diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4b61d480..1ca9b38e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
     "preversion": "npm run prepublishOnly",
     "push": "git push && git push origin \"v$npm_package_version\"",
     "start": "NODE_CONFIG_ENV=elasticsearch ALLOW_NO_TRANSPORT=true node ./lib/cli.js",
+    "start-debug": "NODE_CONFIG_ENV=elasticsearch ALLOW_NO_TRANSPORT=true ES_FORCE_MAPPING_UPDATE=true node ./lib/cli.js  --require ts-node/register",
     "test": "env NODE_CONFIG_ENV=elasticsearch ALLOW_NO_TRANSPORT=true ES_FORCE_MAPPING_UPDATE=true nyc mocha --require ts-node/register --exit 'test/**/*.spec.ts'",
     "tslint": "tslint -p tsconfig.json -c tslint.json 'src/**/*.ts'"
   },