diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index cca10d0..c84db6e 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function waitAndRun ({ start, url, runFn, namedArguments }) {
 
   debug('starting server with command "%s", verbose mode?', start, isDebug())
 
-  const server = execa(start, { shell: true, stdio: 'inherit' })
+  const server = execa(start, { shell: true, stdio: ['ignore', 'inherit', 'inherit'] })
   let serverStopped
 
   function stopServer () {