diff --git a/packages/server/scripts/dev-runner.ts b/packages/server/scripts/dev-runner.ts
index 6cef37140..639492988 100644
--- a/packages/server/scripts/dev-runner.ts
+++ b/packages/server/scripts/dev-runner.ts
@@ -8,21 +8,8 @@ dotenv.config({
 });
 
 const daemonRunnerEntry = fileURLToPath(new URL("./supervisor-entrypoint.ts", import.meta.url));
-const inspectArg = process.env.PASEO_NODE_INSPECT ?? "--inspect";
-const inspectArgs =
-  inspectArg === "0" || inspectArg === "false" || inspectArg === "off" ? [] : [inspectArg];
 
-const supervisorArgs = [
-  ...inspectArgs,
-  "--heapsnapshot-near-heap-limit=3",
-  "--max-old-space-size=3072",
-  "--report-on-fatalerror",
-  "--report-directory=/tmp/paseo-reports",
-  ...process.execArgv,
-  daemonRunnerEntry,
-  "--dev",
-  ...process.argv.slice(2),
-];
+const supervisorArgs = [...process.execArgv, daemonRunnerEntry, "--dev", ...process.argv.slice(2)];
 
 const supervisor = spawn(process.execPath, supervisorArgs, {
   stdio: "inherit",
diff --git a/packages/server/scripts/supervisor-entrypoint.ts b/packages/server/scripts/supervisor-entrypoint.ts
index ea5b5505c..bf8b3c67d 100644
--- a/packages/server/scripts/supervisor-entrypoint.ts
+++ b/packages/server/scripts/supervisor-entrypoint.ts
@@ -58,8 +58,22 @@ function resolveDevWorkerEntry(): string {
   return candidate;
 }
 
-function resolveWorkerExecArgv(workerEntry: string): string[] {
-  return workerEntry.endsWith(".ts") ? ["--import", "tsx"] : [];
+function resolveWorkerExecArgv(workerEntry: string, devMode: boolean): string[] {
+  const execArgv = workerEntry.endsWith(".ts") ? ["--import", "tsx"] : [];
+  if (!devMode) {
+    return execArgv;
+  }
+  const devArgs = [
+    "--heapsnapshot-near-heap-limit=3",
+    "--max-old-space-size=3072",
+    "--report-on-fatalerror",
+    "--report-directory=/tmp/paseo-reports",
+  ];
+  const inspectArg = process.env.PASEO_NODE_INSPECT ?? "--inspect";
+  if (inspectArg !== "0" && inspectArg !== "false" && inspectArg !== "off") {
+    devArgs.push(inspectArg);
+  }
+  return [...devArgs, ...execArgv];
 }
 
 function resolvePackagedNodeEntrypointRunnerPath(currentScriptPath: string): string | null {
@@ -77,7 +91,7 @@ function resolvePackagedNodeEntrypointRunnerPath(currentScriptPath: string): str
 async function main(): Promise<void> {
   const config = parseConfig(process.argv.slice(2));
   const workerEntry = config.devMode ? resolveDevWorkerEntry() : resolveWorkerEntry();
-  const workerExecArgv = resolveWorkerExecArgv(workerEntry);
+  const workerExecArgv = resolveWorkerExecArgv(workerEntry, config.devMode);
   const workerEnv: NodeJS.ProcessEnv = { ...process.env };
   const packagedNodeEntrypointRunner =
     process.env.ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE === "1"