCP/IP address of debug port (for Node.js >= 5.0 only). Default is 'localhost'.",
 	"node.timeout.description": "Retry for this number of milliseconds to connect to Node.js. Default is 10000 ms.",
+	"node.restart.description": "Restart session after Node.js has terminated.",
 
 	"node.launch.program.description": "Absolute path to the program. Generated value is guessed by looking at package.json and opened files. Edit this attribute.",
 	"node.launch.externalConsole.deprecationMessage": "Attribute 'externalConsole' is deprecated, use 'console' instead.",
@@ -28,7 +29,6 @@
 	"node.launch.config.name": "Launch",
 
 	"node.attach.processId.description": "Id of process to attach to.",
-	"node.attach.restart.description": "Restart session after Node.js has terminated.",
 	"node.attach.localRoot.description": "The local source root that corresponds to the 'remoteRoot'.",
 	"node.attach.remoteRoot.description": "The source root of the remote host.",
 
diff --git a/src/node/nodeDebug.ts b/src/node/nodeDebug.ts
index e329de05..21caae06 100644
--- a/src/node/nodeDebug.ts
+++ b/src/node/nodeDebug.ts
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ interface CommonArguments {
 	smartStep?: boolean;
 	/** automatically skip these files. */
 	skipFiles?: string[];
+	/** Request frontend to restart session on termination. */
+	restart?: boolean;
 
 	// unofficial flags
 
@@ -282,8 +284,6 @@ interface LaunchRequestArguments extends DebugProtocol.LaunchRequestArguments, C
  * This interface should always match the schema found in the node-debug extension manifest.
  */
 interface AttachRequestArguments extends DebugProtocol.AttachRequestArguments, CommonArguments {
-	/** Request frontend to restart session on termination. */
-	restart?: boolean;
 	/** Node's root directory. */
 	remoteRoot?: string;
 	/** VS Code's root directory. */
@@ -1019,6 +1019,10 @@ export class NodeDebugSession extends DebugSession {
 			this._stopOnEntry = args.stopOnEntry;
 		}
 
+		if (typeof args.restart === 'boolean') {
+			this._restartMode = args.restart;
+		}
+
 		if (!this._sourceMaps) {
 			if (typeof args.sourceMaps === 'boolean' && args.sourceMaps) {
 				const generatedCodeDirectory = args.outDir;
@@ -1054,10 +1058,6 @@ export class NodeDebugSession extends DebugSession {
 			this._attachMode = true;
 		}
 
-		if (typeof args.restart === 'boolean') {
-			this._restartMode = args.restart;
-		}
-
 		if (args.localRoot) {
 			const localRoot = args.localRoot;
 			if (!Path.isAbsolute(localRoot)) {