diff --git a/lib/monitor/run.js b/lib/monitor/run.js
index c36dd7c..ed48f02 100644
--- a/lib/monitor/run.js
+++ b/lib/monitor/run.js
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ var utils = require('../utils'),
     noop = function() {},
     restart = null,
     psTree = require('ps-tree'),
-    nodeMajor = parseInt((process.versions.node.split('.') || [null,null])[1] || 0, 10),
+    nodeMajor = parseInt((process.versions.node.split('.') || [null,null])[0] || 0, 10),
+    nodeMinor = parseInt((process.versions.node.split('.') || [null,null])[1] || 0, 10),
     hasPS = true;
 
 // discover if the OS has `ps`, and therefore can use psTree
@@ -57,7 +58,9 @@ function run(options) {
   var args = [cmd.executable].concat(cmd.args).join(' ').trim();
   var spawnArgs = [sh, [shFlag, args]];
 
-  if (nodeMajor >= 8) {
+  if (nodeMajor === 0 && nodeMinor < 8) {
+    // use the old spawn args :-\
+  } else {
     spawnArgs.push({
       env: utils.merge(options.execOptions.env, process.env),
       stdio: stdio