diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b7aadc2..687010b 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 var child_process = require('child_process');
 var spawn = child_process.spawn;
 var hasbin = require('hasbin');
+var nodePath = require("path");
 
 exports.name = 'server';
 exports.usage = '<command> [options]';
@@ -70,7 +71,17 @@ exports.register = function(commander) {
         var execPath;
         if(live){
             var cmd = 'node-dev' + (fis.util.isWin() ? '.cmd' : '');
-            execPath = require('path').join(__dirname, 'node_modules', '.bin', cmd);
+            // npm v3 后，node_modules 机制发生了变化，不再当前目录下创建 node_modules 目录
+            // @see https://docs.npmjs.com/how-npm-works/npm3
+            // 针对 v2 的写法会在高版本的 node 或升级到 npm v3 后报错
+            // 检测下当前目录下 node_modules 文件夹的状态做对应处理
+            try {
+                require("fs").accessSync("./node_modules");
+                execPath = nodePath.join(__dirname, "node_modules", ".bin", cmd);
+            } catch(e) {
+                execPath = nodePath.join(__dirname, "..", ".bin", cmd);
+            }
+
         } else {
             execPath = process.execPath;
         }
@@ -244,4 +255,4 @@ exports.register = function(commander) {
     commander
         .command('clean')
         .description('clean files in document root');
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c38dd22..a5a9673 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -23,6 +23,6 @@
   "homepage": "https://github.com/fouber/scrat-command-server",
   "dependencies": {
     "hasbin": "^1.1.2",
-    "node-dev": "2.6.2"
+    "node-dev": "3.1.3"
   }
 }