diff --git a/Gulpfile.js b/Gulpfile.js
index 2bb0f43..b885ea2 100644
--- a/Gulpfile.js
+++ b/Gulpfile.js
@@ -36,10 +36,8 @@ gulp.task('test', ['lint'], function () {
   stream
     .on('restart', 'cssmin')
     .on('crash', function (){
-      console.error('\nApplication has crashed!\n')
-      console.error('Restarting in 2 seconds...\n')
-      setTimeout(function () {
-        stream.emit('restart')
-      }, 2000)
+      console.error('\nApplication has crashed!')
+      console.error('Restarting in 3 seconds')
+      stream.nodemon.emit('restart', 3000)
     })
 })
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 8c6d152..1056680 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ module.exports = function (options) {
   // Our script
   var script            = nodemon(options)
     , originalOn        = script.on
+    , originalEmit        = script.emit
     , originalListeners = bus.listeners('restart')
 
   // Allow for injection of tasks on file change
@@ -79,6 +80,28 @@ module.exports = function (options) {
       }
     }
 
+    script.nodemon = {
+      // Shim 'emit' for use with gulp
+      emit: function (event, timeout){
+        if (typeof event !== 'string')
+          throw new Error('Event must be a string!')
+
+        if (!timeout) {
+          console.info('Received event: ' + event)
+          originalEmit(event)
+        }
+
+        else if (typeof timeout !== 'number')
+          throw new Error('Timeout must be a number!')
+        else {
+          console.info('Received event: ' + event)
+          setTimeout(function (){
+            originalEmit(event)
+          }, timeout)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     return script
   }