diff --git a/server/package.json b/server/package.json
index 5d4828dd9..c4d038751 100644
--- a/server/package.json
+++ b/server/package.json
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "preserve": "npm run build",
-    "serve": "node dist/scrypted-main.js",
-    "serve-no-build": "node dist/scrypted-main.js",
-    "ts-serve": "ts-node src/scrypted-main.ts",
+    "serve": "node --expose-gc dist/scrypted-main.js",
+    "serve-no-build": "node --expose-gc dist/scrypted-main.js",
+    "ts-serve": "ts-node --expose-gc src/scrypted-main.ts",
     "prebuild": "tsc --build --clean",
     "build": "tsc --outDir dist",
     "postbuild": "node test/check-build-output.js"
diff --git a/server/src/plugin/plugin-host.ts b/server/src/plugin/plugin-host.ts
index 520f23ec1..1c2aa501a 100644
--- a/server/src/plugin/plugin-host.ts
+++ b/server/src/plugin/plugin-host.ts
@@ -421,7 +421,8 @@ export function startPluginClusterWorker() {
             type: 'stats',
             cpu: cpuUsage,
             memoryUsage: process.memoryUsage(),
-        })
+        });
+        global?.gc();
     }, 10000);
 
     const consolePort = createConsoleServer(events);
diff --git a/server/src/runtime.ts b/server/src/runtime.ts
index 316d52b8a..41bc3ae82 100644
--- a/server/src/runtime.ts
+++ b/server/src/runtime.ts
@@ -444,18 +444,24 @@ export class ScryptedRuntime {
             this.invalidatePluginDevice(pluginDevice._id);
         }
 
+        const execArgv = ['--expose-gc'];
+        if (process.argv[0].endsWith('ts-node'))
+            execArgv.push('-r', 'ts-node/register');
+
         if (pluginDebug) {
             console.log('plugin inspect port', pluginDebug.inspectPort)
+            execArgv.push('--inspect');
+
             cluster.setupMaster({
                 silent: true,
                 inspectPort: pluginDebug.inspectPort,
-                execArgv: process.argv[0].endsWith('ts-node') ? ['--inspect', '-r', 'ts-node/register'] : ['--inspect'],
+                execArgv,
             });
         }
         else {
             cluster.setupMaster({
                 silent: true,
-                execArgv: process.argv[0].endsWith('ts-node') ? ['-r', 'ts-node/register'] : [],
+                execArgv,
             });
         }