diff --git a/api/nodemon.json b/api/nodemon.json
index a97e2430a..6a22df6b5 100644
--- a/api/nodemon.json
+++ b/api/nodemon.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
         "src",
         ".env.*"
     ],
-    "exec": "node ./dist/main.js",
+    "exec": "node $UNRAID_API_SERVER_ENTRYPOINT",
     "signal": "SIGTERM",
     "ext": "js,json",
     "restartable": "rs",
diff --git a/api/src/environment.ts b/api/src/environment.ts
index da29db922..2f3da7261 100644
--- a/api/src/environment.ts
+++ b/api/src/environment.ts
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ export const NODEMON_PATH = join(UNRAID_API_ROOT, 'node_modules', 'nodemon', 'bi
 export const NODEMON_CONFIG_PATH = join(UNRAID_API_ROOT, 'nodemon.json');
 export const NODEMON_PID_PATH = process.env.NODEMON_PID_PATH ?? '/var/run/unraid-api/nodemon.pid';
 export const UNRAID_API_CWD = process.env.UNRAID_API_CWD ?? UNRAID_API_ROOT;
+export const UNRAID_API_SERVER_ENTRYPOINT = join(UNRAID_API_CWD, 'dist', 'main.js');
 
 export const PATHS_CONFIG_MODULES =
     process.env.PATHS_CONFIG_MODULES ?? '/boot/config/plugins/dynamix.my.servers/configs';
diff --git a/api/src/unraid-api/cli/nodemon.service.integration.spec.ts b/api/src/unraid-api/cli/nodemon.service.integration.spec.ts
index 1d75ef9a2..3491078df 100644
--- a/api/src/unraid-api/cli/nodemon.service.integration.spec.ts
+++ b/api/src/unraid-api/cli/nodemon.service.integration.spec.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ describe('NodemonService (real nodemon)', () => {
             PATHS_LOGS_FILE: appLogPath,
             PATHS_NODEMON_LOG_FILE: nodemonLogPath,
             UNRAID_API_CWD: workdir,
+            UNRAID_API_SERVER_ENTRYPOINT: join(workdir, 'app.js'),
         }));
 
         const { NodemonService } = await import('./nodemon.service.js');
diff --git a/api/src/unraid-api/cli/nodemon.service.spec.ts b/api/src/unraid-api/cli/nodemon.service.spec.ts
index 70eb85615..339bc9804 100644
--- a/api/src/unraid-api/cli/nodemon.service.spec.ts
+++ b/api/src/unraid-api/cli/nodemon.service.spec.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ vi.mock('@app/environment.js', () => ({
     PATHS_LOGS_FILE: '/var/log/graphql-api.log',
     PATHS_NODEMON_LOG_FILE: '/var/log/unraid-api/nodemon.log',
     UNRAID_API_CWD: '/usr/local/unraid-api',
+    UNRAID_API_SERVER_ENTRYPOINT: '/usr/local/unraid-api/dist/main.js',
 }));
 
 describe('NodemonService', () => {
diff --git a/api/src/unraid-api/cli/nodemon.service.ts b/api/src/unraid-api/cli/nodemon.service.ts
index b2fc5bed3..c2e192e9a 100644
--- a/api/src/unraid-api/cli/nodemon.service.ts
+++ b/api/src/unraid-api/cli/nodemon.service.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Injectable } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { spawn } from 'node:child_process';
 import { openSync, writeSync } from 'node:fs';
 import { appendFile, mkdir, readFile, rm, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
-import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
+import { dirname } from 'node:path';
 
 import { execa } from 'execa';
 
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
     PATHS_LOGS_FILE,
     PATHS_NODEMON_LOG_FILE,
     UNRAID_API_CWD,
+    UNRAID_API_SERVER_ENTRYPOINT,
 } from '@app/environment.js';
 import { LogService } from '@app/unraid-api/cli/log.service.js';
 
@@ -147,9 +148,6 @@ export class NodemonService {
 
     private async findDirectMainPids(): Promise<number[]> {
         try {
-            // Note: ps may show relative path "node ./dist/main.js" instead of absolute path
-            // So we check for both patterns: the absolute path and the relative "dist/main.js"
-            const mainPath = join(UNRAID_API_CWD, 'dist', 'main.js');
             const { stdout } = await execa('ps', ['-eo', 'pid,args']);
             return stdout
                 .split('\n')
@@ -157,7 +155,7 @@ export class NodemonService {
                 .map((line) => line.match(/^(\d+)\s+(.*)$/))
                 .filter((match): match is RegExpMatchArray => Boolean(match))
                 .map(([, pid, cmd]) => ({ pid: Number.parseInt(pid, 10), cmd }))
-                .filter(({ cmd }) => cmd.includes(mainPath) || /node.*dist\/main\.js/.test(cmd))
+                .filter(({ cmd }) => cmd.includes(UNRAID_API_SERVER_ENTRYPOINT))
                 .map(({ pid }) => pid)
                 .filter((pid) => Number.isInteger(pid));
         } catch {
@@ -340,6 +338,7 @@ export class NodemonService {
             NODEMON_CONFIG_PATH,
             NODEMON_PID_PATH,
             UNRAID_API_CWD,
+            UNRAID_API_SERVER_ENTRYPOINT,
             ...overrides,
         } as Record<string, string>;